Friday, 15 March 2024

Tour Day 21 - Oamaru to Aoraki / Mount Cook - WAITING STORY notes 15/3

15/03/2024 I have been struggling to get good connectivity and time to write so posting photos and will add story as soon as I can. 

I'll add 'updated' to the title when I do.  Please come back :)


notes: (Photos below)
woke to rain...again!
Oamaru a big town; Ford Agents, John Deer etc. Major agricultural machinery
refill gas on industrial estate - little used
driving through rain; hills to left, wide flat valley to right
short diversion to Elephant Rocks
Kurow and Ben's Farm
Dams and Lakes
breaks of clearer weather but rain& low cloud continue
lunch stop at launch point - fishermen
coffee at Twizel
high moorland grasses - tan coloured
lakes glacier melt blue
campground
walk
clearing skies, black starry sky, Milky Way
2 quilts

Omaru



Elephant Rocks














Kurow 



Ben's road


Lunch stop

Sailor's Cutting


Lake Pukaki






Mount Cook & Tasmin River Lookout





DOC White Horse Hill Campground

Trail Walk from campground







DOC White Horse Hill campground

evening sky clearing

Statistics: Miles today: 154 ; Miles so far: 2,439 ; Fuel added so far: 389 litres ; South Island; Time Zone: UTC +13 New Zealand Daylight Time (NZDT)

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