Monday morning dawned bright, sunny and warm and we set off toward the west coast firstly via Lake Hawei (which I have christened the Geordie lake as in Haway the Lads). The drive up the western side of the lake was wonderful with so many viewpoints and photo opportunies that our progress was slow. At the northern end of the lake we spotted a side road which looked promising and headed down an unsurfaced track for about 11km to Bushy Point which is a DoC (Department of Conservation) recreation and camping area. Fantastic views down the lake and a very unspoilt area, the tranquillity only being broken by the deafening sound of cicadas again.
The road then headed back to Lake Wanaka and we found a beautiful spot for lunch at Boundary Creek on the north western shore with simply wonderful views. The queen of the campervan produced a veritable feast!
On westwards to Makarora and the blue pools which we thought were great and yes they are blue but somehow that really does not do them justice.
On to the Haast pass and a fairly scary bridge at the Gates of Haast before proceeding downhill and along the Haast river until we arrived at the metropolis of Haast town (pop 300). Checked in to our camping site and headed out on the town before deciding that the best eating option was the barbeque again. Very pleasant evening and the sandflies were relatively benign (they got their revenge the next morning)
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