Primarily another travel day. I definitely won't be sad to be saying goodbye to all these long bus journeys when we leave New Zealand. In Australia, the plan is to see fewer places but stay longer in each once, hence less travel days.
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| On the road again |
We left Queenstown at 9 and arrived at lake Tekapo at like 3 ish. The original plan was to stay there for 2 nights, however upon seeing the village, or lack of it, we called up Kiwi Experience and asked them to change our bus to leave the next morning!
On the way we stopped at lake Pulaski for photos of its picturesque blue waters. The area is famous for its Merino sheep, hence the statue.
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| What a majestic sheep |
There wasn't a lot to do when we got to Lake Tekapo except a small mountain to climb, so I went on a nice run to the top and back. There were wild rabbits everywhere ! But I had to watch out for rabbit holes though, as there was no one around and if I had twisted my ankle and fallen I could have been in a bit of trouble!
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| Beautiful views running beside the lake |
When I got to the top, I discovered some observatory. It was a bit strange though, because there was no one around, except from a café, which was empty. I went in looking for loos and some silly man pointed me off down the hill and basically sent me on a wild goose chase! There was no toilet in sight.
I ran back down the hill and along the lake side as big grey clouds started rolling in. I got back to the hostel around the same time as the others, who had been to the hotsprings. They had three large pools which varied in temperature from 29 to 39 degrees. Kiwi bus passengers also had free access to the steam and sauna rooms which was a nice way to end the day!
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| Flowers by the lake |
