{"id":1237,"date":"2016-11-25T08:03:34","date_gmt":"2016-11-25T08:03:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irwinarmstrong.com\/bigtrip\/?p=1237"},"modified":"2016-12-06T08:05:44","modified_gmt":"2016-12-06T08:05:44","slug":"2511-from-temuru-to-lake-pukaki","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irwinarmstrong.com\/bigtrip\/travel\/2511-from-temuru-to-lake-pukaki\/","title":{"rendered":"25\/11 From Temuru to Lake Pukaki."},"content":{"rendered":"

Starting our journey we backtrack on ourselves and hit the 8 up past Gairlie and Kimbell up towards Burkes Pass.<\/p>\n

On the way \u00a0we pass numerous fields of red deer.<\/p>\n

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As we travel round past forest and farms we come round a corner and are met with a valley with mountains in the background which must be nearly as beautiful as Fermanagh. This is Burkes Pass not really high and not hard to get to but a sight to behold.<\/p>\n

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The valley extends and on the right we look up at Mount Michael and Fox peak which is 2330 meters.<\/p>\n

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It isn’t just the beauty but the way it gave you no warning.<\/p>\n

This is to be the way it is today.<\/p>\n

Further on we round another corner on the way to some hot springs.<\/p>\n

We round another corner and again are blown away by Lake Tekapo.<\/p>\n

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I decide to name this LupinLand as I have never thought of Lupins as a weed.<\/p>\n

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Here they grow in glorious abundance.<\/p>\n

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The lake is rough and the wind is strong.<\/p>\n

I am hanging onto the camera tightly and to get any steady video I have to basically sit on the camera. It doesn’t matter as it is magical and we are both invigorated before our chill out at the hot springs.<\/p>\n

The hot springs are good. They are in fact a series of hot pools each hotter than the last which \u00a0you can relax in.<\/p>\n

The wind howls through the trees that are behind the lake and the sun is out. So you sit in steaming hot water with a cold wind blowing across you and the hot sun above. It is very pleasant though a tad odd.<\/p>\n

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Fromther after some brunch \u00a0we head on and it is getting a bit boring I know.<\/p>\n

Round another corner and we pass Lake Pukaki.<\/p>\n

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on any other day<\/p>\n

This would be and is a not to be missed place.<\/p>\n

It is just for us we are ODing on lakes and beauty.<\/p>\n

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Maggie shows me how she is just going to push the camper if I don’t hurry up and stop taking pictures.<\/p>\n

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It is starting to get late so we look up a wild camping site.<\/p>\n

It happens to be up beside a canal taking the water from one of the lakes to a hydro plant downstream.<\/p>\n

The site is just off the road.<\/p>\n

I am glad to be stopping as this has been another day of fighting with the steering wheel to stay on the road.<\/p>\n

The wind has been strong.<\/p>\n

Anyway of the road we enter trees and low and behold we enter a different world.<\/p>\n

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We stop beside a large pond with ducks and eat beside the water watching the ducklings show how brave they are in front of Mummy and Daddy. a fitting end to another day.<\/p>\n

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I get chatting to a regular who spent 4 years in is camper but now only takes it out for a month here and there. He is a fisherman. that is his excuse.<\/p>\n

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This seems to be a popular model.<\/p>\n

Take an old bus and convert it.<\/p>\n

The stove onboard is a nice touch. His brother has sky TV. He has multi room option so this is essentially his brothers spare room.<\/p>\n

Nice.<\/p>\n

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