In Christchurch the trees are alomot all yellow and red, around 25% falling off. We had a great walk in Hegley park before the rain started, since it was early in the morning, the park was very quite, you can even hear the sound of the leave falling off, most place were covered by the golden leave, the trees’ color from yellow, to brown to red to purple, a very good combination.

Lake tekapo, leaves all turned yellow, around 20% falling off, since it was a bit windy, the lake was rough,we didn’t get chance to see the reflection. We drove to the lake Alexdanrian, it is like a hidden heaven, so quite, and unlike lake Tekapo, it was very calm, the trees all turned yellow, and start to shed leaves. we had a great time there.

Lake Wanaka is colorful, but the the rain was so heavy, we couldn’t enjoy the color at all,and around half of the leave were gone.

Then we went to Cromwell, Alexandra, lake Dunstan and Roxburgh, most trees turned yellow,half of the leave has fallen off, but it is also great to walk on top of those golden leaves and watching falling leaves. We happened to stopped by at a fruitshop, and I strolled to the back, and found their apricot garden was so beautiful, all the leaves turn to golden yellow, and the ground was covered by golden leaves. Very impressive.

Our last stop was Queenstown,lake hays and Arrowtown, and finally the sun came out, so we did have a nice time there, Arrowtown was still colorful, but more than half of the leaves were gone, many tree were left empty, but still very colorful, with the gound covered by golden leaves, it provided another unique feeling….Thanks very much for your advice, we had a great time there. We will do it again next year, but will be 7-10 days ealier than this time.

Best regards,

Xin