This morning we drove the short distance to Fox Glacier Township. On the way we walked round Lake Matheson. If there are no clouds and the water is still Mount Cook is reflected in its waters. No chance today. We had a distant view of Fox Glacier, in honour of which, allegedly, a mint has been named. From there it was some 230km to Wanaka. Along the way we passed through only two tiny hamlets, sneeze and we would have missed them. We left the mountains and descended through lush tropical rain forest to the sea at Haast. We stopped for lunch at a desolate, mist shrouded beach. The road then turned inland and we had Lake Wanaka to our right. The strong wind was whipping up white horses on this vast lake. We then cut through the mountains to our left to emerge above Lake Hawea. The lakes are separated by a narrow isthmus, bounded by snow capped mountains and are some 35km long. In Wanaka they upgraded our serviced apartment. We have a three bedroom apartment with laundry room, jacuzzi bath, huge living area and massive terrace with BBQ, sun loungers and hot tub, all overlooking the lake (see photo). It's great on the terrace so we stayed in, sat in the hot tub and threw some steaks on the BBQ.
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