We spent a day on the Otago Peninsula - a visit to the Albatross Centre and then more penguins and seals! Though we did go on a guided tour we then went onto a beach and found a solitary penguin and couple of seals.
The following morning we went for a run round Ross Creek before checking out of Hyland House. We went round the permanent orienteering course - which is actually at a scale of 5800 - the map below is a board at the start of the course.
Down through the Catlins, including the most southerly point on south Island - unfortunately we didn't have time to get to Stewart Island which is the most southerly point apart, I suppose, for bases on Antarctica.
Then a night at Te Anau where in 1993 we had visited the glowworm caves and taken a trip on Milford Sound. This time we just drove out to the sound and got some wonderful veiws of Mitre Peak.
After Milford sound we returned to te Anau and on to Wanaka where Gwen, an old school friend of Viv's, had an apartment. Viv had brought Gwen's mother, Joan, out as far as Christchurch and now we met up again for a night.
Next morning Gwen and Joan set off for Queenstown and a flight back to Rotorua and we had a further four nights in the apartment - more to follow ...
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