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Mount Cook
... is Peter's lookout – on Thursday we couldn’t see anything, but today we had amazing views. There was a biting old wind, so we needed our hats. As we were about to get going again, two girls (Kristina & Sarah) who we keep bumping into pulled into the lookout. We chatted for awhile and then we all set off for Mount Cook.
We wanted to do 2 walks today. First was a short 1 hour return to Tasman Glacier Lake. ...
Auf schottischen Abwegen
... SH1 ab und fuhren nordwärts auf einer kurvigen, immer wieder eine Eisenbahnlinie querende, Küstenstrasse entlang. Die hügeligen Perlen von Dörfern gefielen uns in der Küstenszenerie immens und wir hielten mehrere Male, um die Schafweiden in der strahlend schönen Umgebung zu bestaunen... Die Umgebung erinnerte uns stark an Schottland...
Am Shag Point trafen wir auf eine prachtsvolle Bucht, die wegen einer Unmege von Möwen weiss-gesprenkelt wirkte. Auf den Felsen ...
Day 14: Dunedin to Lake Ohau
... said we could put $2 into and it would be "the most underwhelming experience of your lives." So, of course we had to try it. It just tooted its horn, blew out some steam, and had a little bit of fire. It changed my life. We also stopped at the Benmore Dam for some pictures before finally making it to Lake Ohau.
When we got to the hotel, a bunch of us walked down to the lake and took lots of pictures and skipped rocks. Bridget said that on every tour, ...
Boulders, steam punk and the most beautiful lake
Onwards from Dunedin I manage to hitch my way to the infamous and odd rock formations in Moreaki. The Moreaki boulders are washed up on the shores of the beach standing isolated like giant egg shells. The mudstone erosion gave them their unusual shape but Maori legend claims the rocks to be the remains of eel baskets.
After a stop here I dangerously edge my way onwards on state highway 1 and manage to make it further north to the town of Oamaru.
The local people ...
Mackenzie Country
... for the day, so on my way back to my motel I saw a sign for an Observatory, run by the University of Canterbury on top of Mount John (not far outside Tekapo). After a really steep drive to the very top, my mind was blown away!
Now, usually it takes a few glasses of wine for this to happen, but I was soo high above tekapo and the views were sooo astonishing that it literally blew my breath away! There was even a cafe up there!!!!
I stayed there for ...
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