Monday 24th April
Today we had a late start to the day due to our last few big days. Our first stop was at Lake Pukaki to view Mt Cook again. Once again we saw its peak which is 3724m. Yippee!!
We then headed to Lake Tekapo to the St Johns Observatory. Fantastic view. Enormous slice of carrot cake. Yummee!! Then we went down to the ground level of Lake Tekapo to a little historic church where it was difficult to get a decent photo with all the red bombers around. There were tourists everywhere.
Next destination was Oamaru with a short lunch break at Lake Pukaki. Much to DBs annoyance we had to drive back through Twizel to go to Oamaru. It was another scenic drive. We stopped at some Maori Rock Art near Duntroon. Then on to our final stop. We went to a blue penguin parade tonight. We watched 115 little blue penguins come ashore and waddle to their nesting boxes at the Oamaru Blue Penguin facility. In breeding season they have about 600 penguins there.
We head to Christchurch tomorrow as Colleen flies home early Wednesday morning.
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- Lake Pukaki and Mt Cook
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- Lake Pukaki and Mt Cook
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- Lake Tekapo from St Johns Observatory, 1,029m ASL atop Mount John
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- Bridge across Lake Tekapo
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- Little historic church at Lake Tekapo
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- The Church of the Good Shepherd. A place of prayer, reflection and worship on the shores of Lake Tekapo
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- A bronze memorial to working collie dogs, was commissioned in 1968 by local farmers and now stands on the shores of Lake Tekapo
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- Bad timing for this photo. Hehehe
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- Maori Rock Art, Otago
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- Blue Penguin Colony nesting boxes
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- Expensive seats for penguin viewing.
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- Birds fill the jetty in the late afternoon at Oamaru