A day in the car today …. We set off early from Strahan as the plan is to get right over to the east coast by this evening – a drive of about six and a half hours. However, to break it up, we decided on various stops. The first one was at Nelson Falls about 35km to the east of Queenstown. The walk at Nelson Falls was only about 20 minutes in total, but...
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...
Our stop for tonight was Ross – an old mining town. The current population of Ross is apparently around 300 people and a signifcant proportion of them seemed to be in the Empire Hotel this evening – the only pub in town and the only place to get a meal! It was one of those pubs where you expect it to go quiet when you walk in as they all turn to look at...