Saturday 5 April 2014

Heading South

We left Dunedin after a lazy breakfast and had a whole day of driving ahead of us. We first followed the Southern Scenic Route south along the coast. We passed through many new housing areas on the cliff top as we left Dunedin and the view was great!

We passed through a large town called Balclutha and headed off to Kaka point. The beach there was wonderful, so we set up our camping chairs and had lunch whilst admiring the scenery.

Back in the car again, we back tracked to Balclutha and headed inland to Gore. A quick stop at Countdown (supermarket) to stock up before the long trip to Te Anau.

In Te Anau we stopped at the i-center to collect information on what to do in the area, before it began raining. We battled to get the tent up in the rain, though we managed to keep the inner part dry ...