New Zealand - Wanaka area

Wanaka Area

Day 11, Wedesday, 15-Feb-2012 

Continued

After Lunch we headed to Puzzle World . Michael completed the maze in a great time.

Day 12, Thursday, 16-Feb-2012 

Headed back to the East Coast, hoping to see more seals and penguins.

We drove to Oamaru then south to Shag Point. At Shag Point we saw lots of Fur Seals.

At Moeraki we saw the boulders.

Then back to Oamaru and visited the Blue Penguins.

We made a slight detour on the way back to Lake Pukaki to enjoy the views of Mt Cook Then had a nice pub dinner at Omarama.

Mt Cook

Day 13, Friday, 17-Feb-2012 

Heading to Mt Aspiring National Park to walk the Rob Roy track. This gaves  good views of the Rob Roy Glacier. We we lucky to witness 2 ice falls.

Day 14, Saturday, 18-Feb-2012 

Maria went for a Thai massage and Michael did the Mt Iron walk. The views were good but cloudy. The view would have been great on a clear day and especially in winter when the area would be covered in snow.

We then had lunch in Wanaka at a nice loal cafe before heading of to "have a shot" where I totally kicked Maria's butt in archery.

Back to the unit to rest and enjoy the hot pools before heading back into town for a huge Lamb Shoulder dinner.

Day 15, Sunday 19-Feb-2012

Basically killing time waiting for the weather to clear. Another cloudy start to the day, but it doesn't really matter as the days are so long as the sun doesn't set until 9:30pm, so there is pleanty of time to do things in the afternoon.

We had a nice lunch in town then drove to the Blue Pools, this is a great little walk where two crytsal clear creeks merge.

Blue Pools

 Maria had fun building a rock stack to go along with the numerous ones that were already present.

We also saw lots of little field mice along the path, Rory would of loved it here.

Lake Hawea

Lake Hawea

We then headed of to Fantail Falls which was nice but not what we were hoping for. Then back to town for take away Indian food by the lake.

Day 16, Monday 20-Feb-2012 

Early start for the drive back to Queenstown to gather supplies for the flight.

We flew back to Brisbane with a short stop over in Auckland.

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