This morning we headed off from Twizel on highway 8 - soon after leaving town the road hugs the edge of Lake Pukaki with its icy blue water framed by snow capped mountains. It's hard to keep your eyes ahead with such glorious views and we stopped, sat and admired.
The next part of the road was pretty straight and routine apart from a duck family crossing to a creek!
We got to Tekapo after a hour or so and had lunch then a look round town including the tiny Church of the Good Shepherd.
We checked in to our accommodation which is a cabin on the edge of the turquoise Lake Tekapo. It was very hot this afternoon so I decided on a swim... brave idea as it's fed by glaciers ❄️
It was freezing but invigorating! I wasn't the only one - we met Nancy and John from Canada and had good chat.
After showers we headed back to town to visit The Dark Sky Project. It's famous here for star gazing so we learnt about planets and stars and saw their huge telescope.
Tonight we're planning to walk down to the lake at around 11 pm and do some star gazing 💫
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