March 3-5.
Today, I need to apologize for my lack of timeliness on the blog because I know I am a week behind, but when you are busy living it is hard to post history (the excuse I’m giving), plus internet has been spotty.
The road to TeAnau was full of distant mountain views and ranch land full of thousands of sheep, cattle, and venison (raised like cattle). Kim had a “perfect” almond milk mocha in Mossburn a small but popular cafe along the road.
In TeAnau, we had a reservation for a Cruise to the “glow worm caves” so after a quick steak pie and chicken pie it was off to see the worms. Not real worms, but the larval stage of a Diptera (fly), this species only found in New Zealand, that grows and emits light to attract other bugs for food in limestone caves.
To describe the experience, picture total darkness except the
greenish-blue glow from thousands of faint lights as in the night sky trying to pick out the various constellations, plus your in a small metal boat with the sound of water rushing toward the abyss under you. Pretty cool!
greenish-blue glow from thousands of faint lights as in the night sky trying to pick out the various constellations, plus your in a small metal boat with the sound of water rushing toward the abyss under you. Pretty cool!
The caves are on the mountain side of Lake TeAnau, so the catamaran takes us to the cave. Lake TeAnau is the largest natural lake in New Zealand and also the deepest.
After the Cruise, we walked through a beautiful botanical garden in TeAnau on our walk back to the motel.
In the morning, we took a short side trip to Manapouri with Lake Manapouri, another large lake for breakfast, then back to Mossburn (our most southern town while driving) for Kim’s mocha. Back to Queenstown on our way to Cromwell, for a quick stop at the world famous Ferg Burger, it was delicious. Just outside of Queenstown we stopped at the Kawasaki River Gorge for the site of the first bungy operation at AJ Hackett Bungy and Zipline center. No one decided to take the plunge, but there were plenty of young kids to watch.
Cromwell, our nights destination was an old town that had been flooded by a hydroelectric dam, so they moved a few of the old buildings of historic Cromwell to a new site as a tourist attraction. We rewarded our long drive with a few margaritas at a Mexican restaurant. D
After the Cruise, we walked through a beautiful botanical garden in TeAnau on our walk back to the motel.
Cromwell, our nights destination was an old town that had been flooded by a hydroelectric dam, so they moved a few of the old buildings of historic Cromwell to a new site as a tourist attraction. We rewarded our long drive with a few margaritas at a Mexican restaurant. D
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