ALL PHOTOS BY Sam stewart - @samstewartphotography

Close-up of fern leaves with a mountainous background, slightly blurred.
Open road leading towards mountainous desert landscape under clear blue sky.
Mountain landscape with snow patches in the foreground, tall grasses, rolling hills, and distant mountains under a cloudy sky.
A vintage train station platform with a sign that reads 'Oamaru', overlooking train tracks and the ocean in the background.
Empty ski lift chairs suspended over a snowy mountain slope.
Old wooden pilings and remains of a dock protrude from a calm body of water, with mountains in the distance and a cloudy sky overhead.
Old orange boat on a rusty trailer in front of a building near the beach.
A rural road winding through a landscape of tall trees with autumn foliage, under a partly cloudy sky.