Today's weather carried on from where it left off yesterday, cloudy and chilly.

Nevertheless, we rocked on and started with a stroll around the corner to pop in to the Talbot Forest Cheese Factory to sample the fruits of their labour. Their product range is extensive, and delicious! We ended up purchasing 3 varieties: Mount Somers Blue, Vintage Cheddar and Rauukapuka Red.

Next door is the i-site centre where we grabbed a map that helped later in the day.

Then we popped around another corner to Giant Jersey. This shop sells pure New Zealand wool knitwear. But we hadn't gone in with a mind to purchase a jersey due to the extreme cold, lovely though they are, but to view a record breaker. Hanging on a wall at the back of the shop is the Giant Jersey, recognised by the Guinness Book of Records as the largest jersey in the world. It measures 15ft from wrist to wrist, is 7ft high, 5ft wide and weighs in at 5.5kg.

At the back of the shop is the Medieval Mosaic. This is a labour of love of one person. Michael Linton spent 33 years and used 3,000,000 tiny steel pieces to recreate The Bayeaux Tapestry. It consists of 27 panels and is truly remarkable. Michael also has extensive knowledge of the period and has created an USB stick that not only contains his mosaic but copies of many related books that are fully searchable. Additionally he has developed many games and added a lot of features to appeal to children. This guy is a marvel, a true genius and if you're ever in the area do make time to go there, specially if you have kids. You may need to drag them in, but they won't want to leave.

Then we departed Geraldine for Opihi Vineyards. My brother took great pleasure in sampling their wares while we both enjoyed a delightful meal.

Using the map we had picked up earlier in Geraldine, we visited the Raincliff Maori rock art site to view the drawings.

As the weather had cleared, we headed inland to Lake Tekapo, at the foot of the Southern Alps. Due to the glacial waters, the lake is an amazing colour with the mountains providing a stunning backdrop.

We continued to Lake Pukaki, which is also coloured by glacial waters and had the extra benefit of the backdrop containing the snow topped, cloud enshrined Mount Cook, New Zealand's largest moutain.

Heading back to the Pacific coast, we encounted another Maori rock art site, with a fair few drawings.

We motored down the coast to Moeraki to see more rocks! These are the Moeraki Boulders, huge lumps of spherical rocks on the beach, battered by the ocean. Some may say they're just rocks, but I say they are a beautiful sight and truly awe inspiring.

We continued to the city of Dunedin and our abode for the night.

Today we covered 475km.