Day 27 February 28th Lake Pukaki and Mount Cook

Us, Lake Pukaki & Mount Cook

Today again dawned sunny and bright and we had decided to try and see Mount Cook if the weather was fine.  On our visit to New Zealand 3 years ago the mountain top was always covered by cloud and the only time we saw the peak was above the clouds as we flew from Dunedin to Aukland.  We were hoping for better visibility today and it was looking good.  We had to travel about 30mins to Lake Pukaki from Tekapo and then take a side road to the Mount Cook visitor centre.   As the views were clear I am afraid you are going to see lots of pictures of snow capped mountains and a blue lake.


Mount Cook

 The road along the lake was much better than expected and after several viewing and snapping stops we made it to the visitor centre.  We had fulfilled our
 ambition as the views of Mount Cook and Mount Tasman (behind it) were stunning.  We had a snack lunch and coffee at the splendid visitor centre and made our way back.



 


 

We stopped several times again on the return journey.  We arrived back at out accommodation freshened up and went to the service being held on Lake Tekapo's edge in the iconic Church of the Good Shepherd. A wonderful place to worship at the end of a beautiful day.

view through the church window

We also saw the monument to collie dogs which has been 

the church

erected as a tribute to the part these dogs played in the sheep farming here.