Down Under: Enjoying Oamaru

OUT AND ABOUT IN OAMARU We spent Saturday in a relaxed fashion catching up on blog and photo editing before heading into town. Our first stop in was the lovely and quite old (1876) Oamaru Public Gardens. Lots of mature trees, a stream, and little paths with stone steps and along stone walls leading to …

Down Under: Mt. Cook & Oamaru

ON TO OAMARU VIA THE LAKES We left Lake Tekapo on Friday morning around 8:30 and, on the recommendation of our dinner neighbors last evening, opted to take the slightly longer inland route around several other lakes, rather than the coastal route, to Oamaru, our next place of lodging. From Tekapo to Twizel was fine, …