Drove to Fox Glacier information centre to hear people being turned away from booking helicopter rides due to low cloud. Smugly we headed for Wanaka, stopping to take a walk through bush to Monro beach where we saw three penguins waddle from the rocks down to the sea before clouds of sandflies drove us back into the bush. The sun came out as we turned inland to follow the course of Haast River and we saw some lovely black and red butterflies as we paused by a waterfall. We travelled through countryside reminiscent of the English Lake District and arrived on the shores of Lake Hawea to watch the moon rise from behind the mountains across the lake. It was a beautiful, warm night.
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