We traveled from Queenstown to Lake Hāwea.
Here’s an interactive map of our route, with some of the stops marked:
Shockingly, another scenic drive in NZ:
We explored the Cromwell Heritage Precinct, which saved some historic buildings when the main street of Cromwell was submerged due to the construction of the Clyde dam:
Coffee and a slice at the Seed & Grain Store:
More exhibits:
Clutha River:
Cromwell stone fruit sculpture and sign:
45th Southern Parallel marker, halfway between the equator and the south pole:
Vines:
Interesting rocks:
We were going to stop at Wanaka Lavender Farm, but there wasn’t convenient parking, and most of the lavender wasn’t in bloom, so we skipped it:
Puzzling World is a cheesy tourist trap; we never intended to stop there, and didn’t:
We did stop at the Mount Aspiring National Park Visitor Centre, more our speed:
Of course, we had to take some pictures of That Wanaka Tree (along with several other people):
We had lunch at Scroggin in Wanaka:
A one lane bridge with a traffic light:
Arriving at our campground for the night, The Camp:
It was laundry time again, so we tried the laundry facilities at the campground, but most of the machines were out of order:
The showers were very basic too:
A cabin with a view:
Lake Hāwea:
Outdoor fireplace:
Dome:
Our site:
Since the campground laundry was unusable, we went back to Wanaka to do laundry at a laundromat. Which was a useful experience; we found that taking our laundry to a laundromat was easier than using a campground laundry, since we didn’t need to fuss with coins or small unreliable machines.
After laundry, we had dinner at Hello Ranger:
Then back to our site for the night:
