Day 2 Tuatapere to Bluff and home to Queenstown


Stunning scenes, lots of history, typical sheep farming landscapes...

We are really enjoying being back on the road again.
Come along for the ride and see what caught my eye today.

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I used an iPhone as my camera for all the photos on this trip.

Strong winds blow in from the south.
All the way from Antarctica.


 Te Waewae Bay.




 Every intersection on this Southern scenic route has directional arrows to remind tourists turning on to the highway to keep left.
A welcome break at Riverton. 
We visited the Te Hikoi Museum. We learned lots about early Maori, sealers, millers, Titi(Shearwater). Lots of human interest stories. Right up my alley.

In Invercargill we visited eHayes and Son ltd, probably the biggest hardware store in New Zealand.
It certainly has the best welcome.
The star attraction is Burt Munro's 1920 600cc Indian Scout in which he established the land speed record  at Bonneville Salt Flats, USA  - 308km/hr.
When we were riding in the USA in 2012 and 2015 many people asked us about The World's Fastest Indian a  NZ movie directed by Roger Donaldson starring Anthony Hopkins.


This Chain sculpture by sculptor Russell Beck at Bluff represents the anchor chain of the waka - the South island. It has a twin sculpture that  holds on to the anchor stone  which is  Stewart island - Rakiura. The twin sculpture is located at the entrance to Rakiura National Park.


Orlanda  at Stirling Point the southernmost drivable point of the South island, New Zealand. 
She is heading north. 
London is 18958km away.


Lots of homes in Bluff are flying the NZ Flag. 
Postal voting for the Flag referendum is underway.

Homeward bound in fading light along the southern arm of Lake Wakatipu.

Shafts of light from the setting sun on the Remarkables welcome us home.

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