Manapouri Te Anau Cromwell

We stayed at Manapouri until the 2nd April. The NZMCA camp is great and we loved just meandering around. Walking, biking and exploring and happy hour each afternoon introduced us to lots of friendly and interesting people. We moved onto Te Anau for the 60th Anniversary GBC boat marathon. A number of us 'oldies' who had competed from the 70's, gathered for a memorable time, full of laughs, embellishments of the truth, over indulging in life's bounties, eh Colin and Ewan, and reminiscing. We were also proud to join our son and 2 nephew's and their families who were also competing. Davey, a life member of the club, made a speech recounting the history of this event and included a few stories. Daniel had two fabulous wins, yay, and Davey and crew, Ian, placed an impressive 7th in the nominated speed event, the best of all the 'oldies'!! Of note Gary beat Ewan!!
We moved to beautiful Henry Creek DOC camp, on the Milford Road, for a night then to a rainy Kingston freedom camping area for one night before coming home to Cromwell. We joined members of our local NZMCA area committee for a working bee at Rotary Glen Camp. They're such a good bunch of people. We really enjoy their company.
Came across the annual Pork Pie rally pulling into The Gate.
We'll mooch around here for a few days filling up the cuddle bank with hugs from the grandies and doing a bit of R and M on the MH.Read more