Well we woke up to an amazing morning at Mt Cook. Apparently it usually is covered in clouds
but we had a really beautiful cloud free
morning. We went for a two hour hike up
a glacier valley, across 2 swing bridges to get up close to the base of Mt
Cook. It was absolutely breathtaking. The boys had a competition to see how
long they could hold their hands in the icy glacial water! Truely Lord of the Rings Country.
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| Gollum Country |
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| Scary swing bridge - dont look down! |
We then headed off
down to the coast via a lot of alpine lakes and salmon farms to Dunedin. On the
way we stopped off at Whitestone cheese which has won a lot of awards in NZ and
also via Moeraki Boulders, these really
weird round boulders, like giant marbles, sticking out of the sand.
David even
let the moths out of his wallet and bought us all a NZ hokey pokey ice cream.
Yummo! We then arrived at our B&B which is a
little cottage on a sheep farm on a cliff overlooking the most amazing coast
line. Like the cliffs of dover with black gravelly beaches, really different to
AUS. Off to find some seals, penguins and the elusive albatross tomorrow,
fingers crossed.
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| Our little cottage by the sea.. |
We then headed off
down to the coast via a lot of alpine lakes and salmon farms to Dunedin. On the
way we stopped off at Whitestone cheese which has won a lot of awards in NZ and
also via Moeraki Boulders, these really
weird round boulders, like giant marbles, sticking out of the sand. 
Yeah, they use a lot of those swing bridges over there and I agree, they are usnettling. Love the pics of Mt Cook, I am definitely a mountain woman...
ReplyDeleteHey Bron, Good to hear from you. Tried to reply a few times but failed. Hopefully this reaches you. The little stone church you asked about is called "Church of the Good Sheperd", if you were ever going to convert this would be the place. Sarah xxx
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