Well, the road South to Haast opened this morning at 6am and will close again tonight at 9pm. They are still busy repairing it in about 4 places – the worst was a 50m wide landslide and they had to build a detour around it. In three other places we encountered earth moving vehicles or other big machines.
Everybody told us that New Zealand is a beautiful country especially the South Island and those in the know said the West Coast is spectacular. All true. We didn’t expect anything exceptional today. We are basically travelling from the West Coast across to the East Coast. Well, the scenery was a feast for our eyes, from sea-scapes to rivers, to rain forests, to lakes, with a waterfall or snow-capped mountain around every corner.
The weather improved steadily and by the time we got to Lake Wanaka, the view was just stunning. Brian remarked that somebody must have fiddled with the colour balance - that lake was too unnatural a colour and too beautiful for words.
It took us about 8 hours to travel 260km but we enjoyed the trip and are staying at the Top 10 Holiday Park in Wanaka where there is a field of sheep behind us and stunning views all around.
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