The dramatic Lindis Pass links the Mackenzie Basin with Central Otago. The actual pass crosses a saddle between the valleys of the Lindis and Ahuriri Rivers at an altitude of 971 metres above sea level. For many months of the year, you can expect to see snow in this mountainous area - often down to the roadside. On our way down to Lake Hawea there was no snow, but the night before we were photographing the Lupins, it got cold and it snows...
Which made for some lovely photographs. We stopped along various parts of the road to take photos. No one else did though - they just rushed past the amazing scenery in a hurry to get wherever they were going...
There weren't too many cars though, so I managed to get an image taken right in the middle of the highway! No way I could do this anywhere else!
Another bus load of tourists rushing past and missing out on some of the best scenery that the South Island has to offer!
The potographers in action - we parked the car and walked over the tussock to get the best views...
And we stopped on the way back too because just photographing the area just once, wasn't enough!
There's something special about mountains, tussock grass, and snow that one cannot ignore if you have a camera in hand!
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