Our route is taking us inexorably south but to get to Fiordland in the south we have to head southeast for a while as there is a range of mountains in the way. Our next stop is therefore Wanaka – a township on the south shore of Lake Wanaka. On our way we stopped for a couple of walks. The first took us to Roaring Billy Falls. There was no explanation as to who...
We left Ross first thing carrying on our trek south. Our route takes us along the coast past the New Zealand Southern Alps. These run in a northeast to southwesterly direction for most of the length of South Island – around 500km. The tallest peak is Mount Cook at 3,724 metres, but there are 16 other points which exceed 3,000 metres. On the west coast there are...