Easter holiday trip day five

Although we might not drive until midday, we stood up at six and I had a shower and an instant coffee. After that we packed our stuff and put it all back in the car and waited at the petrol station until seven. Five past a car arrived and parked near the station with a sign: “for sale”. The man who got off the car was fortunately the owner of the station and asked us, if we made a opening party here!
With a full tank, we were ready to explore Akaora. First we walked to the lighthouse, which actually stood on the cape and not at the harbour. By car we reached the southern point of this peninsula and had a fantastic view of the shore and the ocean. There was nothing else around us apart from many sheep.

We also looked for an old Maori church but it was impossible to find it! And after a long time, we went on right to Queenstown. We drove most of the time, because on this part of the road there weren’t very interesting places. It still rained partly and it stopped, when we arrived at Tekapo Lake. It’s a nice blue water lake, which a small church on its lakeside, but for me it was too touristy.

We didn’t have much traffic, though that today is Easter Monday and most of the people were on the way back home, like us. It seemed to be common to travel by car with a boat on the trailer. Today, we passed more boats then one lane bridges on the west coast and there are a lot!
At quarter to five we arrived at Lake Hayes and put out Anna near her home stay and drove quickly to the petrol station in Frankton, filled up and almost in time we arrived at the parking of juicy rental. After we put all luggage and rubbish out of the car and brought back the key, I walked home and the other took the next bus home.
That’s the end of our Easter journey and we have now lots of impressions of the southern island after we drove about 2400 km! The other parts, which we couldn’t visit, are already marked for several week-end trips!