Lake Tekapo

Today we moved down to Lake Tekapo. We set off 10am and arrived at 1.30pm.

We settled into the Tailor Made Backpackers before going to Luxury Lodge to meet our hosts Lynda and John and Lynda's mother. We had only been there 5 mins and they wanted us to work. So we did 2 hours gardening (clearing rubbish, raking twigs) Had to take our fleeces off as was very hot in the sun!! 

The lodge has great views of the lake and alps. After work we had a beer and tea which was chicken casserole, potato, cabbage, rice, orange veg (forgot it's name begins with K) meat loaf followed by apple pie. All homemade by Lynda.

They have a 52" Plasma TV, we have no TV at backpackers.

We went stargazing up Mt John Observatory, just got back. We saw the Milky Way, Venus, Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, the Southern Cross, Canopus, Alpha Centuri, Vega, Arcturus, the large and small clouds of Magellan, Anteras, Sagittarius, Aquarius, Pisces, Capricorn,Pegasus, the jewellery box to name a few.. One star we saw was actually 2 when you looked in the telescope. We saw the lines on Jupiter.

We saw these both with the naked eye and through telescopes!! It was the most amazing night of our lives :-)

Photos to follow!!! YES Back in Tekapo..at last!!