Last night we stayed in a lodge near Hokitika and it had a
wonderful outlook. We woke up to views
of a river valley with mist above it and in the distance were hills with the
tops covered in cloud.
We breakfasted and decided to slowly make our way to Fox
Glacier (we are going glacier walking tomorrow). The weather was partly cloudy and dry and so
we made good progress.
Our first short break was at Lake Ianthe which the road
skirts on its route south. Quite a large
pretty lake in the middle of nowhere.
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| Lake Ianthe |
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| Dragonfly at Okarito |
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| Okarito Lagoon |
Our main stop was at Okarito lagoon. We had a walk round then went on quite a
steep walk to a viewing platform which gave a 360 degree panorama of the
area. We had some coffee then resumed
our route south. At one point we found a
farmer herding cows along State Highway 6!
For the Savills I include a photo of some bikers of which we have seen
many, the roads (few vehicles and good surfaces), warm climate and bendy nature
of some of the roads make it ideal for biking.
Hello Chris and Christine, We are really enjoying reading your blogs. We are so pleased that you are having such a wonderful experience. All is well here and we have had some glorious days. We are loving living on Scilly in your beautiful home with the gorgeous Button. We are really not sure we will be able to let you have it back! Carry on enjoying yourselves and we hope the time doesn't fly by too quickly. Love and hugs S and C xxx
ReplyDeleteThanks for making us Savills even more jealous ... looks like a great place for a bit of cruisin', and a good alternative to Route 66. (Not sure about the mix of bovine & bike tho). Keep on blogging. Val & Brenda XX.
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