• Cindy and Daryl BrownDown Under 2019Traveler
    Lake Te Anau
    Our hike was straight up in the bush.Friendly bird on our little hikeStoat trap in the park. They're a real nuisance here.Every New Zealand town, large and small, have accessible public toilets. Great for travelers!Kingston Flyer cafe.Souvenir sheep anyone?Appies on our deck... with a lake view 🙂

    Even more relaxing...

    March 1, 2019 in New Zealand ⋅ 🌙 12 °C

    If you can have a relaxing day even on holidays this was it. A nice drive through more great scenery in the Otago region.  Easy driving. Through some really small towns.  But they all had public toilets... absolutely every town here does...and a cafe.  Kingston... working on a heritage refurbished train. Mossburn has more souvenir sheep in their general convenience store than anywhere.

    Short hike to a waterfall on Shirttail track. Sign said it got steep afterwards.  Well...steep is relative we find out. All uphill from the get-go. And when the signs said 'dangerous'...we didn't have to be told twice.  But only got a waterfall 'glimpse'. No fair 🤨.  Oh well ..nice flat white and yummy carrot cake snack as a consolation.

    Te Anau is our stop today. Gateway to Fiordland National park and Milford Sound. Really nice town.  Low rise accommodation across the road from the lake so foreshore fully accessible. Seems less touristy than recent towns tho the tours from here are world renowned. Maybe a bit more remote and without the extra adventure stuff?    Read more