By Liz

15th March (Rest Day)

It was a freezing cold night, so we slept in a while, waiting for the temperatures to rise above 10 degrees Celsius! Eventually though, we did get up. The hot tub offered at $10 for 30mins was too tempting. So it was settled – a day off for our legs to recover! We went to the lake afterwards. Beautiful.

We wandered about in Wanaka, it was a very relaxed town. We stumbled upon some community engagement where the city council were testing a fully pedestrianised centre, to reconnect the town with the lake. Loved it. Didn’t see a lighting master plan though. Was tempted to go ask about it..

Ahhh. Fond memories of spending a few weekends and evenings on community engagement. At this point I actually missed work.

On we went to a bike shop, bought some essentials for keeping the chains from rusting. And to MacPac for a new pair of trousers that zip off to become shorts. So handy!!

Along the lake front was a millennium walkway with a tiled timeline of events. It was quite fun to read all 2000 years of significant events.

This was the day when there was a terrorist attack on two mosques in Christchurch. The news was very distressing. The campsite full of travellers was quiet. Everyone seemed to be in mourning. What a horrific event.