Jun
16
Nōti Raureka

- Looking east from the Hokitika river mouth.
- Hokitika backblocks
- Kaniere river with severed deer’s head
- Kakahi – freshwater mussel
- Kakahi – freshwater mussels
- Lake Kaniere
- Lake Kaniere
- Te Taumata o Uekanuku at the head of Lake Kaniere
- Another reason not to drink the water
- Upper Styx Valley
- Styx Saddle
- First glimpse of the Arahura River
- Heading to Harman Hut: no obvious pass
- Upper Arahura
- Side gully leading into the Arahura: nature’s quarry
- Whakarewa / Lake Browning
- Whakarewa / Lake Browning
- First glimpse of the east coast, looking down the Rakaia-Wai-Tawhiri
- Cave mouth, eastern side of Noti Raureka
- Upper Wilberforce / Rakaia-Wai-Tawhiri
- Mt Kaniere in the distance: a signpost
- Campsite at Takapu o Puhou / Scarface looking back up the Rakaia-Wai-Tawhiri