Monday was a great day of driving through beautiful alpine scenery. The first leg
of our journey took us from Haast to Wanaka along the Haast river. The route
through the mountains east along State Highway 6 is some of prettiest scenery
we've seen in New Zealand. It's also a popular road with day cyclists and we
came across at least 50 bikes along the way.
After the mountains, the road turns south along the shores of Lake Wanaka and
then to Lake Hawea. It's tough to overstate the beauty of these glacial lakes.
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| On the road to Wanaka |
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| Waterfalls, some skinny... |
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| ...some fat |
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| Lake Hawea |
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| An Instagram moment |
We stopped for a few hours in Wanaka and found some pizza to placate ourstarving children. After lunch we spent a few hours at Puzzle World where Jack
was the only one to finish the challenging outdoor maze.
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| Holding up the Puzzle World clock... |
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| ...or pushing it over? |
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| One more tower to go |
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| Jack on his own in the maze |
We continued the drive in the late afternoon across the highest paved road in
New Zealand. The road was cut in 1967 but was only sealed 15 years ago. It
would've been an ugly, dusty ride back in the day.
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| Crown Range Road |
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| Descending into Arrowtown |
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| Dinner by Lake Wakatipu |
As we traveled south of Queenstown, we stopped for a picnic dinner on the shore
of another pretty lake, Lake Wakatipu. We finished the drive for the day at Te Anau, the gateway city to Milford Sound.
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