Home Up Day 4 Pg 2

Day 4 - 28 Jan 00

From Queenstown to Mount Cook

Back into the mountains. Today is John's birthday.

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The Remarkables in the early morning light. Queenstown
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Skyline Restaurant above Queenstown. The evening before, we rode up there on the gondolas and had a beer.
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Lake Wakatipu, Queenstown
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We made a halfhearted attempt to catch a ride on this steamer the day before, but it left port before we could purchase tickets.
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Two California Sequoias in Queenstown. Beautiful trees. The Skyline Restaurant can be seen above them.
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Part of the Eyre Mountains, across the lake from Queenstown
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The Eyre Mountains across Lake Wakatipu from Queenstown
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An old mining camp between Queenstown and Cromwell.
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Our first glimpse of Mount Cook
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Mount Cook
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Mt. Cook
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Jodi and John and Mount Cook at Lake Pukaki
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Mount Cook, Lake Pukaki
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Mount Cook and Lake Pukaki
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Mount Cook from Lake Pukaki
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Mount Cook. Yes, that is Lake Pukaki's natural color - again, it's rock flour from glaciers held in suspension. Very interesting color - like a(n American) robin's egg.
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Mount Cook to the right, Mount Sefton is under the long ridge of cloud to the left of Mt. Cook.
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Mt. Sefton(3157m) and Hooker Glacier

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