Sunday 30th December Mavora Lakes & Te Anau

We left Queenstown slightly earlier than expected in spite of a relatively late night and headed south down Lake Wakatipu towards 5 Rivers. The views along the lake were stunning and the weather was good but we could see that it would be "variable" later in the day. 

We stopped for a quick coffee and cake at a very vice roadside cafe at 5 Rivers before travelling on towards Mavora Lakes. We had left Lake Wakatipu at this stage and were in a wide valley with fields (and plenty of sheep) on both sides and bursts of yellow broom.

The trip to Mavora involved a 35Km drive along an unsurfaced road which was actually much better that we had expected. However, by now the weather was very definitely closing in with dark ominous clouds and rain beginning. Mavora Lakes are very beautiful but sadly we did not seem them at their best. Originally we had planned to stay there overnight but with the weather looking set in for the day we decided to travel on to Te Anau after lunch
Lunch was a left over salad in the campervan looking out as the rain swept across the lake and the countryside.

As we left Mavora the weather started to improve and as we arrived in a very busy Te Anau the sun came out on occasions. We checked into a camp site and probably secured the last place in town. A wander around the lake side, the town and booking our trip to Doubtful Sound and it was time for another BBQ.