Saturday 11 April With Cyclone Vaianu threatening much of the North Island and down the East coast of the South Island, we remained sheltered here at Lake Hāwea - but the atmospheric pressures of the storm definitely affected the skies all over the country. We were fortunate to be woken by a glorious fiery sunrise which lit Lake Hāwea in an incredible array of vibrant pinks, oranges, golds & yellows - wow! Louis popped his head out first at 7am and caught the sky aglow like

Monday 30 March Looked out the window on awaking and it was white all around - white skies, white mohos & campers and white Oamaru stone buildings! We packed up & pulled out of the freedom camp carpark comfortably before the 10am deadline and set course for Glenmac again. Loved this easy park-up and was very taken with the EV charging posts which were wrapped to look like local buildings and landmarks. From Oamaru the journey was grey & mizzly as we headed back up the Waitak