River in beech forest just south of Lewis Pass, South Island, December 2016. [Lewis Pass 2016-12 001 SI-NZ]
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![River in beech forest just south of Lewis Pass, South Island, December 2016. [Lewis Pass 2016-12 001 SI-NZ]](https://photos.smugmug.com/Travel/NewZealand/i-N59NN6L/1/9918d97f/L/Lewis%20Pass%202016-12%20001%20SI-NZ-L.jpg)
![This is near Kawatiri Junction, south of Nelson on the South Island, New Zealand, December 2010. Years ago, my paternal grandmother was one of several women arrested here for protesting the mothballing of the railway to Nelson. Apparently the arresting policeman was sympathetic--on the ride to the police station in Nelson they stopped along the way in Wakefield for ice creams. Unfortunately, Nelson lost its railway anyway. [Kawatiri Junction 2010-12 002_TM SI-NZ]](https://photos.smugmug.com/Travel/NewZealand/i-HjBtvKR/1/30a61755/Ti/Kawatiri%20Junction%202010-12%20002_TM%20SI-NZ-Ti.jpg)
![River in beech forest just south of Lewis Pass, South Island, December 2016. [Lewis Pass 2016-12 001 SI-NZ]](https://photos.smugmug.com/Travel/NewZealand/i-N59NN6L/1/9918d97f/Ti/Lewis%20Pass%202016-12%20001%20SI-NZ-Ti.jpg)
![Roadside pastoral bliss bordered by native beech forest, mostly black and silver beeches, just north of Lewis Pass, South Island, December 2016. [Lewis Pass 2016-12 044 SI-NZ]](https://photos.smugmug.com/Travel/NewZealand/i-nmTGFNT/1/7567890a/Ti/Lewis%20Pass%202016-12%20044%20SI-NZ-Ti.jpg)
![A mountain tarn in the Lewis Pass area, South Island, December 2016. [Lewis Pass 2016-12 014 SI-NZ]](https://photos.smugmug.com/Travel/NewZealand/i-9MmpXmS/1/36374089/Ti/Lewis%20Pass%202016-12%20014%20SI-NZ-Ti.jpg)
![Silver Beech forest at Lewis Pass, December 2016. [Lewis Pass 2016-11 001 SI-NZ]](https://photos.smugmug.com/Travel/NewZealand/i-x6DGp3W/1/a248ffb9/Ti/Lewis%20Pass%202016-11%20001%20SI-NZ-Ti.jpg)
![Driving through the beautiful silver beech forest of Lewis Pass, December 2016. [Lewis Pass 2016-11 005 SI-NZ]](https://photos.smugmug.com/Travel/NewZealand/i-SNvLcF7/2/936fc285/Ti/Lewis%20Pass%202016-11%20005%20SI-NZ-Ti.jpg)
![Maruia Falls, a popular stopping place just north of Lewis Pass, South Island, November 2016. [Maruia Falls 2016-12 001 SI-NZ]](https://photos.smugmug.com/Travel/NewZealand/i-tkS6DMZ/1/2e2b6e6a/Ti/Maruia%20Falls%202016-12%20001%20SI-NZ-Ti.jpg)
![Maruia Falls, a popular stopping place just north of Lewis Pass, South Island, November 2016. [Maruia Falls 2016-12 001 SI-NZ]](https://photos.smugmug.com/Travel/NewZealand/i-WSVQPTJ/1/bc198e24/Ti/Maruia%20Falls%202016-12%20002%20SI-NZ-Ti.jpg)
![A view of Waimea West looking north east, near Richmond and Brightwater, December 2016. [Waimea West 2016-12 003 Nelson-NZ]](https://photos.smugmug.com/Travel/NewZealand/i-t35cCb9/1/b6885181/Ti/Waimea%20West%202016-12%20003%20Nelson-NZ-Ti.jpg)
![St. Michael's Anglican Church at Waimea West, near Richmond and Brightwater, December 2016. [Waimea West 2016-12 006 Nelson-NZ]](https://photos.smugmug.com/Travel/NewZealand/i-VFxc5Nd/1/78329595/Ti/Waimea%20West%202016-12%20006%20Nelson-NZ-Ti.jpg)
![Treatment Wetlands at Whakapuaka near Nelson is a haven for wildlife. December 2016. [Whakapuaka 2016-12 003 Nelson-NewZealand]](https://photos.smugmug.com/Travel/NewZealand/i-92tqRzr/1/ab44cc1c/Ti/Whakapuaka%202016-12%20003%20Nelson-NewZealand-Ti.jpg)
