while driving through arthur’s pass national park, 35 km south of arthur’s pass village, we came upon this scenic lake, lake pearson, surrounded by purple hill (left) at 1,879m, broken hill (far centre) at 1,485m and mature willow trees on the lakeshore, albeit leafless. however it gave thoughtful and morose feelings in each of us of leaving those wonderful places behind and fully ingrained in our memories as moments never to be forgotten. june 2010.

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