Lake Tekapo

We slept in a little today Chris was really sick with the Flu. After some cereal we where on our way. Amanda had seen the night before a tick on the map so thought we would head there on our way to Lake Tekapo. The tick was an old 1800's cottage - Burnett Quarry Reserve which was situated near Mount Summers off Ashburton George Road. When we got there we drove down a little gravel road to a dried up creek. We walked over the creek and towards the house. There was still an old bridge over the creek and several farming equipment all rusted around the yard. The house was the size of a bedroom and made of solid white stone. Inside the house there where still belongings in an open cupboard, an old fireplace, photos and the top of a bed head. The open roof had a meezemene floor as well. The roof inside was made of straw and barb wire and the outside was tin however we thought that bad been replaced to help keep the cottage reserved. The cottage had such a eerie vibe we didnt stay to long. We then continued down Highway 72 onto 79 and then onto Highway 8. We didnt really stop anywhere here just for a few photos when we got closer to Lake Tekapo. When we got closer to the Lake we turned down Lilybank Road which followed the right side of the lake. We wouldnt have gotten 50 meters before we were stopping to take photos. We stopped about 3 times and got out to take photos. The lake was so beauitful the water was such a bright light bluey/green, we had both never seen a Lake like this before. We decided to follow this road around the Lake which seemed to go on for ever. We got about an hour in and Amanda realised the road was actually a dead end.. oops!! We continued on to the near end as the view was amazing. You could see the large mountains in the background and you could even see some snow on a few. We turned around and by this time the car was covered with dust as most of the past hour was driving on a dirt road. On the way back we saw a guy we had seen on the way down. When we first saw him we where wondering why he was in the middle of know where. He signaled us to pick him up, we both where like should we - yes, no, maybe, arrrh I dont know. Before we know it we had a german guy called Alex in our car. He was actually quite lovely. He was telling us that he was in the middle of know where becuase he was half way through a few day hike however decided to turn around becuase of the cyclone warnings. He had been travelling for a few months now working different jobs, he seemed like he was quite intelligent. We drove about an hour with Alex in the van before we dropped him at his motorbike.Læs mere