Looking northwest toward the Tasman Sea. The Hermitage Hotel is the distant yellow pointer; Lake Ohau and Lake Ruataniwha are in the foreground. Our next destination, Station Hut, is the blue pointer. Click on the image to see it large in all its Google glory. Dobson River, where we replaced the champagne, chips and dip with a celebratory dehydrated meal and a fantastic chilly swim in the glacial water. A bracing way to see in 2008.
Our campsite's setting, at the base of the Southern Alps, was an absolutely perfect place to bed down for the night.
We're now headed to Station Hut for the transition to the first part of our mountaineering section, up and over Baron Saddle to Mt Cook Village. Looking forward to catching up with our Fairlie Support Crew for some fresh food and a change of gear as we seem to have run out of clean clothes...
