It has been a few days since we blogged. We were supposed
to do it yesterday, but we’re just so exhausted after our 2 days off at Lake
Wanaka. 😉
On our first morning there we went for a wander around the
lake to see the famous Wanaka Tree. The wind was blowing a gale, but the walk
along the edge of the lake was very peaceful.
We were surprised at the amount of branch debris at water’s
edge.
The tree itself looks very lonely, but is a good talking
point and it was lovely to walk with no time limit. We also spotted a lovely
field of lupine not far from the tree.
We then wandered back into town and did a spot of window
shopping. Our main objective was to find somewhere to have dinner that night.
Our motel was lovely, however it had no in-room cooking facilities, so we had
plans to treat ourselves to 2 days of no cooking/reheating. Such bliss.
Dinner plans made - we headed back to the motel for our
lunch. The. Robbie had a nap and I did some stitching for the first time in
quite a few days.
When we wandered out to grab our dinner - subway - we heard
an extremely loud alarm. It consisted of several long beeps and I am sure it
could have been heard for miles. We asked at the local 4 Square store and were
informed it was an alarm that advised the volunteer fire fighters that they are
needed. He said it would either be a fire or a vehicle accident.
On Saturday morning I arose to see that it had snowed
overnight. Only a little, and on the mountains, but it was special to see the
change.
We headed out again - this time to walk part of the lake in
the other direction. We had not got very far when we found a crowd of people in
hi-vis shirts and a number of children.
We were excited to learn that the local Rotary club was
have a duck race to raise funds. We purchased a duck each and it was only a
short wait until the duck were making their way down the river from the library
to the lakes edge. It was so funny to see. I am sure our ducks were in the
group that had a break on some reeds on the way down. 🤣
As we wandered back to the motel going through some of the
town we did not see yesterday we found a charity shop. Oh dear - visiting was
so important. We actually did find a couple of treasures 😉 then
headed back to the motel for a repeat of the previous afternoons agenda.
The motel we were in had 3 restaurants and we had decided
to visit the Mexican one for dinner tonight. We chose 2 soft tacos each from
the entree menu. They were all very tasty. We could have used Andy’s guidance.
One of mine was pumpkin, cauliflower and pine nuts - we forgot to ask about the
heat level🥵. By the time I finished my nose was dripping, my tongue
was numb and my ears were red.
This morning we were back on the road again. Our
destination - Franz Josef Glacier. It was one of the longer driving days for
Rob, so we planned a few breaks.
We had some short stops at a few lookouts as we made our
way along the edges of Wanaka and Hawea lakes. They go for miles and miles.
Their size is truly amazing.
We then stopped for morning tea at Thunder Falls. They were
beautiful.
Our next stop was the information Centre at Haast. It has
an amazing display on the native birds and animals.
Our next stop was Knights Lookout. It has a spectacular
view of the ocean and would have been a perfect picnic spot - however - we were
so busy talking about the views at the waterfall that we left our chiller bag
of dry goods beside the car when we drove off 🥴. No lunch for us.
Our next stop was Franz Josef. We were a little early to
book I to our motel so we did some grocery restocking, had some lunch and
headed off to see the glacier. It was quite a sight to see.
We headed back to check into our motel. Another fabulous
choice - thanks Sam.
Our view from the verandah
All for now
Take care and keep enjoying life.
Rob and Liz.
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