Lake Tekapo - "don't go to the supermarket when you're hungry"

It was nice to escape from the wind and rain of Mount Cook. The weather in Tekapo is considerably better. It's amazing how quickly the weather can change here. Lake Tekapo is another huge glacial lake, hust take a look at the photos. Theres a tiny church called 'The Church of the Good Shepard' which looks strange all by itself on the lakeside. It's a nice little place.

On the second day Yannick and I walked up to the top of Mt John where there's an observatory with 5 telescopes. We're still in the dark sky reserve and Mt John is meant to be one of the best places to stargaze from in the Southern Hemisphere. Unfortunately we have been blessed with cloudy nights since we have been in the reserve so no decent stargazing yet.

There's one of the upright turbines from the nearby hydroelectric dam in the town also which is quite cool.

We also went for a swim in the evening, was warmer than Wanaka

We decided to take advantage of the bbqs at the campsite and made some burgers to signify the end of our time in Tekapo.