Day 6: Broad Bay to Te Anau

Another wet travelling day on and off although managed to get most of car loading done before rain started. Liz's dad managed to lose his wallet and after his car and the cottage had been turned upside down, Ian luckily discovered by the side of the path/steps leading down to the cottage. State highway 1 south with a brief stop to look at Sod Cottage (originally built in 1860s) and coffee/tea at Balclutha. The highway has been jokingly renamed 'the presidential highway' between Clinton and Gore. We stopped at Gore for lunch but most places closed for holiday period or very busy so we had to resort to Dominos pizza chain. Gore was the first place we had to pay for parking this holiday (in an old fashioned park meter) - very unbritish! We got to our next holiday bach in Te Anau around 3.30pm. We did another grocery shop before doing a walk along the lakefront with a very cold wind but it stayed dry for us. We had a mexican meal in the town before heading back to the holiday home.Read more