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The Shores

NIKON Z 7 + NIKKOR Z 24-120mm f/4 S @ 71 mm, 1/50 sec at f/8, ISO 400

The view heading towards sunset from the shores of Lake Wakatipu just metres from our freecamp at 25 Mile Creek

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Back to Queenstown

DJI Mini 3 Pro FC3582 + 6.7 mm f/1.7 @ 6.72 mm, 1/500 sec at f/1.7, ISO 100 x 3 Frames

A three frame vertical panorama looking along the road which leads back to Queenstown

Bound for Middle Earth

DJI Mini 3 Pro FC3582 + 6.7 mm f/1.7 @ 6.72 mm, 1/1500 sec at f/1.7, ISO 100 x 21 Frames

What more can you say… We’re definitely bound for Middle Earth

Part of a 180˚ panorama looking along the shoreline of Lake Wakatipu heading towards Glenorchy

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Middle Kingdom

DJI Mini 3 Pro FC3582 + 6.7 mm f/1.7 @ 6.72 mm, 1/1250 sec at f/1.7, ISO 100 x 21 Frames

The 46km (45 minute drive) Glenorchy-Queenstown road hugs the edge of Lake Wakatipu and is in a word spectacular. Stupendous even

They say this is one of the top scenic drives in the world and it was easy to see why

We were staying at Twenty Five Mile Creek right on the waters edge. It’s actually 30km (or about 19 miles) from Queenstown so I’m not entirely sure what the 25 miles refers to 🙂

This is a 180˚ panoramic view taken from out in the middle of the lake looking back along the lakes edge

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25 Mile Creek

DJI Mini 3 Pro FC3582 + 6.7 mm f/1.7 @ 6.72 mm, 1/2000 sec at f/1.7, ISO 200

We had one more night with our motorhomes so we drove right past Queenstown. Driving along the incredibly beautiful road which hugs Lake Wakatipu on the way to Glenorchy

We had planned to stay at the DOC Twelve Mile Delta Campsite but it was frankly very uninspiring

We took a chance an travelled further up the road to a free camp at Twenty Five Mile Stream

It’s a pretty small spot and there were already a few campervans here but there was space for us. The view here right next to the lake however was worth it. Amazing!

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