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Author Archives: d4vid
Remarkable
This imposing range of mountains south of Lake Wakatipu is named “The Remarkables.” Apt.
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Majestic
It snowed overnight. The mountains encircling Glenorchy were blanketed with snow. Every view from every angle from every spot in the Glenorchy Lake House was majestic.
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Schemes
Rabbie Burns was right, of course. “The best laid schemes o’ mice an’ men / Gang aft a-gley.” And a-gley my scheme did gang. I had planned to spend a single night in Glenorchy and then burn the next day … Continue reading
Scars
The scars of World War I are visible in all parts of the British Empire. Even in sleepy lakeside towns half a world away from the trenches.
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Albion
The lake is fed by a muddle of streams and rivers flowing down from the mountains to the north.The landscape is a dead ringer for Scotland.Cold……and lonely……and beautiful. I was amused by this stile over a livestock fence. A storm … Continue reading
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Encouragement
I found these compost, recycle, and trash bins amusing. Can’t decide if, as a child, I would find them delightful or if I would find them feeding my nightmares.
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Lost
Part of what I enjoy about traveling is intentionally becoming lost. In Glenorchy, I had the chance to look up at the Southern sky. I picked out the Southern Cross but other than that — not knowing any other constellations, … Continue reading
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Top
The north end of Lake Wakatipu tapers off at a small, sleepy town called Glenorchy. This is the “top of the lake” where acclaimed New Zealand filmmaker Jane Campion set her television show Top of the Lake (which I haven’t … Continue reading
Placid
I blew through the ski resort town of Queenstown and drove the lonely road skirting Lake Wakatipu. Beautiful snow-capped mountains in every direction. The sun started setting as I approached the northern end of the lake.
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Sagittarius
Driving west across the South Island from Dunedin, I came to the resort towns around Lake Wakatipu. Arrowtown is one of the few places in New Zealand whose actual name sounds like it could be a place somewhere in Middle-Earth. … Continue reading
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Ominous
Few things are as chilling as the sight of an old medical school at dusk.
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Edinburgh
On the east coast of the South Island, I stayed in a cool college town called Dunedin (pronounced “dun-EE-din”.) The name has nothing to do with the Dúnedain, as one might expect, but in fact comes from Dùn Èideann which … Continue reading
Rust
In Oamaru, heading down the east coast of the South Island, I visited a strange place called the Steampunk HQ. It was sort of a bastard hybrid of the old pre-gentrification Travel Town (when you could get tetanus or searing … Continue reading
Edoras
I took a long, long, long side trip deep into the middle of the South Island to Mt. Sunday, a rocky outcropping on which they built the set for Edoras, the capital of Rohan, for The Lord of the Rings. … Continue reading