Day 30 - Wed 18 April - 12 Mile Delta Wow - stunning views of snow covered mountains around the campsite as we had our breakfast this morning! We went up the road to Glenorchy and the views were amazing all along the lakeshore. After a bit of a looksee around Glenorchy we headed up the road to the start of the Routeburn Track. Our plan was to walk to Lake Sylvan and have a picnic lunch there. What a beautiful walk through the bush and the reward after 40 plu...

Day 29 - Tue 17 April - 12 Mile Delta There was quite a bit of rain in the night with a gusty wind which made the vans move about a bit. However we are on hard standing here so no danger of getting bogged. This morning Ros finished a scarf to match Bernard's little hat (Bernard is the other van's mascot). After lunch the weather cleared so we went for a drive to check out the Festival Parking site. We stopped at the Shotover Jet and found this beautiful pou...

Day 28 - Mon 16 April - Arrow Junction to 12 Mile Delta It rained overnight but cleared for a trip into Frankton for petrol and groceries before we hook up and head through Queenstown to 12 Mile Delta. After lunch we packed up ready to move on. The rain had made the ground soft and Wilkie's SUV spun its wheels in the mud. After much to and froing he had to use his motor movers to get the caravan on to hard ground. Whew - it was pretty stressful! Fortunately...