There aren’t many locations that examine to New Zealand. I’ve to thank my newlywed buddies, Nicole Warne and Luke Shadbolt, for creating an excellent excuse to go there – and the enduring outside clothes model Woolrich for giving me the inspiration to discover.
My boyfriend, Gabriel, and I spend a pair weeks adventuring by means of the mountainous area surrounding Wanaka and Queenstown in a “Kiwi Kombi”, a mustard yellow 1974 VW Westfalia camper van. I felt fairly the half in head-to-toe Woolrich, dwelling merely and virtually – cooking on the camp range in our van or an open hearth by our personal development (maybe my favorite pastime). The complete journey was a meditation in scenic vistas, driving by means of valleys peppered with waterfalls, by means of snow capped mountain passes and into valleys with aqua blue rivers, previous mirrored lakes after which by means of rolling golden hills, defend by a mountain’s rain shadow that brought on the panorama to drastically change. Driving round every nook would lead us to a different scene – distinctive from the final – gasping for all it’s huge and epic magnificence.
It was my first likelihood to share ‘Down Below’ with Gabriel – although rising up in Esperance, the panorama has a very polar look to that of New Zealand’s South Island, there are lots of cultural similarities between our two nations. Can’t say he discovered it so easy driving on the ‘mistaken’ facet of the street – however driving our retro camper took a little bit of adapting to, specifically driving handbook (stick) up a mountain – our ‘little engine that would’! By the top of the journey I actually didn’t need to give her again, outdated automobiles have such quirks and require a bit of extra finesse to deal with which implies you’re extra engaged within the technique of driving. To not point out she was our residence for all the time! It actually added to the entire expertise and I’m newly satisfied to purchase my very own retro automobile once I lastly get round to getting my drivers license right here within the US.
I’d hope that these pictures converse for the poetic imaginative and prescient that’s the panorama of the South Island – however I don’t suppose capturing it’s actual magnificence is feasible, you simply have to enterprise to this far off nook of the earth and expertise it for your self. “Freedom Tenting” alongside the route with no actual vacation spot, I’ve by no means felt extra at peace or at residence with myself and recognising that life carried out merely is a real liberation. I’m now so impressed to get out and expertise extra of this world’s pure magnificence, it’s straightforward to overlook what we lose in being surrounded by metropolis life.
Thanks a lot to Woolrich for serving to us gown the half and giving us the very best excuse to create, share and expertise probably the most stunning locations on earth.
Photographer, Director, Editor and Colourist – Gabriel Tick
Some Pictures, Styling and Expertise – Zanita Whittington
