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Autor: Fecha: 23 de octubre del 2013
Slope Point is the most southern point of New Zealand’s South Island. The wind here is so intense and relentless, that the trees are twisted, warped and forever bent along the direction the wind blows. The region is consistently lashed with fierce and cold southwesterly winds that blow up from Antarctica.
There is a small signpost that shows the distance to the Equator and the South Pole, and a small solar powered lighthouse stands on the farmland. They are so persistent and so violent that the trees are perpetually warped and twisted into these crooked, windswept shapes.
Spectacularly steep cliffs drops down to the sea below. The views are truly amazing over the rocky coastline and surrounding cliffs. Yet like virtually everywhere else in New Zealand you will find sheep in abundance. Yet even these hardy creatures need some shelter for the elements and so, decades ago, local farmers planted saplings which they hoped would afford their animals some respite from the often savagely inclement weather.
There are no proper roads to Slope Point, but it can be reached by a 20-minute walk following dilapidated yellow markers.
"It is not a wind that will necessarily break and snap at will, although clearly it can, it is its sheer relentlessness, like a gnawing toothache, that never ceases until total submission from the victim is achieved."
There is a small signpost that shows the distance to the Equator and the South Pole, and a small solar powered lighthouse stands on the farmland. They are so persistent and so violent that the trees are perpetually warped and twisted into these crooked, windswept shapes.
Spectacularly steep cliffs drops down to the sea below. The views are truly amazing over the rocky coastline and surrounding cliffs. Yet like virtually everywhere else in New Zealand you will find sheep in abundance. Yet even these hardy creatures need some shelter for the elements and so, decades ago, local farmers planted saplings which they hoped would afford their animals some respite from the often savagely inclement weather.
There are no proper roads to Slope Point, but it can be reached by a 20-minute walk following dilapidated yellow markers.
"It is not a wind that will necessarily break and snap at will, although clearly it can, it is its sheer relentlessness, like a gnawing toothache, that never ceases until total submission from the victim is achieved."
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