South Island - New Zealand - Monday 4th April, 2016

Last night was our coldest night so far in New Zealand, there was some frost on the hills when we woke up, indicating zero degrees. We had breakfast in the chilly conditions and then headed back into Wanaka where we hired some mountain bikes for the morning.

Then we rode around the eastern edge of Lake Wanaka and along the Clutha River. The views were great as the Autumn leave changes have started to kick in, the mountains as a back drop and the water is a crystal clear torquoise colour. The riding was nice and easy with some fun little ups and downs on the dirt tracks. We covered 26 kilometres in the 4 hours that we had the bikes.

From there we drove to Fox Glacier, passing between the beautiful Lake Hawea and Lake Wanaka and then through Hast Pass, getting out to visit some waterfalls before hitting the west coast. Tonight we have stopped at a van park in the town of Fox Glacier.