by spending the night on the peninsula south of Haast, we were now two days behind on our itinerary. (remember we had eight days to a five day trip). from the Haast area, we turned inland and into the Southern Alps.

the road wound through the hills sometimes steeply. we had to pull over on shoulders often to let speedier traffic go by. we came across a number of short hikes to water falls or other scenic spots.

the first stop was Roaring Billy Falls, which i'm sure would be more impressive during spring melt offs. (as would all of the falls, i suppose). the aqua colored river was actually more impressive than the falls, which can be seen in this shot:


the Roaring Billy Falls walk was only twenty minutes, we didn't stay too long since we knew we had some ground to cover. i'm sure finn tossed a few rocks into the river:


next was Thunder Creek Falls. that might have been a fifteen minute walk. these were a but more impressive:


i did have to do some correction for this photo. in the original the bright background washed out debbie & finn:


more innocent rocks met their watery fate: