We skirted past Lake Tekapo (or lake take-a-pooh as Kieran calls it) and admired the scenery. Already the wind was picking up and the clouds were gathering so we didn't hang around very long. Then onto Lake Pukaki where the minerals in the water make the lake an incredible vibrant bright milky blue colour that has to be seen to be believed. Unfortunately the sun is very low in the sky and so many of our photos don't do the colours and landscape justice.
Then on over an amazing pass with windy roads on the sides of rugged and beautiful mountains. We finally got to Wanaka, also situated by a huge lake, at the same time as the rain but we settled in for the night and hoped we'd see a bit of the town and local countryside.
We headed out, rather optimistically, in the rain the next morning to Rob Roy Glacier, a small glacier about an hour's drive up a wonderful unsealed road, through about 7 fords and up a stunning valley. Even when it is pissing with rain the scenery is staggering beautiful. Unfortunately it really was raining too hard for the walk so we headed back down the road and went to "Puzzling World" instead: a crazy Escher-inspired museum-cum-puzzle house with lots of perspective perplexities which was most enjoyable and helped pass a rainy afternoon.
It's a puzzle
Wanaka is a small town, and everything in NZ is small really, so there was not an awful lot to do. We were eager to do more fun stuff so we decided to head further south to Queenstown and beyond, while it was raining.
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