Images from ANZAC Day, Queenstown, 2019

ANZAC Day
Pic by F&F

 

"It is fortuitous for we photographers that ANZAC Day will forever fall in autumn, as our "outings" to a chosen destination - only qualification is to have a dawn service - are guaranteed to include a good dose of autumnal colour.

 

Lake Hayes
Pic by F&F

iPhone strikes again
Pic by Alan Stern

Nugget Point
Pic by Sue Caldwell

Caitlins Sunrise
Pic by Sue Caldwell

Harry's Swing, Lake Hayes
Pic by Ian Caldwell

Historic bridge, Lower Shotover River
Pic by Ian Caldwell

Braiding on the Shotover River
Pic by Lucie Loane

Lake Hayes in the mist
Pic by Lucie Loane

Our Tree, Lake Hayes
Pic by Lucie Loane

Glenorchy
Pic by Ian Caldwell

Wooden Bridge, Lower Shotover River (Built in 1871 - now restored)
Pic by F&F

View from Mt Difficulty Cellar Door
Pic by F&F

Shotover River with Coronet Peak (at left) and Brow Peak, at right
Pic by F&F

Overlooking Lake Wakatipu from above Queenstown
Pic by F&F

Lake Hayes takeoff?
Pic by Alan Stern

Sunworshippers
Pic by Alan Stern

ANZAC dawn service
Pic by F&F

 

Having started this tradition in 2012, this year we decided it was time to venture to the NZ part of ANZAC, Queenstown in particular. Basing our group of seven in accommodation on the hill above Lake Watatipu, we ventured in all directions - to Lake Hayes and Arrowtown, Glenorchy, Cardrona, Cromwell and Bannockburn. 

 

On ANZAC Day we all went to the dawn service which was particularly moving. Due to the recent horrific shooting in Christchurch, the authorities had decided to cancel the street march later in the day, so it is possible that the dawn service was better attended than in other years.

In any case, Fraser was the only one of us to make it forward to the front row to take some photos. We felt right at home when the singer sang the Australian anthem before singing the dual language versions of the New Zealand anthem.

 

Oh, and did I mention the excellent local food and wines?

 

In previous years we have been to Broken Hill (2012), Tumut (2013), Canowindra and Cowra (2014), and the Southern Highlands (2017). Fay and Fraser, Alan and Kerry, Ian and Sue, Lucie."