Here's some photos from an amazing Westland trip I did back in April with Hana and our regular West Coast mission tramping partners Anna Pilbrow and Tom Riley. I'd wanted…
Very pleased to hear this morning that I won the John Harrison Memorial Trophy (Overall Champion), jointly, with Fraser Crichton in this year's NZ Alpine Club Photographic Competition. I also…
With the longest night comes the coldest party of the year. Here's a few photos from the Winter Soulstice, one of Christchurch's biggest parties on the calendar. Held out at…
Back in January this year, not long after returning from our cycle touring journey, I headed into the Tararua Ranges (just north of Wellington city) for a 6 day solo…
Here's a set of shots from a roof-lifting night at Dux Live in Christchurch. Opiou (Aus) & Russ Liquid (USA) both live with TweQ, Chris Boyd and Soul Provider in…
A series of shots from the MASSIVE Autumn Equinox party held out at Middle Valley, Lees Valley Road in the Canterbury Foothills last weekend. It's been three years since I…
Here's a few shots from last Saturday's awesome event; the first of its kind in New Zealand. Thanks to Andrea Murray for running a slick and professional event and Nick…
I was up in Wellington for a couple of weeks around the Christmas/New Year period and somehow managed to spend 9 days of that tramping in the Tararua Ranges. I…
Yep, it's true, we got back to New Zealand in mid December and somehow two months has slipped by already. I'm endeavouring to get my blog back up to date…
Thanks for visiting the blog of Mark Watson & Highlux Photography. Here, you can find the full account of our Alaska to Patagonia (2016–2020, 2022–2023) bikepacking journey, as well as our New Zealand adventures.