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The jewel of New Zealand
Today was a day of travelling from Akaroa across the Canterbury plains to Lake Tekapo. After a last coffee in Akaroa we retraced our steps back to the main highway and onto a major town called Ashburton. The find here was their lovely gardens or domain as they call it. Some majestic old fir trees and even some sequoia trees from California. We …
The night sky
I have never seen such blue lakes in my life. After a great pit-stop at Poppies Café in the charmingly named town of Twizel we drove past Lake Pukaki and then arrived at our destination Lake Tekapo in the late afternoon. The blue colour of both lakes was simply gorgeous and was due to the rock flour suspended in the water which causes the light to …
The bluest lake I’ve ever seen
After a quick breakfast at Base, we drove to Lake Tekapo. It is the bluest lake I have ever seen. The colour comes from glaciers rubbing against rocks, creating rock flour which gives the blue hue. We checked in very early at the motel and while everyone else caught up with the US Open tennis, I wandered down to the Church of the Good Shepherd. …
Wind & Rain
"There are parts that are really like Scotland – only bigger! Maybe it's Scotland as seen by a Hobbit"
Billy Boyd (Pippin in LOTR), on New Zealand.
After Te Anau we drove to Wanaka, stopping off for lunch in Queenstown. Claire drove; I dozed so I can't really comment on the scenery we passed but we stopped off on a couple of …
Dunedin
Samantha - Just a little way down the coast from Oamaru, we stopped off at the Moeraki Boulders, which are great big spherical rocks in the surf. Apparently they were formed in the cliffs and as the soft sandstone around them was eroded they were 'spat out'. The Maoris thought they were food baskets from an ancient war canoe that was sunk just off …
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TravelPod Member ReviewsThe Chalet Boutique Motel Lake Tekapo
“ Great views of the lake, good location ”
Reviewed Dec 21, 2010
Only stayed the one night but found the motel to be very good. Great views and great facilities. Recommended
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