Fox Glacier to Lake Wanaka

Laundry went in before breakfast (only $4 here). Another continental breakfast  seved by matthew, Kelsey's boyfriend.   After the clothes had dried (following a brief power cut), we paid our bill and set off to the village, where we had a coffee/tea and posted the parcel for baby Michael to Jonathan and Philomena.
Our first stop was at Bruce Bay, where the breakers were coming in from the Tasman sea and the beach was littered with driftwood.  We spoke to some locals who were collecting the wood for use in their gardens.

 We drove on to the salmon fishery, where we had a smoked salmon sandwich, and then onm to Knights point a lookout high above the rocks, where fur seals could be seen.
We crossed the very long, single lane Haast bridge and stopped at the roaring billy waterfall, which involved a short bush walk.

The wind was whilstling up the river valled disturbing clouds of stone dust from the pebbles, in temperatures of 28+ in the shade.
We moved on to the gates of Haast, just below the summit of the Haast pass and stopped at |Makarora filling station for a much needed ice cream (boysen berry with choc ripple or hokey pokey).
Our last stop en route was the spectacular view point at Lake Hawea

We were greetd at our Wanaka accommodation by Rosie, who offered us tea and cakes whilst we discussed what were going to do tomorrow.
The evening concluded with a barbecue in the garden, (joined by Sophie the cat) at the garden table by the side of the flowing creek.
Once again, superb accommodation in a stunning location with unbelievable weather!