| Best of New Zealand | |
| Arrowtown to Picton | |
| Arrowtown | |
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| Arrowtown is a preserved gold-mining town some 21 kilometres (13 miles) from Queenstown - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| The main street was largely deserted early on a spring Sunday morning - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Leaving Arrowtown and passing through Cromwell, by the time we reached Lindis Pass on Highway 8 the weather was beginning to look ominous - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| A high wind disturbs the surface of Lake Pukaki viewed from Highway 80 en route to the Hermitage but after an overnight stay Mount Cook remained completely hidden in the mist engulfing the Hooker Valley - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Heading back from Mount Cook over the single track bridge. The Church of the Good Shepherd on Lake Tekapo - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| The window on the gable of the church affords a view up Lake Tekapo - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| A short walk from the church is the Sheepdog Memorial . . . but crowds can make photographing difficult if you are pushed for time - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Meadows and grazing sheep along the road to Geraldine - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| A view reminiscent of Scotland's [Valley of] Strathmore (left); typical colonial style buildings in Geraldine - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Geraldine boasts a Motor Museum and a shop displays the Giant Jersey - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Leaving Geraldine to join Highway 1 and head back across the Rakaia River en route for Picton - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Impenetrable broom and forest covers the hillsides on the approach to the coast at Oaro - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| The road hugs the coast and passes through narrow tunnels before reaching Kaikoura - famous for whale and dolphin watching - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Wind turbines beyond Kaikoura and a Kiwi freight train running parallel to the road as it heads for Picton - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Picton Ferry Terminal with the KAITAKI loading for the three hour crossing to Wellington on the North Island - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| One time PRIDE OF CHERBOURG the KAITAKI (above) was built in the Netherlands in 1995 and is still registered in Portsmouth, England. Leaving Picton aboard the KAITAKI (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Passing through Queen Charlotte Sound and entering the Tory Channel we meet another Interislander ferry heading for Piston - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Leaving the Tory Channel we get a first sighting of the North Island across the Cook Strait - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Separating the South and North Islands, the Cook Strait connects the Tasman Sea and the Pacific Ocean - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Leaving the South Island behind (left) and heading across the Cook Strait (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |