Firstly lets get the introductions over with... Everyone meet Jack,
Jack meet everyone...
This will be our home for the next 6 weeks! And so far we love it! I must say we didn't stop bouncing with excitement for a full 24hours! We've calmed down now... just about...
After picking up Jack (named by Debs- without her knowing it really... we'd like suggestions for the 2 pirates on the side...) we drove until we were well out of the earthquake zone.... no only joking we drove to lake tekapo, and camped beside lake mackenzie. What a beautiful place to fall asleep and wake up. And what a spectacular nights sky- this area is meant to be the best in the world for star gazing and it truely was magnificant. We had a lovely day looking at the lake and visiting the church of the good shepherd- located on the lakes edge. From here we drove the spectacular drive to Mt Cook national park. It was incredible, we were driving straight for snow capped mountains, beautiful lake in 25+ heat! Mt Cook is spectacular(see iggle piggle page to see what I'm talking about because words just aren't enough), our campsite was at the foot of several huge mountains! over the past few days we have done some gorgeous walks, with amazing views of mt cook, glaciers and floating icebergs! All the while we have been in shorts and T-shirts! crazy!
We also had a little excitement yesterday in the campsite, everyone was outside their campervans with binoculars and us being nosey had to find out why... so we asked a couple nearby and apparently there had just been an avalanche on the mountain overlooking the campsite...
Yesterday we decided to have a little treat in the mt cook village and have a little cake as reward for the 3hr walk we'd just done! and just wanted to say Thankyou to Craig for the butter he provided! What a great improvement to a muffin- wouldn't of thought of it before! Craig we are in your debt.
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