Thunderstorm clouds from the top of the road to Lake Onslow, above Millers Flat, Central Otago.

I drove past this scene, glimpsed the red shed, turned around and drove back. Central Otago, south of Patearoa.

Late afternoon light in the Maniototo yesterday. Central Otago, NZ.

A calm evening at Hoopers Inlet on the Otago Peninsula.

Last light on the Hawkdun Ranges last night. Maniototo, NZ.

The view north, late yesterday afternoon up the Clutha River towards Alexandra. Central Otago, NZ.

A brief moment of late light at Alexandra, Central Otago, last night.

Early snow on the Hawkdun ranges behind the fishing huts at Falls Dam, Central Otago, NZ.

Some late winter light on the schist cliffs above the Clutha River, looking south from Alexandra, Central Otago, NZ.

The view north on the long gravel road to Lake Onslow, Central Otago, NZ.

The view towards Mt St Bathans, Central Otago, yesterday evening. The mountain was still dusted in light snow, after a recent cold front. This is our mid summer here in NZ.

White Rock Beach in the southern Wairarapa, NZ.

Early morning at Lake Matheson, Fox Glacier, NZ.

Milford Sound, in some late morning mist. Fiordland, NZ.

The overflow spillway on Falls Dam, Maniototo, Otago, NZ.

A little dapple of afternoon light on the mountains at the northern end of Lake Hāwea, NZ.

Tongaporutu on the coast near Mokau, north of New Plymouth, NZ. A super low tide left some wonderful tide pools.

The old bridge in Ophir, Central Otago, NZ, last night. Built in 1880.

Fresh snow on the Hawkdun Ranges behind the old cook house. Maniototo, Otago, NZ.

First light on the ranges, Aoraki/Mt Cook National Park, NZ.

Last night’s layers of cloud over Central Otago, NZ. There was the briefest last moments of sunlight on the currently snow-less Hawkdun Ranges.

A calm winter day on Lake Pukaki, Aoraki/Mt Cook National Park, NZ.

Some late afternoon light on the Hawkdun Ranges, in the Maniototo, Otago, NZ.