September 23 Dunedin - Te Anau

we leave Kate in Dunedin and set off for Te Anau.

Get into Te Anau.

Not much happening in Te Anau. It's really small. So we take a drive to nearby Manapouri, a town about 20km away. Not very much happening here either, but here are a few facts about the place:

a) Lake Manapouri is known to Maoris as Moturau - the lake of many islands - there are 34 in all.

b) It contains both brown & rainbow trout and is surrounded by beech and podocarp forest with prolific birdlife.

Get back to Te Anau and it rains really hard. We are booked to go to see the Te Anau glowworm caves, but cos of the weather it is cancelled. We end up in the pub instead, where I officially order my first pint of Speights. I don't actually get a pint, I get a handle of Speights.