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Craigieburn: NZ South Island Week 2

tussocks in Craigieburn

Craigieburn--click for large view.



Otira Valley fog

We hiked up the Otira Valley in Arthur's Pass National Park to look at alpine vegetation. It was a foggy, then a rainy, day.



Lauren happy in the tussock field

We frolicked through the tussock fields until it really got cold



no giardia in New Zealand

You don't need to filter most of the water in New Zealand because there's no giardia here.



holding a lamb

We went and talked to a biologist who runs a 4 star nature tourism hotel in Craigieburn, and he let us hold his sheep.



climbing the stairs

There was a bit of unrest in the ranks because we stayed a five minute drive from some of the world's best bouldering but didn't have time to go.