“Porters Pass to the Main Divide”
The Nature Photography Society of New Zealand is planning its next photographic exhibition for 2027.
We are excited about the exhibition theme, ‘Porters Pass to the Main Divide’ as it will cater to a broad cross-section of our members, and will be a body of work relevant to the mid Canterbury area.
The exhibition can include landscapes, macro, alpine plants, fungi, local geology, insects and bird life. The Porters Pass to Main Divide area is accessible in all seasons and that in itself offers vast opportunities.
Throughout 2025 and 2026 the Society is planning a series of one day and weekend field trips throughout the area, including tuition as necessary, to ensure a large healthy volume of work can be submitted to the selection group for final printing and framing.
We strongly encourage members to make images dating from 1 January 2025 so that all work will be current.
‘Porters Pass to the Main Divide’
Approximate perimeter of the area
Follow the Purple line clockwise from Porters Pass
Porters Pass – Lyndon Road – Lake Coleridge – Wilberforce River Valley
Main Divide at Browning Pass – follow Main Divide north to Arthurs Pass and on to Minchin Pass
Poulter River Valley to Waimakariri River
Upper Waimakariri Gorge down to junction with Broken River
Torlesse Range – Porters Pass
Red line – SH73
Orange dotted line – public side roads accessible by 2WD vehicle
[Note: if your photographic opportunity lies outside this perimeter by just a few kms, then go for it – your image will not be rejected. A few examples – the Upper Otira Valley, Trig M by Porters Pass, Peak Hill by Lake Coleridge, Lake Browning, just beyond Browning Pass]
