Quick stop over in Balclutha to buy a new air mattress and see if I can get a wof (warrant of fitness - safety inspection required for all vehicles every 6 months) for my car.
Loved the southern part of the south island. Followed the scenic route from Invercargill through Tokanui, Waikawa, Papatowai. My air mattress went flat around Papatowai so after spending 2 restless nights on the cold hard floor of the car I decided to push on through to Balclutha where I could buy a new one (or 2!) will probably backtrack to Nugget point for a night before heading on to Dunedin.
This area is much like the northern part of the west coast - wild and sparsely populated. Lush green rolling hills interspersed with native rain forest and wild looking wind torn trees and maybe a sheep or two. Actually, I read NZ has more sheep than people.
The southern most point was the best tourist place ever. It consists of parking on the side of a narrow dirt road and walking for 20 mins through a field filled with grazing sheep to a simple sign pointing the way to Antarctica and Equador.
It's been raining pretty much non stop for the past 2-3 days. Everything is damp. I guess this is par for the course in winter which seems to be quickly on it's way.
Sorry for the poor resolution in pics and video. Google only allows 100mb videos - I had to trim that last one down even and it took like 20 mins to upload at the Te Anau library. Hopefully, if you are interested, a google search will yield higher quality images, I know mine are wholly inadequate.
Wedding soon! Hope you all have a great time! Best wishes to Ryan and Mika!
Vicki here.
ReplyDeleteDo you think you will stay through the winter?
I'm just going to see how it goes. It rains for a couple of days and I get discouraged then it mostly clears (usually cloudy still) and I forget the pain. At least it has been warmer no near freezing temps at night since Glenorchy.
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