The drive from Christchurch to Queenstown, through the mountains and Lake Tekapo is absolutely breathtaking. With a few short detours, one can see beaches, rainforest, glaciers, high desert, and wine country... all in a 6 hour drive.
We chose to break up the drive on the way down and stop in Lake Tekapo, the first lake (on the map shown below) south east of Mount Cook. On the way home we drove from Queenstown (B) to Christchurch (A) via Oamaru (C). Oamaru is famous for it's yellow eyed penguin sightings... and we saw two!
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| Sunset driving in to Lake Tekapo |
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| Eclectic and gorgeous art throughout the lodge, all hand picked by the owner. Can't say enough good things. We'll be back! |
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| Lake Tekapo in the morning |
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| Tekapo |
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| Getting artsy? |
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| Lake Pukaki, looking at Mt. Cook |
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| Downtown Queenstown, Atlas Bar in the back, amazing steak, $18!! (Practically free in NZ!) |
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| Stormy day in Queenstown |
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| Botanical Gardens, Queenstown |
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| Botanical Gardens |
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| Duck Camouflage (obligatory duck photo) |
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| Raindrops 20 feet below |
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| Completely unexpected find... hiking near Queenstown |
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| Rainy Rocks |
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| Lake Wakatipu, Queenstown |
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| Clearing after the rain |
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| Beautiful, phenomenal New Zealand |
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| Lake Wakatipu |
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| Scott getting zen at the Moeraki Boulders, Oamaru |
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| Moeraki Boulders and Bike Wife |
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| Pretty nifty big rocks. |
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| The picture after this was not pretty. I didn't make it. |
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| Yellow Eyed Penguin coming on to shore |
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| Two yellow eyed penguins.... on 20x zoom... |
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| East Coast of New Zealand, Oamaru |
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| Pathway to the edge of the country |
These pictures are just gorgeous. I am so jealous. You know I was thinking about you the other day and realized how much I miss you! <3
ReplyDeleteI miss you back mama. Don't worry, we'll be back... it seems my folks are in Hawaii all the time! Give V and the kids a hug for me :)
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