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Brent turned out to be a nightmare from minute 1, and had a few errands to run before we could leave town. Saying goodbye to his work colleagues at Rippon Valley actually turned out quite well for us, as the views overlooking Lake Wanaka were stunning, and there was a giant deckchair for us to entertain ourselves with. Waiting for him to buy $60 worth of Colourslide film for his camera, was less amusing.
Eventually we got on our way and embarked on a very nice drive through Linder's Pass, made more spectacular by more snow. To amuse ourselves (and other passers by) we made a stop in a town called Twizel. My brother and sister will both appreciate this one, and being able to think of nothing but the phrase 'Twizel my Nizzle', we posed rap stylee in front of the Welcome to Twizel sign! The tripod we had for the cameras made this that much more amusing, as Brent struggled to line it up straight, and then run to get in the picture in time. Check it out - it still makes us laugh as we are writing this!
We arived in Lake 'Take-a-poop' as we have named it, and sat in the hot springs, with steam rising off us as we sat and looked at the snow capped mountains. When sufficiently wrinkled, we head for a disgusting Chinese, the only restaurant open. Particularly disgusting was the NZ style chow mein - don't try it, it is congealed nastiness. So we retreat to Johnny, parked up at the side of the lake.
Woke sadly to rubbish weather again, so much so you can't tell the end of the mountains or the beginning of the sky. Still we decide a meandering journey with sight seeing stops enroute is the order of the day.
Our first stop was the pituresque Church of the Good Shepherd beside the lake, and next to it was a statue of a collie dog, in tribute to the sheepdogs that helped to develop the McKenzie countryside??? Brent kindly furnished this little spot with his camera case complete with the brand new $60 worth of colourside film, his ipod, watch and all of his chargers and adapters. Of course, he didn't realise this until about 200km up the road. Still, it did mean we had a little bit of peace on the journey, as he went slightly quiet after this.
Continuing our posing by signposts theme, we couldn't resist squatting down as if we were 'Taking-a-poop' with toilet roll in hand as we left Lake Tekapo! This time, not only amusing the passers by, but also providing photo opportunities for them!
Rakaia Gorge, an amazinging piercingly blue river, with a backdrop of snow capped mountains, was really not done justice by the really grey sky. We decided to finish our sightseeing for the day, and get to Christchurch. After discovering that Matt, TV buddy, had moved on for the Jailhouse, we settled for Domino's pizza, eventually washed down with beer on arival at our campspot for the night, directly opposite the posh springs in Hanmer. Classy.
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