Lake Paringa to Cromwell

This blog is being written in retrospect as we can not update it every day as we find in places the computer gets such poor reception it is better to wait until we are in a better range, hence we miss a day or so.

We set off from the Lake Peringa and headed south to Haast, where we had morning tea and then travelled on through the Haast Pass after a good look around.

At this stage we both decided we were both getting a little homesick wanting to see the family, check out the house etc. Our plan for this trip had been to cover the West Coast and we had done that. We did not want to retrace our steps so we moved on across to Wanaka where we had visited 18 months ago in the car.

Lake Hawea
We were blessed with wonderful weather for our trip through Haast Pass and down the shores of Lakes Wanaka, Hawea and Dunstan
We set up camp just to the east of Cromwell on the shore of Lake Dunstan and tried for a trout again but with no luck (some tuition is obviously needed as well as patience!

We had a lovely meal at the Cromwell Club as a bit of a treat and a break from our own 'gourmet delights'