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Jun 12th 2004, 3:17 am

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New Zealands South Island

Since this forum seems to be so Oz oriented these days (and also because I've been pretty lazy & only just got round to sorting/resizing them) here are some pics from our (myself & parents) trip to the South Island in March 2004

I am but an amateur photographer, so please bear this in mind

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Russ

Starting in Christchurch - Botanical Gardens Rose Garden

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Jun 12th 2004, 3:20 am

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Lake Tekapo - the lake really is this turquoise colour. It's caused by 'rock flour' which is finely ground particles of rock held in suspension in the melted water from the glaciers that run into the lake.

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Jun 12th 2004, 3:22 am

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Church of the Good Shepherd, Lake Tekapo.

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Jun 12th 2004, 3:25 am

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Road to nowhere....deserted state highway between Tekapo & lake Pukaki.

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Jun 12th 2004, 3:31 am

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Bungee jumping off the Kawarau Bridge, nr Queenstown

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Jun 12th 2004, 3:32 am

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Lake Tekapo - the lake really is this turquoise colour. It's caused by 'rock flour' which is finely ground particles of rock held in suspension in the melted water from the glaciers that run into the lake.

The blue colour is the normal colour of water just like unpolluted skies are blue. Other water is brown, yellow or green due to impurities such as tannins, clay, algae etc. SI NZ waters are too low in nutrients and too cold to support algal blooms. The river flows are swift and voluminous and the soils are strongly stabilized by ground cover so the concentration of clay is very low. The lake waters consequentially have a very low turbidity. The "rock flour" explaination is false.