An earlyish start, we need to be at Manapouri Harbour for 08.00 with pack lunch etc. After following a slow school bus for almost half the 20 km we arrived with 5 minutes to spare to find all our fellow passengers already on the catamaran. The sun was already shining although the mountains around Te Anau had been shrouded in cloud at Manapouri we had clear blue skies. As soon as we boarded we set off across beautiful Lake Manapouri on the first part of our journe...

We were late rising after our late night - it was well after midnight when we got to bed. Still no chance to watch a DVDs or play Rummicub! After the usual morning choirs we headed into Duneden for a quick look round before shopping and fuelling up for our journey into Fiordland. Back onto Highway 1 through lovely countryside of green rolling hills with lots more sheep evident. The sun was shining on us again and temperature was 22 degrees. We had a veery short s...