{"id":9543,"date":"2021-09-11T23:59:09","date_gmt":"2021-09-11T11:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/?p=9543"},"modified":"2022-03-04T22:11:46","modified_gmt":"2022-03-04T09:11:46","slug":"castle-hill-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/2021\/09\/castle-hill-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Castle Hill"},"content":{"rendered":"
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9\/11, always a special day for me, we decide to visit Castle Hill but before we get there we make a quick stop at Lake Lyndon where the water is higher than I have ever seen it, those poles belong to a low fence to stop cars from going beyond them so you can imagine how low the water level normally is<\/p><\/div>\n

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Normally this part of the lake isn’t even there<\/p><\/div>\n

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Castle Hill car park, Torlesse Range behind it<\/p><\/div>\n

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I don’t know why but Kiwis seem to make everything worse year by year, they’ve cut down some awesome trees that used to be here and for some insane reason it’s now strictly no drones<\/p><\/div>\n

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At least the rocks are all still there<\/p><\/div>\n

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But today we’re not looking at the first part of Castle Rock, but at the other parts beyond that, most of which I had not visited before<\/p><\/div>\n

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Like this part, where those crazy Kiwis for some reason have put a fence around, I have no idea why, it didn’t use to be there but Kiwis love fences<\/p><\/div>\n

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Like this beautiful part which is now fenced off<\/p><\/div>\n

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Looks like a dog’s head to me<\/p><\/div>\n

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Cragieburns to our left<\/p><\/div>\n

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Prebble Hill, and it’s a good day for gliding!<\/p><\/div>\n

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On our way to Castle Hill summit, slowly getting there<\/p><\/div>\n

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Made it<\/p><\/div>\n

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The Craigies, normally I fly along those tops<\/p><\/div>\n

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I’m glad I finally visited this part of Castle Hill, it’s beautiful<\/p><\/div>\n

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Yep, me<\/p><\/div>\n

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More Craigies<\/p><\/div>\n

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And more rocks<\/p><\/div>\n

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Rocks everywhere<\/p><\/div>\n

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Makes me think about Tibet for some reason<\/p><\/div>\n

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Nice cumulus clouds!<\/p><\/div>\n

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Looks like a stranded submarine, climbers were up there just before, I could never do that<\/p><\/div>\n

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What a landscape<\/p><\/div>\n

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There’s hardly any wind today, it’s dead quiet here<\/p><\/div>\n

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Having a little break<\/p><\/div>\n

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Split Apple Rock, well, sort of, the ‘real’ one is in the Abel Tasman National Park of course (thanks Hugo)<\/p><\/div>\n

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That angled part must have been the sea floor at some stage I think<\/p><\/div>\n

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Just imagine how much water and time it must have taken to carve these shapes<\/p><\/div>\n

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Cirrus clouds, tomorrow might be not so nice as today<\/p><\/div>\n

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Yet another rock photo<\/p><\/div>\n

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Congratulations, you’ve made it to the last photo of this series!<\/p><\/div>\n

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