Arthur's Pass National Park - Classic tramping close to Christchurch.

Winter dusk over Lake Kaurapataka (24k)

Moonrise on Tarn Col (27k)

Reflections, Lake Kaurapataka (45k)

Otehake hot springs at night (16k)

Otehake river in flood (15k)

Avalanche Peak (15k)

On the Crow Face of Mt Rolleston (18k)

The Waimakariri river (26k)

East Edwards (28k)

Harman Pass (55k)

The Taipo river (15k)

Julia creek hot springs (62k)

Lake Mavis & Mt Oates in winter (53k)

Lake Mavis by star/moon light (46k)

Lake Mavis - swimming in summer (17k)

Climbing up Mt Oates (25k)

Otehake river by moonlight (15k)

Otehake spiders! (31k)

Otira valley, winter (25k)

Goldney ridge, Mt Rolleston (22k)

Mt Bealey snow cave (22k)

Temple Basin snow cave (12k)

Temple Basin (17k)

Norwest front over the Waimakariri (19k)

Approaching the Crow Face (11k)

The Crow Face of Mt Rolleston (39k)

The Otira valley in summer (33k)

Mt Cook National Park - Home to all but one of the 3000m peaks. (Part I & Part II)

Mt Cook and Mt Annette (31k)

Mt Cook - Nor'west storm (32k)

Typical NZ rock on Mt Sealy (36k)

On the summit Mt Sealy (26k)

Descending to Sladden Saddle (33k)

Ball Pass (20k)

Looking towards the Copland Pass (58k)

Mt Cook, autumn dusk (41k)

Aiguilles Rouges (21k)

Kea at Mueller hut (25k)

Beatham hut and Mt Malte Brun (24k)

Plateau Hut (36k)

Top of the Rudolph glacier (54k)

De La Beche ridge (24k)

Tasman glacier moraine (71k)

Red Tarns (54k)

View from the Sealy range (49k)

Mt Sefton (45k)

Sunrise, Grand Plateau (19k)

The view from the Ball Pass (29k)

The Wakefield Falls (77k)

Haast Ridge - on the way to the Grand Plateau (29k)

Mt Cook from the Hooker terminal lake (40k)

Hooker terminal lake (26k)

Crossing the Grand Plateau, beneath the East face of Cook (38k)

Mt Tasman from the Grand Plateau (35k)

Malte Brun Pass (44k)

Mt Cook Dusk (22k)

Glacier Rock Bivy, Grand Plateau (61k)

Malte Brun Range (39k)

Sealy Tarns (33k)

Hooker valley (17k)

Avalanche on Mt Sefton (37k)

Snow camp, Sealy Range (10k)

Caroline face of Mt Cook + me! (28k)

Mt Cook - new additions (Nov 97)

The Wakefield Falls (77k)

On the Malte Brun Range, mid-winter (48k)

The Rudolph Glacier from the Tasman Glacier (81k)

The South Face of Mt Cook (69k)

Plateau Hut on the edge of the 1300m Hochstetter ice fall (86k)

Ball Pass camp site (83k)

Fiordland - Wow! The most amazing place in New Zealand?!

Dusky Sound (46k)

Dusky Sound (52k)

Arrowsmith Range - Steep 9000ft peaks of (loose) rock and ice only 2 hrs from Christchurch.

Jaggered Peak (47k)

East Horn of Mt Arrowsmith (55k)

Kea on the Cameron moraine wall (33k)

Traversing steep snow slopes on Mt Arrowsmith (52k)

Spring snow plod near Cameron Hut (18k)

Cameron Hut (15k)

Anna on the way up to the South Cameron glacier (43k)

South Cameron glacier in Summer (56k)

On the Douglas glacier (49k)

Climbing/Alpine tramping - Miscellaneous.

Ice climbing - Inland Kaikoura Range (60k)

Winter scrambling, Mt Cook (51k)

More winter scrambling, Mt Cook (34k)

Mt Rolleston, Arthur's Pass (22k)

Crow face, Arthur's Pass (30k)

De La Beche, Mt Cook (34k)

On the Sealy Range (30k)

Mt Hooker - An 8-day tramping/climbing trip in NZ wilderness.

Day 1 - The Paringa river (39k)

On the ridge above the Otoko face (21k)

Mt Hooker, near the West summit (42k)

Mt Hooker from the Solution range (43k)

The Falls at Tunnel creek - Paringa river (35k)

Crossing into the Clarke catchment (42k)

Descending into the Clarke - gale-force wind (10k)

Paringa Rock Biv (51k)

Upper Otoko campsite (40k)

The rock bivy at Mark's Flat - dinner (22k)

The rock bivy at Mark's Flat (large) (68k)

Mark's Rock Biv after the climb (18k)

Breakfast at Mark's Flat (36k)

Mt McCulough (18k)

Upper Otoko dinner time! (38k)

Ascending the head of the Paringa (23k)

Saddle Creek (17k)

The view from Mt Hooker (26k)

Bouldering - upper Otoko (24k)

Deer Flat, Lower Otoko River (45k)

The upper Otoko (14k)

Looking for a campsite - upper Otoko (25k)

Geoff and Adrian traversing snow slopes (63k)

Mad kea - Lower Otoko (52k)

Crossing Avalanche debris (33k)

Heading to the pass at the head of the Paringa (21k)

Under the Paringa rock biv (77k)

Kaikoura - Dry East coast ranges rise dramatically from the sea.

Dawn in the upper Hodder, winter (17k)

Full version of the above photo (70k)

Sidling snow slopes above the Hodder (16k)

Tapi from the saddle - winter Nor'wester (37k)

Lunch beneath Tapi (12k)

Waterfall ice climbing in the Hodder valley (49k)

Tapi from the Clarence (84k) (54k)

Southerly storm on the ridge up to Mt Manakau, Seaward Kaikoura's (44k)

Fresh snow fall in the Kowhai valley, Seaward Kaikoura's (46k)

Tapi in a day - The infamous "rest" day on the Clarence rafting trip.

Ravine Hut - The base for the 3AM start (35k)

Sunrise - the first 1000m (23k)

Tapi-Alarm saddle - the next 1000m (40k)

Looking back to the rafts (30k)

The last 500m! (52k)

Stepping on to the summit (46k)

Helen and Dan on the summit (38k)

Looking out over the Awatere river (43k)

Mt Aspiring - The Matterhorn of the Southern Alps?

Mt Aspiring sunrise (22k)

Base of French ridge (33k)

Bushline - French ridge (14k)

Mealmates - food for five days? (14k)

Descending the "ramp", northwest ridge, Mt Aspiring I (18k)

Descending the "ramp", northwest ridge, Mt Aspiring II (15k)

Walking up the West Matukituki valley (28k)

Crossing the Bonar glacier (14k)

Jim cooking (7k)

Snow cave on Mt French (13k)

Ohau State Forest - Classic South Island tramping.

Ahuriri valley (47k)

Moraine walls beneath Mt Huxley (25k)

South face of Mt Huxley (65k)

Mt Maitland, crossing into the Watson (42k)

The Dasler Pinnacles? (26k)

Morning light on the pass above North Temple Stream (68k)

Socks at Top Hut, Ahuriri (15k)

Scree! Watson Creek (58k)

Paparoa National Park - Karst, bush + caves.

Fox river (42k)

Dusk, Paparoa coastline (40k)

Fox river caves (30k)

Cave formations (33k)

Sink hole (42k)

Cave weta (25k)

Metro Cave, Paparoa National Park (21k)

Mountain biking the Heaphy track, Kahurangi National Park (38k)

Moa Caves, Paparoa National Park (15k)

Tramping I - anywhere and everywhere, climbing + caves.

Cragieburn high country (14k)

West coast rain forest (47k)

Lake Clearwater (31k)

Franz Joseph glacier (45k)

Franz Joseph glacier terminal face (65k)

Lewis Pass (37k)

Nina Hut, Lewis Pass (13k)

Snow grass descent, Lewis Tops (35k)

Winter on the Lewis Tops (16k)

Mts Gloriana & Fairie Queene (13k)

West Coast scrub (37k)

Kahikatea forest, Westland (30k)

Otehake island campsite (70k)

Tramping II - More pictures!.

Southerly, above the lower Tasman valley (37k)

Southerly storm, Mt Hooker (16k)

Foggy Peak, winter day walk on the Torlesse range (27k)

Mt Torlesse - summer descent (30k)

Scrambling, Ball Pass (17k)

West coast bush-bash, Kelly Creek, Arthur's Pass (53k)

Snow Goblin, Torlesse range (29k)

CUTC snow craft! How to... (50k)

Digging-in (10k)

Snow craft? ..Cass Saddle (14k)

Spring snowfall, Mt Bealey (33k)

Frozen ground, Arthur's Pass (48k)

Mt Peel, Canterbury foot hills (20k)

Mt Oxford, Ryde falls (86k)

West Coast bush, Franz Joseph Glacier (25k)

Flock Hill, Torlesse-Cragieburn (36k)

Alpine meadow, Harman Pass (54k)

Harman Pass (43k)

Mt Richardson - Canterbuty foothills (43k)

Twin Falls Creek (49k)

Torlesse day traverse (12k)

Torlesse day traverse (61k)

Tramping III - More pictures!.

Keas, Harman Pass (32k)

Mt Bealy (49k)

Tarn, above Taruahuna Pass (36k)

South Westland (15k)

Inland Marlborough (31k)

Twin Falls Creek (57k)

Westland (49k)

Franz Joseph Glacier (31k)

Temple Basin (45k)

Taruahuna Pass (18k)

Mt Peel (55k)

Mt Franklin (52k)

Mt Aspiring (33k)

Castle Hill Peak (53k)

Summer tramping (37k)

Bouldering down the East Edwards (52k)

Fly camping in the Otehake (32k)

Cragieburn Forest Park (55k)

Lake Mavis (34k)

Walker Pass (13k)

Dinner time! Lake Mavis (38k)

Cows, Terawhiti Station, Tongue Point, Wellington (31k)

Kahurangi National Park - Vast region of bush, limestone mountains, caves and rivers.

Fyfe river (47k)

Lake Bulmer rock bivy (46k)

Mt Owen (14k)

Replica Hill (46k)

Limestone creeks (41k)

Karst landscape (43k)

Kahurangi from Mt Owen (42k)

Dusk on Mt Owen (49k)

Fyfe river (51k)

Boulder choke, Fyfe river (37k)

The Bulmer bluffs (41k)

Campsite, Mt Owen (50k)

Upper gorge of the Fyfe (12k)

Fyfe river, lower gorge (44k)

Sunset Mt Owen (35k)

The main entrance to the 800m deep Bulmer cave (31k)

People etc... Odds & ends.. which may get me into trouble.

The OUTC at Meuller Hut (23k)

Snow plod - descending Mt Oxford (40k)

On the summit of Mt Oxford, winter! (49k)

How do I get down? Aiguilles Rouges (44k)

Getting there... in a student car (23k)

Twalk Sweede (12k)

Fast food - Adrian finds snow berries (52k)

Bridget & afternoon sun in the Edwards valley (70k)

Otehake Hot springs by night (22k)

Relaxing in the hot springs (18k)

Dinnertime on Glacier Rock (25k)

CUTC snow plod up Mt Oxford (42k)

The A-team, De La Beche corner (68k)

Mr Blobby on Avalanche Peak! (44k)

Early morning brew on the Taipo river flats (59k)

CUTC members model PVC! (15k)

Bill on the Torlesse range (58k)

Winter on Mt Oates (14k)

The steep-sided Otehake valley (70k)

Andrew Allen & the Hooker valley (62k)

Vacuum-man on Mt Rolleston (11k)

Catherine above a sea of clouds, Torlesse (46k)

Snow boarding on Mt Oxford (16k)

Graeme on ice (26k)

Jullian and Bridget beneath the gullies on Mt Phipps (31k)

Adrian and Anna in the upper Edwards (60k)

People etc - new additions (Nov 97)

Bill and Anne Kennedy on the Waimak boulder-bash (76k)

Margie Wells near Graham's Saddle (36k)

Catherine's yummy snow-cave trifle (41k)

Climbing the moraine wall on the Tasman (94k!!)

Canyoning, Woolshed Creek Mt Somers - Lots of fun!

In the first gorge (21k)

Bindu (the dog) gets a lesson in abseiling (29k)

It's wet... at the bottom of the waterfall (29k)

The first abseil! (47k)

Mr Blobby goes canyoning (40k)

Thomas and the waterfall (15k)

Negotiating the overhang... (15k)

At the bottom of the water slide (52k)

In one of the narrow bits! (18k)

The second abseil (32k)

Peering into Woolshed Creek canyon (31k)

On the water slide! (24k)

...then the waterfall (36k)

Tongariro National Park - Volcanoes!

Sunset, volcanic plateau (24k)

Cascade, East Tongariro (15k)

Lava pinnacles, East Tongariro (18k)

Taranaki falls (16k)

Central Crater, Mt Tongariro (46k)

Cathedral Rocks (34k)

Cathedral Rocks (17k)

Mt Ruapehu - Summer storm (14k)

Crater Lake, Mt Ruapehu (25k)

Summit plateau, Mt Ruapehu (13k)

Above the clouds, Mt Ruapehu (27k)

The view from Ketetahi (26k)

Ketetahi crater (14k)

Ketetahi crater (35k)

Victoria falls! - Ketetahi (59k)

Silica springs, Mt Ruapehu (17k)

Rangipo desert - Eastern slopes of Mt Tongariro (62k)

Red crater Mt Tongariro (54k)

Mt Taranaki from the volcanic plateau (17k)

Mt Ngaurahoe (43k)

Tongariro State Forest Park, ancient lava flow (51k)

Emerald Lakes (44k)

Emerald Lakes (36k)

Whakapapanui river, Mt Ruapehu (51k)

Boiling mud, Ketetahi (29k)

Sunset, Whakapapaiti valley (54k)

On the saddle between Ngaurahoe and Ruapehu (44k)

Sunrise on the saddle (14k)

East Tongariro, view to the Kaimanawa Ranges (37k)

Ketetahi hot springs (37k)

Lone plant, Emerald Lakes (20k)

Sunrise on Mt Tongariro (18k)

Ketetahi hot springs II (11k)

Red Crater (13k)

Red Crater (40k)

Summit of Ngauruhoe (7k)

Summit of Ngauruhoe (28k)

Blue Lake, Mt Tongariro (19k)

Rock formations, Mt Tongariro (31k)

Rock formations, Ketetahi (19k)

Mt Taranaki from the summit plateau of Ruapehu (38k)

Sunset, Mt Ruapehu (19k)

Outerere Springs, Mt Ruapehu (31k)

Daisy, Mt Tongariro (10k)

Rangipo Desert (60k)

South Crater, Mt Tongariro (11k)

Boulder, Emerald Lakes (50k)

Rafting the Clarence I - 5 days from the mountains to the sea...

Searching for hot springs (19k)

The river, the boat - the last campsite (18k)

Bindu the stick dog relaxes (16k)

Mr Blobby in the "Jaw Breaker" (31k)

The crew (25k)

Steep mountains enclose the river (53k)

The last campsite (36k)

Typical scenery in the upper Clarence (23k)

Katharine & Thomas - looking for hotsprings (51k)

Sunset, day 3 (19k)

Rescuing a Canadian canoe (37k)

Lunch-stop - entrance of the 2nd gorge (15k)

The "chute" - first gorge (46k)

Riding the barrels (17k)

Mr Blobby (13k)

Rapids! (45k)

Kayaking (30k)

Rapids on day 4 (57k)

Mr Blooby and the journey home! (30k)

Rafting the Clarence II - More people shots, wildlife & history...

The old Acheron accommodation house (9k)

Inside the accommodation house (20k)

The get-in (27k)

Big Hills & space - Upper Clarence (48k)

Canadian Geese (17k)

Rabbits! (9k)

Bailing! (30k)

Resting (28k)

Route finding (43k)

Lunch - Day 2 (26k)

Water under the bridge (19k)

Surviving a rapid (25k)

Day 4 - the bad lands (27k)

More whitewater rafting!

Kayaking the Buller river - Granity (71k)

Deflating! - on the Buller (43k)

Rafting the Buller river (40k)

Like it usually is - Buller (19k)

On the upper Buller (16k)

Kayaker on the Clarence (58k)

Bank's Peninsula - Christchurch's greatest asset...

Mt Bradley (35k)

Sunrise, Okain's Bay (20k)

Okain's Bay (24k)

The old wharf at Okain's Bay (16k)

Lyttleton harbour from Mt Bradley (28k)

Lyttleton from the Port Hills (27k)

Beach camping! Okain's Bay (28k)

Sunrise, Okain's Bay (35k)

Riccarton Bush (31k)

Port Levy Saddle, Mt Herbert (49k)

Tarn, Mt Herbert (46k)

The Port Hills from Mt Herbert (29k)

Kaikoura Ranges from Mt Herbert (29k)

Rabbit food, Mt Herbert (39k)

Rapaki Rock, Christchurch (30k)

The Port Hills, Christchurch (42k)

Sunset on Port Levy Saddle (30k)

The Plains, Bank's Peninsula and Christchurch from the Torlesse Range (45k)

Winter view from the Torlesse Range (46k)

Caving in NZ

The cave image index

Current statistics.

Miscellaneous - whatever!

My only scanned sheep photo (21k)

Punting on the Avon, Christchurch, NZ! (29k)

The Avon, outside Christchurch Hospital (20k)

Clarence river, final campsite (26k)