I'm posting live from Te Anau, a lovely little town which will be our home fro the next two days. Our trip so far has been absolutely terrific. The weather has ranged from a little chilly to "Oh my god my snot has turned to ice!" freezing. Very happy we were loaded up with lots of warm clothing courtesy of John and Sheena prior to our departure.
Here's Derf, our ever faithful companion that has taken us all the way from Christchurch across the west coast. She's been a fun drive so far and has handled everything we've thrown at her. Can't believe how clean and shiny she was when we picked her up. Post journey photo of the car to follow when we return to Brisbane.
Anyways, we've seen a fair bit in the week we've been here so far. Lots of mountains, plains and sea which of course means that I've been taking a heap of photos. Seriously, with country side this beautiful the only way you'd be able to take a bad picture is if you had the lens cap on. Will have to wait till we get back to Brissie before I start sharing the holiday snaps though as I'm not sure how much bandwidth this motel connection will provide.
The trip so far has seen us stopping in at Hokitika, Franz Josef, Wanaka and now Te Anau. The highlight of the trip so far would definitely have to be walking on Franz Josef glacier. A little physically demanding but we were glad that we managed to complete an activity that required "average physical fitness".
Tomorrow we'll be taking the bus to Milford Sound which should present more photo opportunities I'd hope. Then Derf will be taking us to Queenstown for a few days of relaxation before embarking on the last leg of our trip to Dunedin and back to Christchurch. Driving around has been tricky at times with both of us in the car but thankfully the newly weds haven't resorted to grevious bodily harm when resolving disagreements.
On that note, I guess I'd better stop blogging before Alison reaches for the cutlery drawer...
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