To Makarora Township

We arrived at our next Air B&B at Makarora having taken the scenic route from Queenstown over the Crown Range Road and the picturesque gold mining and ski resort of Cardrona. Then through Wanaka, past the glacier-blue Lake Hawea and on, to the top of Lake Wanaka.

The accommodation is the best yet; spacious, well equipped and clearly owned and lived in by ski-ing, mountaineering and Antarctic aficionados. We can learn all about Antarctic currents and the land-mass below the ice while sitting on the loo. Good books too, about the doings of Dougal Haston, Don Whillans, Chris Bonington and the like.

We ended the evening as the half moon waxed (back to front compared to our view in the northern hemisphere) while somewhat incongruously listening to The Archers omnibus.Read more