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Walking the Routeburn Track

Before Robin's wedding the two of us hiked it for a few days along the Routeburn Track (31.01.05-02.02.05).

 
Robin before the walk

 

 Queenstown harbour

 

 Me at Te Anau waiting for our transfer

 

 Robin at The Divide

 
View from ? hill (side trip)

 

 En route to McKenzie Hut

 

 Is that the toilet?

 

 En route to McKenzie Hut

 
McKenzie Lake pre-dawn

 

 Me in the bush with Nicola's ruckie

 

 Robin overlooking McKenzie Lake

 

 McKenzie Lake and Hut from the hillside

 
Conical Hill - nice pose boys!

 

 Conical Hill - view out to the Tasman Sea

 

 Conical Hill - view the other way

 

 Conical Hill - completing the panorama

 
On the way to Routeburn Falls

 

 Routeburn Flats viewed from atop the falls

 

 Routeburn Flats a little later

 

 Looking up to the Falls

 
Rope bridge over the river

 

 View from the bridge

 

 View from the bridge

 

 Robin enjoying a bevoir back in Q-town

 

 

I arrived in Christchurch from Perth on the Sunday morning, only to find myself on another flight to Queenstown ready for hiking the next day. We stopped at McKenzie and Routeburn Falls Huts overnight as we tramped the trail in gorgeous weather. We also had a prolonged dip in McKenzie Lake (ooh it were a bit parky).