{"id":9801,"date":"2022-03-13T23:59:40","date_gmt":"2022-03-13T10:59:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/?p=9801"},"modified":"2022-05-26T02:01:11","modified_gmt":"2022-05-25T13:01:11","slug":"holiday-day-2-lake-pukaki-to-monument-hut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/2022\/03\/holiday-day-2-lake-pukaki-to-monument-hut\/","title":{"rendered":"Holiday Day 2 – Lake Pukaki to Monument Hut"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Our little nook in the woods<\/p><\/div>\n

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Clouds hugging the mountains<\/p><\/div>\n

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The sky opens up over Lake Pukaki<\/p><\/div>\n

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Pukaki Power Station<\/p><\/div>\n

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Ben Ohau Range across the lake<\/p><\/div>\n

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Mushrooms<\/p><\/div>\n

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I would have thought it a bit early in the season for mushrooms but clearly not<\/p><\/div>\n

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I’ve never actually seen this before, how mushrooms push their way up through the soil<\/p><\/div>\n

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Ben Ohau Range, now seen from the west<\/p><\/div>\n

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Neumann Range<\/p><\/div>\n

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Rachel taking photos<\/p><\/div>\n

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Navigating the Hopkins Valley Track<\/p><\/div>\n

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With its beautiful little waterfalls<\/p><\/div>\n

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That are very difficult to take photos of with no room or solid ground for a tripod<\/p><\/div>\n

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I kept waiting for a fall, but no<\/p><\/div>\n

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That backpack looks like it was designed for a dwarf<\/p><\/div>\n

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More Neumann Range<\/p><\/div>\n

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The Huxley River<\/p><\/div>\n

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Lovely clear water, too cold to swim in though<\/p><\/div>\n

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Rachel on the swingbridge crossing the Huxley River<\/p><\/div>\n

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Shame it’s late in the day already, we need to head back soon<\/p><\/div>\n

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Ok, me on the swingbridge too<\/p><\/div>\n

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Just the swingbridge<\/p><\/div>\n

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Still Neumann Range in the background<\/p><\/div>\n

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Rachel ready for the walk back<\/p><\/div>\n

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One more photo of the waterfall<\/p><\/div>\n

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Monument Hut, here we stay for the night<\/p><\/div>\n

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The moon is getting ready<\/p><\/div>\n

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

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Just to be clear: that’s the moon, not the sun, and there are stars visible<\/p><\/div>\n

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See? Stars<\/p><\/div>\n