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  • Favorite parks, tracks (trails), and sights are labelled on this small relief map of South Island, New Zealand. In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu – South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area.
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  • Hikers are rewarded with a spectacular ice bowl at Crucible Lake (1172 meters or 3844 feet elevation). Crucible Lake still floats big ice bergs in late summer, in Mount Aspiring National Park, Southern Alps, South Island, New Zealand. Hiking to Crucible Lake takes at least 8 hours round trip (10 hours with my photography), from Siberia Hut, on a very steep and rooty trail (2300 feet or 700 meters vertical gain). In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010. Panorama stitched from 2 overlapping photos.
    07NZ_1007-08pan_Crucible-Lake_flower...jpg
  • Kangaroo Island Kangaroos (Macropus fuliginosus fuliginosus) roam freely near the Visitor Centre and campground in Flinders Chase National Park, Kangaroo Island, South Australia. Upon landing in 1802, famous explorer Captain Matthew Flinders shot the first Kangaroo Island Kangaroo. Not until the 1990s did taxonomists clarify that it was a subspecies of the Western Grey Kangaroo (Macropus fuliginosus, a large brown marsupial mammal species in the Macropod family, Macropodidae), which lives across the southern part of Australia, from just south of Shark Bay to coastal South Australia, western Victoria, and the entire Murray-Darling Basin in New South Wales and Queensland. It breeds year round with a peak during summer months. Be cautious of kangaroos when driving roads at night.
    04AUS-20316_Kangaroo-Island-Kangaroo.jpg
  • Sheep are transported on the ferry from Kangaroo Island to mainland South Australia.
    04AUS-20320_sheep-Kangaroo-Island-fe...jpg
  • Among the world's rarest geese species, Cape Barren Geese (Cereopsis novaehollandiae) walk a beach of Maria Island National Park, Tasmania, Australia. Ability to drink salty or brackish water allows them to live on islands year-round. Cape Barren Geese were introduced to Maria Island National Park in 1968 from Bass Strait Islands to help ensure their survival as a species. Now they thrive and are no longer endangered. They naturally range across the coasts and islands of southern Australia. These bulky geese have grey plumage with black spots. The tail and flight feathers are blackish and the legs are pink with black feet. The short, decurved black bill and green cere gives it a peculiar expression. The Cape Barren Goose weighs 3 to 7 kg (6.6 to 15 lb) and has a 150 to 190 cm (59 to 75 in) wingspan; males are somewhat larger than females. It feeds by grazing and rarely swims. As Australia's only native goose, it was first sighted on Cape Barren Island (second largest of the Furneaux Group of 52 islands northeast of Tasmania). Cape Barren Island has the distinction of being "the largest island of the largest island (Flinders Island) of the largest island (Tasmania) of the largest island (Australia)."
    04AUS-30063_Cape-Barren-Goose_Maria-...jpg
  • Among the world's rarest geese species, Cape Barren Geese (Cereopsis novaehollandiae) live on Maria Island National Park, Tasmania, Australia. Ability to drink salty or brackish water allows them to live on islands year-round. Cape Barren Geese were introduced to Maria Island National Park in 1968 from Bass Strait Islands to help ensure their survival as a species. Now they thrive and are no longer endangered. They naturally range across the coasts and islands of southern Australia. These bulky geese have grey plumage with black spots. The tail and flight feathers are blackish and the legs are pink with black feet. The short, decurved black bill and green cere gives it a peculiar expression. The Cape Barren Goose weighs 3 to 7 kg (6.6 to 15 lb) and has a 150 to 190 cm (59 to 75 in) wingspan; males are somewhat larger than females. It feeds by grazing and rarely swims. As Australia's only native goose, it was first sighted on Cape Barren Island (second largest of the Furneaux Group of 52 islands northeast of Tasmania). Cape Barren Island has the distinction of being "the largest island of the largest island (Flinders Island) of the largest island (Tasmania) of the largest island (Australia)."
    04AUS-30049_Cape-Barren-Goose_Maria-...jpg
  • A koala climbs a tree at Koala Conservation Centre, Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia. The koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) is an arboreal herbivorous marsupial native to Australia, and the only surviving member of the family Phascolarctidae. The koala is found in coastal regions of eastern and southern Australia, from Adelaide to the southern part of Cape York Peninsula, extending inland where enough moisture supports suitable woodlands. The koalas of South Australia were mostly exterminated during the early 1900s, but have been repopulated with Victorian stock. The koala is not found in Tasmania or Western Australia. The koala is one of the few mammals (other than primates) that has fingerprints. It is generally silent, but males have a very loud advertising call that can be heard from almost a kilometer away during the breeding season. The koala requires large areas of healthy, connected forest and will travel long distances along tree corridors in search of new territory and mates. Human encroachment cuts these corridors with agricultural and residential development, forestry, and road-building, marooning koala colonies in decreasing areas of bush.
    04AUS-20058_Koala-Conservation-Centr...jpg
  • A koala rests in a tree at Koala Conservation Centre, Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia. The koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) is an arboreal herbivorous marsupial native to Australia, and the only surviving member of the family Phascolarctidae. The koala is found in coastal regions of eastern and southern Australia, from Adelaide to the southern part of Cape York Peninsula, extending inland where enough moisture supports suitable woodlands. The koalas of South Australia were mostly exterminated during the early 1900s, but have been repopulated with Victorian stock. The koala is not found in Tasmania or Western Australia. The koala is one of the few mammals (other than primates) that has fingerprints. It is generally silent, but males have a very loud advertising call that can be heard from almost a kilometer away during the breeding season. The koala requires large areas of healthy, connected forest and will travel long distances along tree corridors in search of new territory and mates. Human encroachment cuts these corridors with agricultural and residential development, forestry, and road-building, marooning koala colonies in decreasing areas of bush.
    04AUS-20053_Koala-Conservation-Centr...jpg
  • Koalas rest in a tree at Koala Conservation Centre, Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia. The koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) is an arboreal herbivorous marsupial native to Australia, and the only surviving member of the family Phascolarctidae. The koala is found in coastal regions of eastern and southern Australia, from Adelaide to the southern part of Cape York Peninsula, extending inland where enough moisture supports suitable woodlands. The koalas of South Australia were mostly exterminated during the early 1900s, but have been repopulated with Victorian stock. The koala is not found in Tasmania or Western Australia. The koala is one of the few mammals (other than primates) that has fingerprints. It is generally silent, but males have a very loud advertising call that can be heard from almost a kilometer away during the breeding season. The koala requires large areas of healthy, connected forest and will travel long distances along tree corridors in search of new territory and mates. Human encroachment cuts these corridors with agricultural and residential development, forestry, and road-building, marooning koala colonies in decreasing areas of bush.
    04AUS-20052_Koala-Conservation-Centr...jpg
  • Commissariat Store was built in 1825 as part of a convict village, whose history is preserved at Maria Island National Park, Tasmania, Australia. From 1825 to 1832, Darlington was Tasmania’s second penal colony (the first was Sarah Island near Strahan).
    04AUS-30103_Commissariat-Store-1825-...jpg
  • Commissariat Store was built 1825 as part of a convict village, whose history is preserved at Maria Island National Park, Tasmania, Australia. From 1825 to 1832, Darlington was Tasmania’s second penal colony (the first was Sarah Island near Strahan).
    04AUS-30101_Commissariat-Store-1825-...jpg
  • Neptune's necklace (Hormosira banksii also known as sea grapes or bubbleweed) is a species of seaweed (brown algae, Fucales) found in Australia and New Zealand. Its strings of olive-brown hollow beads have a slimy layer to conserve moisture, and they are commonly found in rock pools at mid-tide levels. Each bead is filled with water to prevent desiccation between tides, plus gas to rise to the sea surface for sunlight and movement in currents. Maria Island, Tasmania, Australia.
    04AUS-30066_sea-necklace-Maria-Islan...jpg
  • The Fossil Cliffs in Maria Island National Park (Tasmania, Australia) are one of the best examples in the world of fossils from the Permian and Triassic. A former limestone quarry reveals animal shells immortalized in rock for nearly 300 million years. The grey limestone is studded with thousands of mussel-like shells (Eurydesma), sea fans, coral-like creatures, scallop shells, and sea lilies. The dense deposits in what was a cold polar sea mark one of the biggest extinctions since the Cambrian. Amongst the fossils are large granite and quartzite rocks, drop stones transported by floating then melting ice. A hand picks up an ancient fossil.
    04AUS-30054_Fossil-cliffs_Maria-Isla...jpg
  • The Fossil Cliffs in Maria Island National Park (Tasmania, Australia) are one of the best examples in the world of fossils from the Permian and Triassic. A former limestone quarry reveals animal shells immortalized in rock for nearly 300 million years. The grey limestone is studded with thousands of mussel-like shells (Eurydesma), sea fans, coral-like creatures, scallop shells, and sea lilies. The dense deposits in what was a cold polar sea mark one of the biggest extinctions since the Cambrian. Amongst the fossils are large granite and quartzite rocks, drop stones transported by floating then melting ice.
    04AUS-30053_Fossil-cliffs_Maria-Isla...jpg
  • A isolated metal door to nowhere remains in a field on historic Maria Island National Park, Tasmania, Australia.
    04AUS-30052_door-to-nowhere_Maria-Is...jpg
  • A hand holds sea shells from a beach of Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia.
    04AUS-20037_Shells-in-hand_Philip-Is...jpg
  • A grave stone, farm building, and fence are preserved on historic Maria Island National Park, Tasmania, Australia.
    04AUS-30051_Cemetery-1825-Maria-Isla...jpg
  • Kangaroo Island Kangaroos (Macropus fuliginosus fuliginosus) roam freely near the Visitor Centre and campground in Flinders Chase National Park, Kangaroo Island, South Australia. Upon landing in 1802, famous explorer Captain Matthew Flinders shot the first Kangaroo Island Kangaroo. Not until the 1990s did taxonomists clarify that it was a subspecies of the Western Grey Kangaroo (Macropus fuliginosus, a large brown marsupial mammal species in the Macropod family, Macropodidae), which lives across the southern part of Australia, from just south of Shark Bay to coastal South Australia, western Victoria, and the entire Murray-Darling Basin in New South Wales and Queensland. It breeds year round with a peak during summer months. Be cautious of kangaroos when driving roads at night. For licensing options, please inquire.
    04AUS-20216_Kangaroo-joey.jpg
  • Kangaroo Island Kangaroos (Macropus fuliginosus fuliginosus) roam freely near the Visitor Centre and campground in Flinders Chase National Park, Kangaroo Island, South Australia. Upon landing in 1802, famous explorer Captain Matthew Flinders shot the first Kangaroo Island Kangaroo. Not until the 1990s did taxonomists clarify that it was a subspecies of the Western Grey Kangaroo (Macropus fuliginosus, a large brown marsupial mammal species in the Macropod family, Macropodidae), which lives across the southern part of Australia, from just south of Shark Bay to coastal South Australia, western Victoria, and the entire Murray-Darling Basin in New South Wales and Queensland. It breeds year round with a peak during summer months. Be cautious of kangaroos when driving roads at night.
    04AUS-20222_Kangaroo-joey.jpg
  • Kangaroo Island Kangaroos (Macropus fuliginosus fuliginosus) roam freely near the Visitor Centre and campground in Flinders Chase National Park, Kangaroo Island, South Australia. Upon landing in 1802, famous explorer Captain Matthew Flinders shot the first Kangaroo Island Kangaroo. Not until the 1990s did taxonomists clarify that it was a subspecies of the Western Grey Kangaroo (Macropus fuliginosus, a large brown marsupial mammal species in the Macropod family, Macropodidae), which lives across the southern part of Australia, from just south of Shark Bay to coastal South Australia, western Victoria, and the entire Murray-Darling Basin in New South Wales and Queensland. It breeds year round with a peak during summer months. Be cautious of kangaroos when driving roads at night.
    04AUS-20214_Kangaroo-campervan.jpg
  • Kangaroo Island Kangaroos (Macropus fuliginosus fuliginosus) roam freely near the Visitor Centre and campground in Flinders Chase National Park, Kangaroo Island, South Australia. Upon landing in 1802, famous explorer Captain Matthew Flinders shot the first Kangaroo Island Kangaroo. Not until the 1990s did taxonomists clarify that it was a subspecies of the Western Grey Kangaroo (Macropus fuliginosus, a large brown marsupial mammal species in the Macropod family, Macropodidae), which lives across the southern part of Australia, from just south of Shark Bay to coastal South Australia, western Victoria, and the entire Murray-Darling Basin in New South Wales and Queensland. It breeds year round with a peak during summer months. Be cautious of kangaroos when driving roads at night.
    04AUS-20215_Kangaroo-joey.jpg
  • Admire coastal cliff scenery at Fluted Cape, South Bruny National Park, Bruny Island, Tasmania, Australia. Bruny Island lies just off the south-east coast of Tasmania. D'Entrecasteaux Channel separates the island from mainland Tasmania. Drive 40 km south of Hobart on Southern Outlet (A6) to Kingston and B68 to the Kettering vehicular ferry. The 15 minute ferry takes you to Roberts Point on north Bruny Island which has sealed & unsealed roads. The area offers good hiking, camping, birdwatching, and communing with nature.
    04AUS-30139_Fluted-Cape_Tasmania.jpg
  • Cape du Couedic Lightstation was built 25 meters tall from local stone, 1906-1909, on the southwestern point of Kangaroo Island off the coast of South Australia. The lighthouse has been automated since 1957 and visitors can stay in the old keepers' cottages. Flinders Chase National Park, Kangaroo Island, South Australia.
    04AUS-20309_Cape-de-Couedic-Lightsta...jpg
  • The Remarkable Rocks form fantastic shapes in Flinders Chase National Park, Kangaroo Island, South Australia. The Remarkable Rocks began as magma injected into a sedimentary rock layer and crystallized into a single granite monolith a few kilometers below the earths surface. Subsurface weathering cracked the granite along joint planes and created corestones. Erosion peeled away the surface and revealed the corestones, which were sculpted asymmetrically by the affects of rain and prevailing southerly winds.
    04AUS-20294_Remarkable-Rocks.jpg
  • The Remarkable Rocks form fantastic shapes in Flinders Chase National Park, Kangaroo Island, South Australia. The Remarkable Rocks began as magma injected into a sedimentary rock layer and crystallized into a single granite monolith a few kilometers below the earths surface. Subsurface weathering cracked the granite along joint planes and created corestones. Erosion peeled away the surface and revealed the corestones, which were sculpted asymmetrically by the affects of rain and prevailing southerly winds.
    04AUS-20290_Remarkable-Rocks.jpg
  • The Remarkable Rocks form fantastic shapes in Flinders Chase National Park, Kangaroo Island, South Australia. The Remarkable Rocks began as magma injected into a sedimentary rock layer and crystallized into a single granite monolith a few kilometers below the earths surface. Subsurface weathering cracked the granite along joint planes and created corestones. Erosion peeled away the surface and revealed the corestones, which were sculpted asymmetrically by the affects of rain and prevailing southerly winds. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
    04AUS-20288_Remarkable-Rocks.jpg
  • The Remarkable Rocks form fantastic shapes in Flinders Chase National Park, Kangaroo Island, South Australia. The Remarkable Rocks began as magma injected into a sedimentary rock layer and crystallized into a single granite monolith a few kilometers below the earths surface. Subsurface weathering cracked the granite along joint planes and created corestones. Erosion peeled away the surface and revealed the corestones, which were sculpted asymmetrically by the affects of rain and prevailing southerly winds.
    04AUS-20270_Remarkable-Rocks.jpg
  • The Remarkable Rocks form fantastic shapes in Flinders Chase National Park, Kangaroo Island, South Australia. The Remarkable Rocks began as magma injected into a sedimentary rock layer and crystallized into a single granite monolith a few kilometers below the earths surface. Subsurface weathering cracked the granite along joint planes and created corestones. Erosion peeled away the surface and revealed the corestones, which were sculpted asymmetrically by the affects of rain and prevailing southerly winds.
    04AUS-20267_Remarkable-Rocks.jpg
  • The Remarkable Rocks form fantastic shapes in Flinders Chase National Park, Kangaroo Island, South Australia. The Remarkable Rocks began as magma injected into a sedimentary rock layer and crystallized into a single granite monolith a few kilometers below the earths surface. Subsurface weathering cracked the granite along joint planes and created corestones. Erosion peeled away the surface and revealed the corestones, which were sculpted asymmetrically by the affects of rain and prevailing southerly winds.
    04AUS-20257_Remarkable-Rocks.jpg
  • The Remarkable Rocks form fantastic shapes in Flinders Chase National Park, Kangaroo Island, South Australia. The Remarkable Rocks began as magma injected into a sedimentary rock layer and crystallized into a single granite monolith a few kilometers below the earths surface. Subsurface weathering cracked the granite along joint planes and created corestones. Erosion peeled away the surface and revealed the corestones, which were sculpted asymmetrically by the affects of rain and prevailing southerly winds.
    04AUS-20253_Remarkable-Rocks.jpg
  • The Remarkable Rocks form fantastic shapes in Flinders Chase National Park, Kangaroo Island, South Australia. The Remarkable Rocks began as magma injected into a sedimentary rock layer and crystallized into a single granite monolith a few kilometers below the earths surface. Subsurface weathering cracked the granite along joint planes and created corestones. Erosion peeled away the surface and revealed the corestones, which were sculpted asymmetrically by the affects of rain and prevailing southerly winds.
    04AUS-20248_Remarkable-Rocks.jpg
  • The Remarkable Rocks form fantastic shapes in Flinders Chase National Park, Kangaroo Island, South Australia. The Remarkable Rocks began as magma injected into a sedimentary rock layer and crystallized into a single granite monolith a few kilometers below the earths surface. Subsurface weathering cracked the granite along joint planes and created corestones. Erosion peeled away the surface and revealed the corestones, which were sculpted asymmetrically by the affects of rain and prevailing southerly winds.
    04AUS-20246_Remarkable-Rocks.jpg
  • Rocky River Beach, Indian Ocean (or Southern Ocean according to Australian geographers), Flinders Chase National Park, Kangaroo Island, South Australia.
    04AUS-20237_Rocky-River-beach_Flinde...jpg
  • The Remarkable Rocks form fantastic shapes in Flinders Chase National Park, Kangaroo Island, South Australia. The Remarkable Rocks began as magma injected into a sedimentary rock layer and crystallized into a single granite monolith a few kilometers below the earths surface. Subsurface weathering cracked the granite along joint planes and created corestones. Erosion peeled away the surface and revealed the corestones, which were sculpted asymmetrically by the affects of rain and prevailing southerly winds.
    04AUS-03-32_Remarkable-Rocks.jpg
  • The Remarkable Rocks form fantastic shapes in Flinders Chase National Park, Kangaroo Island, South Australia. The Remarkable Rocks began as magma injected into a sedimentary rock layer and crystallized into a single granite monolith a few kilometers below the earths surface. Subsurface weathering cracked the granite along joint planes and created corestones. Erosion peeled away the surface and revealed the corestones, which were sculpted asymmetrically by the affects of rain and prevailing southerly winds.
    04AUS-03-31_Remarkable-Rocks.jpg
  • The Indian Ocean (or Southern Ocean according to Australian geographers) has carved Admirals Arch, in Flinders Chase National Park, Kangaroo Island, South Australia.
    04AUS-20312_Admirals-Arch_Flinders-C...jpg
  • The Remarkable Rocks form fantastic shapes in Flinders Chase National Park, Kangaroo Island, South Australia. The Remarkable Rocks began as magma injected into a sedimentary rock layer and crystallized into a single granite monolith a few kilometers below the earths surface. Subsurface weathering cracked the granite along joint planes and created corestones. Erosion peeled away the surface and revealed the corestones, which were sculpted asymmetrically by the affects of rain and prevailing southerly winds.
    04AUS-20265_Remarkable-Rocks.jpg
  • The Remarkable Rocks form fantastic shapes in Flinders Chase National Park, Kangaroo Island, South Australia. The Remarkable Rocks began as magma injected into a sedimentary rock layer and crystallized into a single granite monolith a few kilometers below the earths surface. Subsurface weathering cracked the granite along joint planes and created corestones. Erosion peeled away the surface and revealed the corestones, which were sculpted asymmetrically by the affects of rain and prevailing southerly winds. Panorama stitched from 2 overlapping images.
    04AUS-20263-264pan_Remarkable-Rocks.jpg
  • Curiously weathered reddish purple and orange pebbles lie on bluffs above Rocky River Beach, in Flinders Chase National Park, Kangaroo Island, South Australia.
    04AUS-20231_red-stones_Flinders-Chas...jpg
  • Tararua Wind Farm is the largest wind power installation in the Southern Hemisphere. It is located 10 kilometres northeast of the city of Palmerston North, on a 5 kilometre long ridge in the Tararua Ranges, on the North Island of New Zealand. Humans have migrated to the ends of the earth to cut farms from virgin forests and compete for new resources, such as here in the South Pacific. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
    07NZ_6095_Tararua-Wind-farm.jpg
  • Orange, yellow, and white sandstone rock patterns are exposed in the Painted Cliffs of Maria Island National Park, Darlington, Tasmania, Australia. Undercut by the Tasman Sea (South Pacific Ocean), the Painted Cliffs date from the Permian and Triassic, 300-200 million years ago.
    04AUS-30098_Painted-Cliffs_Tasmania.jpg
  • Brain shaped sandstone rock patterns form in the Painted Cliffs of Maria Island National Park, Darlington, Tasmania, Australia. Undercut by the Tasman Sea (South Pacific Ocean), the Painted Cliffs date from the Permian and Triassic, 300-200 million years ago.
    04AUS-30091_Painted-Cliffs_Tasmania.jpg
  • Chitons are marine molluscs in the class Polyplacophora (formerly Amphineura). The animals cling to sandstone of the Painted Cliffs, in Maria Island National Park, Darlington, Tasmania, Australia. Undercut by the Tasman Sea (South Pacific Ocean), the Painted Cliffs date from the Permian and Triassic, 300-200 million years ago.
    04AUS-30089_chitons-on-sandstone.jpg
  • Red, orange, yellow, brown, and white sandstone rock patterns are exposed in the Painted Cliffs of Maria Island National Park, Darlington, Tasmania, Australia. Undercut by the Tasman Sea (South Pacific Ocean), the Painted Cliffs date from the Permian and Triassic, 300-200 million years ago. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
    04AUS-30086_Painted-Cliffs_Tasmania.jpg
  • Orange, yellow, and white sandstone rock patterns are exposed in the Painted Cliffs of Maria Island National Park, Darlington, Tasmania, Australia. Undercut by the Tasman Sea (South Pacific Ocean), the Painted Cliffs date from the Permian and Triassic, 300-200 million years ago.
    04AUS-30082_Painted-Cliffs_Tasmania.jpg
  • Orange, yellow, brown, and white sandstone rock patterns are exposed in the Painted Cliffs of Maria Island National Park, Darlington, Tasmania, Australia. Undercut by the Tasman Sea (South Pacific Ocean), the coastal Painted Cliffs date from the Permian and Triassic, 300-200 million years ago.
    04AUS-30074_Painted-Cliffs_Tasmania.jpg
  • Orange, yellow, brown, and white sandstone rock patterns are exposed in the Painted Cliffs of Maria Island National Park, Darlington, Tasmania, Australia. Undercut by the Tasman Sea (South Pacific Ocean), the coastal Painted Cliffs date from the Permian and Triassic, 300-200 million years ago.
    04AUS-30073_Painted-Cliffs_Tasmania.jpg
  • Young swimmers explore coastal sandstone rock patterns exposed in the Painted Cliffs, in Maria Island National Park, near Darlington, Tasmania, Australia. Undercut by the Tasman Sea (South Pacific Ocean), the Painted Cliffs date from the Permian and Triassic, 300-200 million years ago. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
    04AUS-30099_swimmers_Painted-Cliffs_...jpg
  • White and black girlfriends with bikini tops hop with bare feet along orange, yellow, and white sandstone rock patterns exposed in the Painted Cliffs of Maria Island National Park, Darlington, Tasmania, Australia. Undercut by the Tasman Sea (South Pacific Ocean), the Painted Cliffs date from the Permian and Triassic, 300-200 million years ago.
    04AUS-30093_girls-Painted-Cliffs_Tas...jpg
  • Orange, yellow, and white sandstone rock patterns are exposed in the Painted Cliffs of Maria Island National Park, Darlington, Tasmania, Australia. Undercut by the Tasman Sea (South Pacific Ocean), the coastal Painted Cliffs date from the Permian and Triassic, 300-200 million years ago.
    04AUS-30087_Painted-Cliffs_Tasmania.jpg
  • Orange, yellow, and white sandstone rock patterns are exposed in the Painted Cliffs of Maria Island National Park, Darlington, Tasmania, Australia. Undercut by the Tasman Sea (South Pacific Ocean), the coastal Painted Cliffs date from the Permian and Triassic, 300-200 million years ago.
    04AUS-30079_Painted-Cliffs_Tasmania.jpg
  • Coastal sandstone rock patterns are exposed in the Painted Cliffs of Maria Island National Park, Darlington, Tasmania, Australia. Undercut by the Tasman Sea (South Pacific Ocean), the Painted Cliffs date from the Permian and Triassic, 300-200 million years ago. Published in "Basic Geomorphology" book by Montri Choowong, Ph.D in the Department of Geology, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
    04AUS-30068_Painted-Cliffs_Tasmania.jpg
  • Native to Australia and the largest of the possums, the Common Brushtail Possum is a nocturnal, semi-arboreal marsupial of the family Phalangeridae. Fur color patterns tend to be silver-gray, brown, black, red, or cream. The bushy tail has a hairless patch underneath and a prehensile tip for gripping branches. It is nocturnal like most possums, and in the wild mainly eats eucalyptus leaves but has been known to eat small mammals such as rats. It is the Australian marsupial most often seen thriving in cities, where they like fruit trees, vegetable gardens, and kitchens. It is a major agricultural and conservation pest in New Zealand where it was introduced in the 1800s. Its scientific name Trichosurus vulpecula is from the Greek for "furry tailed" and the Latin for "little fox", also known as Phalangista vulpine. Photo is in Flinders Chase National Park, Kangaroo Island, South Australia.
    04AUS-20280_Common-Brushtail-Possum.jpg
  • Mount Egmont or Taranaki (2518 meters / 8261 feet) in Mount Egmont National Park, New Zealand, North Island. Featured as a stand-in for Mount Fuji in the Tom Cruise motion picture, "The Last Samurai". Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
    07NZ_7019_Mt-Egmont_Taranaki.jpg
  • Champagne Pool, at Wai-O-Tapu Thermal Wonderland, North Island, New Zealand. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
    07NZ_8239-Wai-O-Tapu-TW.jpg
  • Surf washes over sea shells on a beach of Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia.
    04AUS-20038_Shells-foam.jpg
  • Fiordland National Park, NEW ZEALAND: Milford Sound is a beautiful, deeply carved fjord. In geography, a "sound" is a large sea or ocean inlet (larger than a bay), but a fiord (or fjord) is a narrow sea inlet that was carved by glacier. Published in May/June 2004 Sierra Magazine, Sierra Club Outings.
    98NZ-14-04_Milford-Sound.jpg
  • An old farm steam engine is preserved in Maria Island National Park, 4km off the east coast of Tasmania, Australia. The island was named in 1642 by Dutch explorer Abel Tasman after Maria van Diemen (née van Aelst), wife of Anthony van Diemen, the Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies in Batavia (now Jakarta).
    04AUS-30046_old-farm_steam-engine_Ma...jpg
  • The mischievous kea (Nestor notabilis), the world's only alpine parrot, is native to South Island, New Zealand. The bird is mostly olive-green with brilliant orange under its wings.  Rob Roy Valley, Mount Aspiring National Park, Southern Alps, South Island, New Zealand. In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area.
    07NZ_1104-Kea-parrot.jpg
  • Waterfall and mossy boulders on the Routeburn Track, Southern Alps, South Island, New Zealand. In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu – South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area.
    98NZ-00-01_Routeburn_Waterfall.jpg
  • Ranunculus lyallii, also known as the Mount Cook Lily, is a flower in the Buttercup family. A steep, rooty, scenic hike ascends Crucible Stream Valley through forest wilderness to alpine Crucible Lake in the Southern Alps, South Island, New Zealand. In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area.
    07NZ_0253-Ranunculus-lyallii_Butterc...jpg
  • A hiker (tramper) crosses a swing bridge on the Routeburn Track, in Mount Aspiring National Park, South Island, New Zealand. In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area.
    07NZ_3199_Routeburn-Track.jpg
  • A waterfall plunges in Rob Roy Valley, Mount Aspiring National Park, Southern Alps, South Island, New Zealand. In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area.
    07NZ_1119_Rob-Roy-Valley.jpg
  • A hiker rests on a bench admiring water falling from an ice cap in Rob Roy Valley, Mount Aspiring National Park, Southern Alps, South Island, New Zealand. (Self portrait.) In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area.
    07NZ_1108_Rob-Roy-Glacier.jpg
  • White gentian flowers bloom on the Routeburn Track, in Mount Aspiring National Park, South Island, New Zealand. In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area.
    07NZ_3030_white-flowers.jpg
  • Routeburn Falls, on the Track, in Mount Aspiring National Park, South Island, New Zealand. In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area.
    07NZ_3029_Routeburn-Falls.jpg
  • West Matukituki River swing bridge takes you to the Rob Roy Valley track in Mount Aspiring National Park, Southern Alps, South Island, New Zealand. In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area.
    07NZ_1167_West-Matukituki-swing-brid...jpg
  • Glaciers melt a myriad of streams into Rob Roy Valley, in Mount Aspiring National Park, Southern Alps, South Island, New Zealand. In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area.
    07NZ_1115_Rob-Roy-Glacier.jpg
  • In South Australia, the Kangaroo Island ferry flies the Australian Red Ensign (flown by Australian-registered boats/ships). In contrast, the National Flag of Australia has been dark blue since 1953. (Prior to 1953, Australia used both the red and blue versions as the national flag.)
    04AUS-20200_Australian-Red-Ensign-na...jpg
  • Snowy peaks rise high above Hollyford Valley in Fiordland National Park, as seen from atop Conical Hill, on the Routeburn Track, South Island, New Zealand. Panorama stitched from 14 overlapping photos.
    07NZ_3061-74pan-mod-Hollyford-Valley...jpg
  • Composite flowers bloom on the Routeburn Track, in Mount Aspiring National Park, South Island, New Zealand. The aster, daisy, or sunflower family (Asteraceae or Compositae) is the largest family of vascular plants.
    07NZ_3059-daisies.jpg
  • Kangaroo crossing and wombat crossing, orange highway signs, on Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia.
    04AUS-20034_wombat-sign.jpg
  • Sea stacks and a rock arch make a pretty sight in the South Pacific Ocean at Nugget Point, the Catlins, New Zealand. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
    07NZ_2077_Nugget-Point.jpg
  • Misty rain falls on Lake Harris and Mount Xenicus on the Routeburn Track, Mount Aspiring National Park, New Zealand. In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area.
    98NZ-11-21-Lake-Harris-mist.jpg
  • The bright blue shell is a Paua (Haliotis Iris), an abalone unique to New Zealand. Paua is a small group of monovalve molluscs endemic to New Zealand coastal waters. To the Maori people, paua are recognised taonga, or treasure, esteemed both as kai moana (seafood) and as a valued resource for traditional and contemporary arts and crafts.
    07NZ_5198_paua_abalone-shells.jpg
  • The Common Brushtail Possum, a native of Australia, is an unwanted pest in New Zealand.
    07NZ_0044_Brushtail-possum.jpg
  • Funny sign: Concealed drive sign with black arrow on yellow-orange background, on a highway in New Zealand.
    07NZT_129-concealed-arrow-sign.jpg
  • Pancake Rocks weathered from limestone sediment layers at Punakaiki, Paparoa National Park, New Zealand. Published in Sierra Magazine, Sierra Club Outings January/February 2004.
    81NZ-06-23_Pancake-Rocks-hiker.jpg
  • South Pacific Ocean waves break on a beach along the Tuatapere Hump Ridge Track, in Fiordland National Park, South Island. In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area.
    07NZ_3001_Blowholes-Beach.jpg
  • See the sun rise through orange, pink, and magenta clouds over the South Pacific Ocean, from a boardwalk atop the Tuatapere Hump Ridge Track, in Fiordland National Park, South Island, New Zealand. In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area.
    07NZ_2202_sunrise_Ta-Waewae-Bay.jpg
  • Okaka Hut provides comfortable private or shared rooms with optional hot shower, on Tuatapere Hump Ridge Track, in Fiordland National Park, South Island, New Zealand. In the distance lies Ta Waewae Bay on the South Pacific Ocean. In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area.
    07NZ_2145_Okaka-Hut.jpg
  • See the South Pacific Ocean from atop the Tuatapere Hump Ridge Track, in Fiordland National Park, South Island, New Zealand. In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area.
    07NZ_2122_Hump-Ridge-Track.jpg
  • West Head of South Island, Cook Strait, South Pacific Ocean, New Zealand.
    07NZ_5247_West-Head_Cook-Strait.jpg
  • South Pacific Ocean waves released the spherical Moeraki Boulders onto Koekohe Beach, between Moeraki and Hampden on the Otago coast, South Island, New Zealand. These ancient concretions grew 2 meters (6 feet) in diameter over 4 to 5.5 million years from marine mud (Moeraki Formation mudstone) near the surface of the Paleocene sea floor.  After the concretions formed, large cracks (septaria) formed and filled with brown calcite, yellow calcite, and small amounts of dolomite and quartz when a drop in sea level allowed fresh groundwater to flow through the enclosing mudstone.
    07NZ_2009_Moeraki-Boulders.jpg
  • South Pacific Ocean waves released the spherical Moeraki Boulders onto Koekohe Beach, between Moeraki and Hampden on the Otago coast, South Island, New Zealand. These ancient concretions grew 2 meters (6 feet) in diameter over 4 to 5.5 million years from marine mud (Moeraki Formation mudstone) near the surface of the Paleocene sea floor.  After the concretions formed, large cracks (septaria) formed and filled with brown calcite, yellow calcite, and small amounts of dolomite and quartz when a drop in sea level allowed fresh groundwater to flow through the enclosing mudstone.
    07NZ_2006_Moeraki-Boulders.jpg
  • South Pacific Ocean waves released the spherical Moeraki Boulders onto Koekohe Beach, between Moeraki and Hampden on the Otago coast, South Island, New Zealand. These ancient concretions grew 2 meters (6 feet) in diameter over 4 to 5.5 million years from marine mud (Moeraki Formation mudstone) near the surface of the Paleocene sea floor.  After the concretions formed, large cracks (septaria) formed and filled with brown calcite, yellow calcite, and small amounts of dolomite and quartz when a drop in sea level allowed fresh groundwater to flow through the enclosing mudstone.
    07NZ_1257_Moeraki-Boulders.jpg
  • South Pacific Ocean waves released the spherical Moeraki Boulders onto Koekohe Beach, between Moeraki and Hampden on the Otago coast, South Island, New Zealand. These ancient concretions grew 2 meters (6 feet) in diameter over 4 to 5.5 million years from marine mud (Moeraki Formation mudstone) near the surface of the Paleocene sea floor.  After the concretions formed, large cracks (septaria) formed and filled with brown calcite, yellow calcite, and small amounts of dolomite and quartz when a drop in sea level allowed fresh groundwater to flow through the enclosing mudstone.
    07NZ_1237_Moeraki-Boulders.jpg
  • Bluebridge Ferry transports cars & people through Queen Charlotte Sound, South Island, New Zealand (on the way to North Island).
    07NZ_5240_Queen-Charlotte-Sound.jpg
  • South Pacific Ocean waves released the spherical Moeraki Boulders onto Koekohe Beach, between Moeraki and Hampden on the Otago coast, South Island, New Zealand. These ancient concretions grew 2 meters (6 feet) in diameter over 4 to 5.5 million years from marine mud (Moeraki Formation mudstone) near the surface of the Paleocene sea floor.  After the concretions formed, large cracks (septaria) formed and filled with brown calcite, yellow calcite, and small amounts of dolomite and quartz when a drop in sea level allowed fresh groundwater to flow through the enclosing mudstone.
    07NZ_2002_Moeraki-Boulders.jpg
  • South Pacific Ocean waves released the spherical Moeraki Boulders onto Koekohe Beach, between Moeraki and Hampden on the Otago coast, South Island, New Zealand. These ancient concretions grew 2 meters (6 feet) in diameter over 4 to 5.5 million years from marine mud (Moeraki Formation mudstone) near the surface of the Paleocene sea floor.  After the concretions formed, large cracks (septaria) formed and filled with brown calcite, yellow calcite, and small amounts of dolomite and quartz when a drop in sea level allowed fresh groundwater to flow through the enclosing mudstone. For licensing options, please inquire.
    07NZ_1217_Moeraki-Boulders.jpg
  • South Pacific Ocean waves released the spherical Moeraki Boulders onto Koekohe Beach, between Moeraki and Hampden on the Otago coast, South Island, New Zealand. These ancient concretions grew 2 meters (6 feet) in diameter over 4 to 5.5 million years from marine mud (Moeraki Formation mudstone) near the surface of the Paleocene sea floor.  After the concretions formed, large cracks (septaria) formed and filled with brown calcite, yellow calcite, and small amounts of dolomite and quartz when a drop in sea level allowed fresh groundwater to flow through the enclosing mudstone.
    07NZ_1198_Moeraki-Boulders.jpg
  • South Pacific Ocean waves released the spherical Moeraki Boulders onto Koekohe Beach, between Moeraki and Hampden on the Otago coast, South Island, New Zealand. These ancient concretions grew 2 meters (6 feet) in diameter over 4 to 5.5 million years from marine mud (Moeraki Formation mudstone) near the surface of the Paleocene sea floor.  After the concretions formed, large cracks (septaria) formed and filled with brown calcite, yellow calcite, and small amounts of dolomite and quartz when a drop in sea level allowed fresh groundwater to flow through the enclosing mudstone.
    07NZ_1190_Moeraki-Boulders.jpg
  • A hiker (tramper) explores forest on the Tuatapere Hump Ridge Track, in Fiordland National Park, South Island, New Zealand. In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area.
    07NZC_181_Hump-Ridge-Track.jpg
  • The peak of Aoraki / Mount Cook (3755 meters / 12,349 feet), in Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park, South Island, New Zealand. In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area.
    07NZ_4112-Mt-Cook.jpg
  • Seen from Kea Point Track, the peak of Aoraki / Mount Cook rises to 3755 meters or 12,349 feet in Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park, South Island, New Zealand. The moraine of Mueller Glacier makes a large pile of gravel which dams the powder blue terminal lake. Start the Kea Point Track from Mt Cook Village or from a shortcut at the end of Hooker Valley Road. In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area.
    07NZ_3235-Mt-Cook.jpg
  • Tree ferns grow high over the Tuatapere Hump Ridge Track, in Fiordland National Park, South Island, New Zealand. In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area.
    07NZ_2261_tree-ferns.jpg
  • Historic Percy Burn Viaduct (36 meters high and 124 meters long) was built for a logging tramway in 1923 and now attracts trampers (hikers) on the Tuatapere Hump Ridge Track, in Fiordland National Park, South Island, New Zealand. Due to lack of sturdy structural lumber from native New Zealand forests, the viaduct was built from Australian hardwood, to support logging trains. In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area.
    07NZ_2242_Percy-Burn-Viaduct_36x124m.jpg
  • See the South Pacific Ocean from atop the Tuatapere Hump Ridge Track, in Fiordland National Park, South Island, New Zealand. In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area. Panorama stitched from 6 overlapping photos.
    07NZ_2133-38pan-Te-Waewae-Bay.jpg
  • A small owl known locally as a morepork (Southern Boobook or Ninox novaeseelandiae), hides camouflaged in forest on the Tuatapere Hump Ridge Track, in Fiordland National Park, South Island, New Zealand. In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area.
    07NZ_2130_Morepork-owl.jpg
  • Tom uses a bucket on a string to retrieve drinking water from a stream beneath a wood bridge on Tuatapere Hump Ridge Track, in Fiordland National Park, South Island, New Zealand. In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area.
    07NZ_2115_Hump-Ridge-Track.jpg
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