The day is all about steep. Another early start. Just us at sand fly beach.


Oh ………..and these guys….
What an amazing start to the day! On to tunnel beach







And the steepest Street in the world.



The route north…

A quick cheese factory stop. Evansdale Cheese. The factory was very rustic. They commenced making cheese in 1977. We bought a few cheeses. The brie is their main product, and amazing! It is much thicker than ours.
At one point of the story it mentions that he started another branch in Oamaru called Whitestone.

Moeraki Boulders and Elephant Rocks




Not surprised to read it was used for Narnia in the first film.
A fab watering hole stumble……now this is the kind of business we could run! Welcome to River-T in the Waitaki Valley. The vines were planted in 2007, and they only started producing their own wine in 2016.



1 and 6 my faves….. a barrel ferment Pinos Gros 2019 and the Pinot Noir 2021. Well, a bottle of each for our lake view this evening would be a great plan!
It was also nice to check out the Whitestone brie and blue.
Finally, to Lake Tekapo for the evening

We watched sundown at dinner, and then the moon appeared from behind the mountains

