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)

Tour Day 20 - Dunedin to Oamaru - WAITING STORY, notes 15/3

           

11/03/2024 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)

dark in valley
Tui song
shower, services etc; 09:30 away
high road along peninsula ridge - large vehicle warning
remote feel; views both sides
Dunedin very large town; Victorian architecture; nice residential areas
Moraki Boulders & coffee; tides theory
gorgeous beach
coast road via Pukataki
Oamoru:
Steampunk just closed
interesting architecture; seemingly closed businesses
railway
watching rowers; rowing club
penguins
stars

Portobello Peninsula, Dunedin

Moeraki Boulders Beach

All Day Bay lunch stop

Oamaru

Steampunk HQ

Harbourside Holiday Park

Blue Penguins

this evening ...............................................

Statistics: Miles today: 85 ; Miles so far: 2,285 ; Fuel added so far: 389 litres ; South Island; Time Zone: UTC +13 New Zealand Daylight Time (NZDT )