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Tuesday 17 July 2012

Notes from New Zealand - Day 3 - Lake Tekapo to Queenstown

As the trip wears on, I am getting extremely tired as there has been a lot to do and explore but it's nothing that a nap by the fireplace hasn't been able to fix.  I didn't know I had this many muscles that could hurt.

Back to day three.  After a wonderful overnight stay at Peppers and a quick breakfast in town, we hit the road for our final destination and what would be home for the remainder of the trip.

From what we were told, it was rather unusual to get such a huge covering of fog, it was hard to see anything at all, including the Church of the Good Shepherd, which is one of the most photographed buildings in New Zealand.  The church is on the shores of the lakes, which was not visible due to the thick fog.


A frozen lake and fog surrounding Peppers Resort.





About 70km from Lake Tekapo is Lake Pukaki.  This lake usually has a distinctive blue colour created by the finely ground rock of the glaciers, but of course the fog continued so we didn't get to see much.  I did manage to score two bruises on my hike down (and then back up) the rocks, but all is forgiven.






The afternoon coffee pit stop was in the stunning town of Wanaka where we fed ducks and walked the shore of the lake in the rain.



The clouds were again hiding the mountains, which were huge.



Hooray, Queenstown is close!!!

And then onto Queenstown and our beautiful house, which I cannot wait to show you.

6 comments:

  1. Looks so gorgeous. I need to make a trip back to NZ.

    You are getting great height there in your jetstar jump :P

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  2. Brings back many wonderful memories. Stunning part of the world. Enjoy xx

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  3. These photos are absolutely stunning. I neeeeed to travel more.

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  4. i have never been there, but would love to go some day:)

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  5. the fog is pretty gorgeous though!

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  6. Incredible photographs and thank you for taking us with you - can't wait to see Queenstown. X

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