Or as I like to call it Te Kohurau, much better than the white version.

We went to the local bakery/dairy for lunch supplies before taking on the hill. Before we can get to the shop we have to wait for a lot of traffic.

I must have been extremely tired yesterday because it didn’t take nearly as long as I had feared. Once at the top the day was really smooth sailing. There were some minor blips but nothing I couldn’t make up. All along the lake are hundreds of caravans parked up. It is a cheap holiday home for $450 a season for about 6 months you can come and go as much as you like! Maybe a good spot for us in the future.

Before we know it we hit a lovely spot called Deep Creek. We stop there for lunch. While there we have Rod stop and say hello. We met him at the Ōmarama holiday park. He is off to do some trout fishing.

Not far from our lunch spot is the dam. We then had a bit of an up just after. We came across a fisherman on the river who was fly fishing. He ended up giving us a trout he just caught for our dinner. Yum, I think it was a rainbow trout. There was one more zig zag up to avoid the road and get the last few kilometres to Kurow. By the time we got to our house we were tired. The property in a large old homestead that could do with some love. But is more than enough for just the three of us. It was built by Sir Arnold Henry Nordmeyer who gave NZ it’s first social security to the workers of the Waitaki Dam.

We head to the 4square for some supplies. Tomorrow night we are no where near any shops. We come back and I get the fire going then have a shower. I am pooped, not much movement happened after that haha. We ended up staying up later than usual. It was a delicious trout, Rowan cooked it to perfection. Tomorrow is a very short day so there is no need to get moving before 10am.