Game: Where-is-it? (international)

[eggs]

Big Lagoon on the Wairau River at Blenheim?

[wayno]

incorrect,

[eggs]

Okarito Lagoon on the South Island - home to the kōtuku

[wayno]

Okarito Lagoon on the South Island - home to the kōtuku

you got it, stunning views of the southern alps and mt cook from the hill walk...

[eggs]

Staying in NZ.

[wayno]

easy, chance for someone else here

[Graham51]

mueller Hut?

[eggs]

Yes - Muellers Hut at 1800m with Mt Cook in the distance. A magical place.

[Graham51]

Thanks Eggs. I made it up the 2200 steps, but not all the way to the hut, last year.
What is the name of the rocky feature in this picture in NZ?

[wayno]

geeze, did you even leave the carpark to take that shot??

[Graham51]

geeze, did you even leave the carpark to take that shot??

I don't think so but we did spend an hour or two wandering among the rocks.

[Graham51]

This feature is on the road from Christchurch to Arthur Pass.

[MickyB]

Is it Flock Hill??

[eggs]

Curious - I had not heard of Flock Hill, but this is more likely its sister location - Castle Hill - which we did see on our last trip.

[wayno]

since graham doesnt seem to be around, Castle hill is correct...

[Graham51]

since graham doesnt seem to be around, Castle hill is correct...

No, like most people, I'm in bed and asleep at 12:16 am (which is actually 1:17 am since we have daylight savings.)
But as Wayno said, Castle Hill is correct.

[icefest]

Yet you are awake before six? :p

[photohiker]

Early to bed, early to rise...

[eggs]

This is in Africa.
Name the river

Late afternoon view over the Mara River in the Masai Mara, Kenya. These grassy plains are about to draw countless migrating Wilderbeast

[Graham51]

I think you posted a picture of Victoria Falls earlier in this comp so maybe this is the Zambezi River.

[eggs]

Long way north from the Zambezi - which was a very large river at the falls.

[johnw]

Long way north from the Zambezi - which was a very large river at the falls.

Could this be the Nile?

[eggs]

Long way south from the Nile. Which is also a much larger river through a desert. [Although I don't know much about the upper Nile branches]
The clues abound in the landscape - but a hint is that the river gives its name to the reserve we were in.

[cajun]

straight up guess - the Limpopo. It si south and has a reserve named after it.

[eggs]

However, it is south from the Zambezi and we are north from there.
In fact - I have just noticed that this small river could be considered a "tributary" of the Nile, though it is still south from any part of the Nile.

[wayno]

Mara river on the masai mara

[eggs]

Yes Wayne.
We were in the Masai Mara in Kenya looking across the Mara River - that will be Tanzania in the distance.
It was just prior to the annual migration of the Wilderbeast - which will fill these plains feeding on the grasses.

[wayno]

i'm busy till tonight,someone else can go if they dont want to wait...

[ambrose47]

First time so be gentle.

In New Zealand

Name the hut and bonus points for the inlet in the distance

[wayno]

i'm struggling to think where a Lockwood Hut is situated in a location like that, except there is one location but when i did it decades ago, the hut wasnt painted that colour, it was teh old DOC beige. and there was no clearing in the trees, could barely see the inlet, in fact I cant remember seeing the inlet. it was Awapoto hut above Awaroa inlet on the inland track, Abel tasman NP.
also the age of the design fits, they havent put louvres on hut windows for decades. i"m struggling to recall what the hut looked like but the general design is along the lines of Abel tasman huts at one stage, the coastal ones have been upgraded since, so look different.