Started out before 9.0am, we drove to our intended destination for the day.
This drive thru SH8, is about 130kms.
This the indicative driving time from the internet :-
30 minutes Fairlie - Lake Tekapo
1hr 15 minutes Lake Tekapo - Mt Cook
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| Fairlie-Lake Tekapo Lake Tekapo->Mount Cook Mount Cook->Oamaru Total : Approx 400km oh H80 & H83 |
Burke's Pass, on the top of the Pass-2500 feet above sea level- a grand view of the Mackenzie country or basin.
Note: The basin was named in the 1850s by and after James Mckenzie (or in his native Scottish Gaelic: Seumas MacCoinneach), a shepherd and sheep thief of Scottish origin, who herded his stolen flocks in what was then an area almost totally empty of any human habitation, After his capture, the area was soon divided up amongst new sheep pasture stations in 1857.
background is Mt Cook/Aoraki National ParkOne hour later, at Lake Tekapo
magnificient view ..photo does not justice to the real beautyChurch of the Good Shepherd
Built in 1935, it as a humble stone building to glorify God and in memory of pioneers.
Momument of the ever famous 'must photographed' tourist attraction on the lake.
Collie dogs, which without, the cowboys will become insane, chasing/rounding up sheeps/cattle in the pastures yonder.
Continuing on, we arrived at Lake Pukaki.
Wikipedia:
Lake Pukaki is the largest of three roughly parallel alpine lakes running north-south along the northern edge of the Mackenzie Basin on New Zealand's South Island. The others are Lakes Tekapo and Ohau.
We were really awed by this sight
The 3 peaks as seen above areLa Perouse (3079m). Mount Cook at 3764m & Mount Tasman (3,497m).
In case you are wondering why I am so smart to know the mountains and their heights, just please refer to the below tablet, found at the lake side, just in front of this magnificient view, for dummies like me
Mount Cook from Lake Pukaki
On way to Mt Cook Village
These mountain range looks black and white, like from the movie.
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