Goodbye TeAnau hello Invercargill!
The sun was shining as we left Te Anau. I had had time to work out my journey from here on as I had to meet the bus at 11.30. The scenery was lovely especially as I sat on the front seat next to the driver – Heemi – a Maori! Now this is important to me because so far I’ve not come across many Maoris. I had a chat with him and asked if he felt the society was integrated. He said yes he thought it was. Seems to me I’ll find more in the north. I hope so.From seeing Mt Luxmore standing above the range in front of us, I watched as the hills subsided and by Riverton (a fishing town) the land had crops on it as well as animals. We stopped at McCracken’s rest, a viewpoint at TeWaeWae Bay
As usual the coastline looked stunning. The only other thing to note was the abundance of red hot pokers and agapanthas lining drives or decorating islands in the middle of roads. They have been there ( especially the agapanthas) all through my journey. I am now in Invercargill for the night. A large town with many older buildings and a scottish influence. The ferry to Stewart Island goes from here. Nothing much else to say about it really. Got some shopping and looked what was on at the cinema but all except one film started at 6.15 at the latest with only one film I didn’t fancy – 13 or 30 hours can’t remember which. So shower and bed for me. Off at 10am in the morning for Queenstown for 2 nights that i don’t want to do but the bus is full for day after one night. Ah well I must admit defeat with this bus company. Night.
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