Instead of driving straight back to Karen and John’s from Mount Cook we went to Karen brother and his wife’s place which is in high country on a station. Karen’s brother is the head shepherd of a 46 000 acre farm with 20 000 sheep and over a 1000 cattle located in the Southern Alps! We spent one night there and then hopped in the back of a truck, with two dogs, John and Karen’s brother to explore the farm and the mountains!! We could see Mount Cook from the mountain we climbed (sitting/ standing in the back of the truck) and the view was amazing. We also got to watch the dogs heard a few sheep that were out in the mountains, it was a different, incredible and definitely off the beaten path!
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looking out at the Southern Alps |
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this is how we climbed a mountain ! |
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the 'road' we traveled on for our over 3 hour climb |
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sheep being herded by a local shepherd |
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sheep and more sheep |
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one of many one way bridge in New Zealand |
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