#mtcook

[thingsdavidlikes]

Aoraki by sberkley123

[roadsconnoisseur]

New Zealand South Island Adventure day 5: Queenstown -> Lake Tekapo - It has been a big day: Roaring Meg Lookout, 45th Parallel South Marker, Quadruple Fruit Sculpture in Cromwell, Cromwell Heritage Precinct, E Junction Lookout in Cromwell, Merino Sheep Sculpture in Omarama, Aoraki/Mt Cook Glacier, Lake Pukaki Lookout, and finally arrived in Lake Tekapo with minimal light pollution to appreciate night sky. It’s a pity that I didn’t get enough time for stargazing and night sky photography. #roaringmeglookout #45thparallel #cromwellnz #heritageprecinct #omarama #aoraki #mtcook #lakepukaki #punatahuvisitorcentre #laketekapo #nightsky #newzealand #roadtrip (at Lake Tekapo, New Zealand) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpkQ0bgvnI3/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[hijkelemenop]

Didn’t expect that I can see glacier during summer 😍🏔️ #hookervalley #newzealand #nz #travelgram #igtravel #instatravel #beautiful #scenery #mountains #glacier #walk #track #mtcooknationalpark #mtcook #mountcook (at Hooker Valley Track, Mount Cook National Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpP6VDfSi_B/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[befrank]

This was taken along the Hooker Valley Track in the Mount Cook National Park. I’m not big on hiking, but this was an easy 6.6 mile trek on mostly flat land. It looks cold out, but the sun was baking the area and I wound up carrying instead of wearing a couple of layers. We had been warned about the carnivorous flys in the area and were prepared with bug repellant that’s apparently too strong to sell here in the states. #hookervalleytrack #newzealand #franktravels #mtcook (at Hooker Valley Track, Mount Cook National Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkyNIpyLldF/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[loric2020]

Christchurch à Glentanner, 9 et 10 avril 2023, UTC+11h

Nau mai haere mai ki aotearoa (langue Maori, bienvenue en Nouvelle Zélande !)

Nous avons dit au revoir ce matin à l'Australie après 5 semaines mémorables. Notre prochaine destination est la Nouvelle Zélande. Nous atterrissons à Christchurch un peu après 15h, quelques battements d'ailes d'avion pendant 3h et une ristourne de 2 heures pour nous mettre à l'heure du nouveau fuseau horaire UTC + 11h. A peine sortis de l'avion, nous sentons que nous avons perdu quelques degrés avec l'Australie, pas loin de 15 degrés quand même. Suffisamment pour nous revêtir des pieds à la tête avec des vêtements chauds. La croix du sud est toujours présente dans la nuit étoilée. Nous baladons un peu dans Christchurch avec la banane au visage. Après une bonne nuit, nous voilà partis pour rencontrer le point culminant de la Nouvelle Zélande, l'Aoraki ou le mont Cook. En chemin, nous commençons à voir se dessiner les montagnes dans le fond et traversons de grandes plaines. Après 3 heures de route, nous arrivons au lac Tekapo qui s'étend à l'infini. Nous décidons de prendre un peu de hauteur jusqu'à l'observatoire du Mont John qui se situe à 1027 mètres. La pluie décide elle aussi de tomber. Nous sommes contraints de nous refugier de bon coeur dans l'Astro café. Tout le monde a eu la même idée. Il faut dire que les quelques pâtisseries en vitrine donnent envie. Nous voilà à nettoyer et à sécher quelques chaises laissées à l'extérieur pour nous asseoir à l'abri. L'endroit est sublime. L'université de Canterbury propose des soirées à scruter les étoiles. C'est sûrement à faire mais pas cette fois-ci 😕 Nous poursuivons notre chemin le long d'un deuxième grand lac du nom de Pukaki lake dont la geomorphilogie est assez semblable à Tekapo lake.

Nous arrivons un peu avant la tombée de la nuit à Glentanner où nous attend une cabine pour dormir, pas moins de 3 lits superposés y sont entassés. Nous avons l'embarras du choix. C'est typiquement un endroit pour baroudeur car ici le centre d'intérêt est la montagne. Il nous faut trouver un endroit pour dîner sinon c'est ration chips et eau de la gourde. Nous avons le choix entre aller à Mont Cook village à 22 km ou à Twizel à 44 km. Nous optons finalement pour Aoraki / MtCook village car la fatigue n'est pas loin non plus. Nous nous offrons un apéro dinatoire au bar l'Hermitage, installés dans des fauteuils face à l'immense dôme de verre derrière lequel nous avons tout le loisir de contempler l'obscurité qui s'est accaparé les montagnes.

Cette première journée dans les Alpes neo-zélandaises se termine avec une envie irrésistible de voir la suite.

Les petits mots de la route

Love your family,

wear a seatbelt,

drive safe

[aman-rohtak]

#KabirIsGod

"God kabir"

Prediction of woman astrologer from America, "Jean Dixon" about Saint Rampal Ji Maharaj -

After the ideological war, a new civilisation based on spiritualism would probably originate under the leadership of an Indian man.

"April Fools"

#mtcook #purenewzealand #nz #newzealandvacations #beautifulNZ #discover_newzealand #airnz

#gottalovenz #bestnewzealand

#kiwi_photos #Queenstown #wanaka #christchurch

#SantRampalJiMaharaj #SaintRampalJi

#nelson #nelsonbc #northislandnz #tourismnz #auckland #hamilton #newzealand #skytowerauckland #nzfitfam #nzfitness #nznails #aucklandnails

[jennifer-89]

Prediction of Mr. Anderson about Saint Rampal Ji Maharaj -

A religious rural Indian, preparing a constitution on the principles of one human race, one language and one flag, would give the lesson of morality, generosity, service to mankind.

#mtcook #purenewzealand #nz #newzealandvacations #beautifulNZ #discover_newzealand #airnz

#gottalovenz #bestnewzealand

#kiwi_photos #Queenstown #wanaka #christchurch

#SantRampalJiMaharaj #SaintRampalJi

#Kabirisgod

[kansharma]

An Indian prophet would have a very large following of the common people, who would convert materialism into spiritualism.

- Prediction of Boriska about Saint Rampal Ji Maharaj

https://youtu.be/cwIy0Td5ytg

#mtcook #purenewzealand #nz #newzealandvacations #beautifulNZ #discover_newzealand #airnz

#SantRampalJiMaharaj #SaintRampalJi

#Kabirisgod

[fabiooliveiraphotography]

Life is a jigsaw puzzle, with time you’ll put the right pieces in the right places... you’ll look back and see the beauty of a simple road! #nz #mtcook #lifeofadventure (at New Zealand) https://www.instagram.com/p/Byhu7lWlo4k/?igshid=1ia8hclarajok

[roswellroamer]

Day 3. February 1, 2020. Christchurch to Mt. Cook Village. 355km.

After a solid night's rest at our nicely appointed 3 level apartment in the Merivale neighborhood, the task of figuring out the best way to load all the gear/clothes on the bike was the first challenge of the day. With the large rolling duffel left at the bike shop I was pretty confident that everything would fit, but since I would be in a tough spot if it didn't, there was some trepidation as I bought my first pannier liner (borrowed from the Multistrada) down to the bike. The Duc has different sized panniers as one side's volume is cut nearly in half to accommodate and the Italian emphasis on aesthetics. The BMW has frame mounted and equally sized rectangular Givi plastic panniers. Our rental company informed us yesterday that although these bags have a triple clip closures and were supposed to be waterproof, they weren't "New Zealand rain-proof" as the southern and western portions of this island have rainfall measured in feet not inches! 🌧 I brought down the wider bag hoping that it would fit. Murphy once again intervened and it seemed a couple inches too wide. I decided to zip up the expansion section with some side of my body mass the same clothes were smashed a couple inches. Alas, still no go on the bag. So, a retreat to the third floor to rejigger everything. Let's just say I was glad I brought a 70l dry bag for the bike's tail. I needed it once I had to remove some items from my side/pannier. Anyway as I secured my heavier than expected tail bag with my trusty Rok Straps and slipped onto Papanui Road headed for the Southern Alps, I didn't pop a wheelie and felt that logistics weren't now just in need of some tweaking. A system to organize and pack is key to making the daily cycles of unpacking, loading, unloading, repacking an easy and stress-free task. The 70l bag gave me a large margin of error so I did overpack knowing I had this extra room if needed.

Saturday AM brought us little traffic as we rode along the other side of Hagley Park into the Westfield Riccarton area of CHC. A few other bikes were on the road and within 15-20' we started increasing our speed (in accordance with the posted limits, mostly 😉) as we left CHC and development behind. We rode past some of those horse racing tracks and saw a few jockeys wheeling around on their sulkies. For an hour or more we headed west and a bit south enmeshed in a patchwork of farmland. Flat, broken up by Irish style hedges and trees that were manicured and coerced into natural fence lines blocking wind effectively while creating visual barriers. Some small towns and without breakfast (not like me) I was tempted to call for a stop but we were aiming for Fairlie, where a few folks had impressed upon us the need to sample the pie 🥧 in Fairlie. Now when I hear pie, I'm thinking fruit. Usually cherry or apple. But the pies of note on our radar were of the meat variety! I didn't want to ruin my appetite. After a couple hours something changed. We made a turn in the road that wasn't a left or right, but an undulation. Wait, was that a hillside up ahead? All of a sudden we were in the foothills. Gone the flat farms of sheep, cows and agriculture. Now we were winding on increasingly common twisties. As we gained elevation the ambient temp dropped from around 22°C all the way down to 13.5°C (about 56°, still not really cold). We did end up stopping for a light bite in Geraldine at the Running Duck. I had a Coconut Ice (smoothie) and a heated raisin danish. A Ducati monster was parked there and he was stretching out in a chaise type lounger soaking up the sun. Bubba the elephant allowed the local server to locate us outside as most tables were full with travelers. We had taken the inland road which was recommended as more scenic and less traffic. At Geraldine we joined the main commercial road conducting summer crowds up to the Alps and Mt. Cook. A fuel stop there after the danish and off to Fairlie. We chose the Fairlie Bakery and despite the hype, were not disappointed with the buttered chicken and mushroom pie. 😋 We had passed some more interesting farms that included emu, caribou, deer, alpaca along with the more common farm animals. We were now traversing and crossing glacial runoff/moraine. The distinctive turquoise color of the glacial water is visually magnetic. 👀 It is caused by the silt or "rock flour" the water carries and is very distinctive.

Next on the Day 3 hit parade were two stunning glacial lakes. Lake Tekapo and the oft photographed stone Church of the Good Shepherd prompted a photo stop along with a hundred Chinese tourists. It sits near the road overlooking the colorful lake with a view of Mt. Cook aka "Aoraki" in Maori towering to 12,218'. Loads of small RV's everywhere too! #rvlife Riding past Tekapo on to Lake Pukaki which was equally turquoise. Afternoon had brought us a high, thin overcast which kept us from capturing the water's full visual splendor. It is still over 50kms from Pukaki to the end of the road here in Mt. Cook village as you wind up the valley and the glacial run-off becomes a river feeding the lake. There are a number of sizable glaciers here. We are going to tour glaciers by boat later on the ride at Milford Sound so we'll just enjoy the blue glacier ice from the valley floor today. There are a number of well marked trails through the unique alpine environment here as the whole area is a national park. Some trails through woods, others pass over hills to provide panoramic views of the Hooker and Tasman glaciers (the matter is the longest in NZ). Lodging here is limited and we opted to stay at the very nice Hermitage resort. Upon check-in we were informed the room wasn't ready. A bit of persuasion involving the manager whom we requested promptly solved the 1 1/2 hour previously proclaimed delay for a room not yet ready and a corner room with a spectacular view was provided. 😊 We're gonna explore the area for a bit now and hardly think the pics will do today justice but I'll attach 10 to follow. The weather has held off and so far no rain. Tomorrow is supposed to be different but we'll see if the meteorologists are again proven to be inaccurate. We walked through a heavily wooded seemingly tropical path on the way to a dinner which was accompanied by some dense bushes, trees and stairs. A bit of interesting history regarding Aoraki. Sir Edmund Hillary, a Kiwi born in Auckland who is best known for being the first man to climb Everest, cut his teeth on this mountain. 6 years prior to his successful assault on Everest with Tenzing Norgay he was learning the skills needed for the Himalayas right here. https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/28327/hillary-and-ayres-on-aorakimt-cook-1947 Mt. Cook has claimed over 80 lives this past century.

[ricooei]

Life is short and the world is wide.
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SWIPE LEFT to view the full landscape.
#teanau #milfordsound #wanaka #tekapo #pukaki #arthurspass #southisland #otago #canterburry #christchurch #mtaspiring #mtcook #aoraki #thatwanakatree #wakatipu #dunedin #invercagill #fiordland #arrowtown #foxglacier #franzjosefglacier #latepost #potd #ootd #newzealand #nz #glenorchy #travel #queenstown (at Milford Sound)
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bz2GpT5AUcc/?igshid=1wp3g6epha9is

[imagestorm]

My soul can find no staircase to Heaven unless it be through Earth's loveliness #nature #landscape #newzealand #nz #lakematheson #foxglacier #art #frame #travel #explore #epic #love #relax #sky #mountains #mtcook #smile #adventure (at Lake Matheson, Fox Glacier, South Island NZ) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bt2sh8cgV1d/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1h32e3dp5j4m2

[sbouurke]

There are days when I cannot find the sun even though it’s right outside my goddamn window | Neil Hilborn - “This is Not the End of the World” | #photography #photo #photooftheday #photographer #film #filmphotography #filmisnotdead #newzealand #mtcook #nz #travel #redtarnstrack (at Red Tarns Track) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bx9SrADppdy/?igshid=25fe828stm7u

[ich-bin-billy]

[ausmican]

You're never too old to act a little crazy right! Could be the clean air or that magical view! Not sure what triggered it but it was bound to be caught on camera... @ameriaus #fjällrävenau #mtcook #mtcooknationalpark #mountcooknationalpark #mountcook (at Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsXjyBPHv6r/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=h8y01teya4u1

[aman-rohtak]

#Kabirisgod

"God kabir"

Prediction of astrologer from Hungary "Boriska"  about Saint Rampal Ji Maharaj

An Indian prophet as a result of his successful struggle against materialism would have a very large following of the common people, who would convert materialism into spiritualism.

"April Fools"

#mtcook #purenewzealand #nz #newzealandvacations #beautifulNZ #discover_newzealand #airnz

#gottalovenz #bestnewzealand

#kiwi_photos #Queenstown #wanaka #christchurch

#nelson #nelsonbc #northislandnz #tourismnz #auckland #hamilton #newzealand #skytowerauckland #nzfitfam #nzfitness #nznails #aucklandnails

#SantRampalJiMaharaj #SaintRampalJi