We left our campground at Queenstown a little before 9:30 and headed south along the west side of Lake Wakatipu to the small community of Glenorchy made famous in the Jane Campion tv series "Top of the Lake". I think most of the series took place further along the road at a place called Paradise but it was much further and on a gravel road. Glenorchy was a sleepy little town but in a beautiful location at the head of the lake. We returned to Queenstown, filled up the maggot with fuel and started south, this time on a different arm of Lake Wakatipu and along the east side of the lake. We had been this route the day before on the bus but it was overcast and raining on that trip. Today it was sunny and clear. Jean wondered what it was like at Milford Sound and a quick check of the weather determined that it was also a beautiful day there too. We drove south to Invercargill arriving there at about 2:15. We checked into the Top 10 and then went into Invercargill to the museum there. What a fascinating place! They had an exhibit on the subantarctic islands which are NZ territory but are very isolated and inhospitable. Part of the exhibit focused on the numerous shipwrecks that occurred at these island because, it was later determined, the islands were shown on maps 50 kilometers from where they actually were. The exhibit had artifacts of clothing and tools developed by the survivors, some of whom lived for more than 20 months before being rescued. The life they lived during this time is a true testament to their bravery and fortitude. The NZ government of the time realized the dangers of shipwrecks there and established survival stations on the islands with supplies to help any survivors . The exhibit also included stories about the coast watchers who were put on the islands to establish early warning stations against the eventuality of German warships and also Japanese warships approaching NZ. These coast watchers lived very spartan lives on the islands and had to be constantly on the alert. Their only means of communications was by morse code. Another really great exhibit at the museum was the Burt Munroe exhibit. Most of you will remember him from the movie "World's Fastest Indian", about Burt going to the Salt Flats in Utah to establish world speed records with his motorcycle. The motorcycle in the exhibit is a replica but the original can be seen at the E. Hayes & Sons store on the Main Street in Invercargill. We next decided to go to Bluff which is the southernmost part of NZ at least on the South Island and if you don't count Stewart Island. So, our travels have taken us from the northern most tip, Cape Reinga to the southern most tip, Bluff. When we returned to Invercargill, we went for dinner at the Waxy O'Shea's Pub in the former Grand Hotel built in 1913. After dinner we wandered the main streets taking pictures of the wonderful old buildings, most of them built in the late 1800's to the early 1910's. Jos Penner had told me about how wide the streets were in Invercargill. It is also one of the only towns I have been to here that had traffic lights. It was only in the newer sections of town that one saw the usual roundabouts. If you look at the pictures of the Main Street you only see 1/2 of the street as there is a divide between them. By the way, the street is not called Main Street but the IPad insists on capitalizing the words. When we got back to the campsite, I accidentally pulled the power wires for our camper out of the plug which goes into the camper and had to jury rig a repair job. I will try and find a replacement plug tomorrow.