We awoke in our lovely Wanaka apartment this morning to discover that snow had fallen on the distant mountain tops overnight and the view from our balcony was stunning.
We spent the morning browsing around this small but pretty town. It was quite cold to start with but we didn't get the forecasted rain as it cleared up and the sun became quite warm.
After lunch we went for an exploratory drive around the area and went to what remains of yet another gold mining town, Cardrona. The hotel was established in 1863 and is one of the oldest in New Zealand.
Cardrona is also a popular ski area and we had hoped to drive up to the ski resort for the views, but unfortunately the road to the top was closed.
We then explored the road alongside Lake Wanaka and found a lovely walk around Diamond Lake, quite high in the hills. The autumn colours were lovely.
After our circular walk we followed the sealed road as far as we could. We knew it would deteriorate into a gravel back country road so we drove as far as we could on the good surface. We were right at the foot of the snow capped mountains and it was very picturesque.
A lovely day.
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