South Island - New Zealand - Wednesday 6th April, 2016

Last night we were attacked by sand flies in a scene reminiscent of the great Ubirr mosquito swarm of 2014. We cooked and stayed inside afraid to enter the great outdoors. This morning we have awoken to a beautiful morning on the edge of the lake.

After we got going we drove out to Hokitika Gorge which is a beautiful gorge encompassing clear torquoise waters. We did a short walk across a suspension bridge and down onto the edge of the river. We took some photos and again got swamped by sand flies.

We continued on to Greymouth and stopped at the old coal mining village of Brunner which was well worth a look. The stories on the information boards told of great hardship during an explosion in the mine and the history of the site.

Lunch was in the old gold mining town of Reefton before we continued on through to Hanmer Springs for the night where we checked in to the caravan park.