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Day 16 Lake Hawea – Wanaka

What a lazy but fantastic day we had.  Woke early to see the most amazing early morning light over Lake Hawea.  Breath taking beautiful. Then after breakfast Jerry the host of Glen Dene Station took us on a farm tour showing us the cattle, the sheep, the deers and the in and outs of this […]

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Day 17 Lake Hawea/Wanaka to Queenstown

The usual slow departure in the morning with another sad farewell to two new founded friends at Glen Dene Station.  Meandering about and decided to have some fun at the www.puzzlingworld.com  before we headed out of Wanaka.  Definitely one thing to experience, though we did not attempt the maze due to lack of time, it […]

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Day 18 Queenstown to Glenorchy

Had a wonderful sleep-in, of course due to a giant king comfy bed.  The day promised to be a glorious one.  Not what the weather predictions were.  Yeh!  So we decided to make our way to Glenorchy for the day.  Each turn and bend promised to be another breath taking scenery that simply HAD to […]

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Day 19 Queenstown to Te Anau

We made the effort to check out early and make our way back to Arrowtown to take some photographs of this great little historical place (without the tourists and multitude of cars).  It was lovely, as you will see in the photographs. Then we made our way towards our next destination Te Anau, and as […]

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Day 20 Te Anau to Milford Sound

Today we went to Milford Sound.  Not for a boat ride, but rather have a surprise for Terry (a belated birthday present for him)  Luckily we had a picture perfect day, so the planned Milford Helicopter ride could go ahead.  Of course, the last minute I changed my mind and decided I just had to […]

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