Lake Tekapo

After leaving Queenstown we stopped off at Arrowsmith on the way to Lake Tekapo. Later we stopped at a roadhouse for some lunch. After lunch we passed an airfield where helicopter scenic flights were available. The girls thought that they would take the flight so we pulled in.
They said it may be a bit too rough today but they wouldn’t know until later. We decided not to wait and left.
That night on the news it was reported that a helicopter had crashed that afternoon. It turned out to be the same helicopter operation we had stopped at. Not sure if would have been the same trip but it gave us a fright just the same.
At Lake Tekapo there was a statue of a collie dog named Susan. Turned out it was a memorial to the Scottish Shepard that came to the lake area in the 19th century to work on the pastoral runs of the South Island. It is said the high country could not have been farmed successfully without the border collies they brought with them.Read more