A weekend in Tekapo

Last weekend saw a bunch of us from work start the long drive to Tekapo for the 6th annual get-together of the three major nanoparticle research groups in NZ (from IRL, Vic and Canterbury) on Monday & Tuesday. The IRL lot decided to drive down on Saturday and do some short walks on the way; which we did despite the weather trying to put us off.

The week before I had been tied up with part 2 of a 'leadership development course' at work so had to put in some long hours at the end of each day to get my Tekapo presentations ready. In the end it all came off really well and sparked some quite fruitful discussion. Now I just have to find the time to pursue things...

On both afternoons we drove to Mt Cook village and did some walking: Monday to the Hooker glacier lake and Tuesday up the steep climb to Sealy Tarns. A picture says a thousand words so I will leave you with the following offerings.


Hooker glacier lake, Mt Cook hiding behind the clouds.


View from Sealy Tarns towards Mt Sefton.