Floating Phil

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Lake Tekapo to Boundary Stream – Day 35.

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Set to be an easy stroll around Lake Tekapo, 
 
It turned out to be true for a change, just 17km around the bottom and up one side of Lake Tekapo. Started off a little grey this morning, which resulted in me also starting a little late to be honest, but everything should be okay.
I posted, or have friends that post resupply parcels to my booked accomodation in in advance, to save me time finding specific dehydrated meals and stuff. Some of the towns are very small with limited choices and we all know how picky the Haaikie can be. Yesterday when the woman handed me my parcel at the holiday park, she simply said that it had an accident and was double wrapped in a white bag. Turns out some rodents decided to make a meal of the contents before I could. Luckily they were only interested in the oats and noodles and left the biltong, powdered milk and sweeties alone. I posted some food items back to myself this morning since I have a little extra and don’t want to drag it over Stag Saddle, in two days time, if I don’t have to.
Back on track, I left town behind and the lake was just beautifully presented this morning with almost no wind. I took so many pictures, thinking this one is the best, just to get around the next corner and rethink. This is one of the things I love about the TA, the fact that I probably never would have travelled up this road, and now have the time to walk it instead.
The clouds lifted and the day just got better.
I made it to my camp site soon after 3pm, pitched my tent and took an afternoon rest (well deserved if you ask me). Tomorrow I am going to break out the walking poles again for the first time since reaching Lake Ohau… the mountains are coming.  
    
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43.9105 – 170.5597
2 April 2024
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10 responses to “Lake Tekapo to Boundary Stream – Day 35.”

  1. Its been awhile since I last checked your blog!!! WOW you have made so much progress since I last checked. This looks like an awesome experience! I am also travelling and experiencing the world at the moment. Fortunately its not by foot but by trains instead haha.

    Hope you continue to have great travels an experiences on your walk up north.

    • Hi Shou-Yick. Yes it’s been a while since Invercargill, I am getting closer to home.
      Glad you enjoyed the blog and enjoy your travels too, by whichever means they are.

  3. Die mere met die berge as agtergrond is ongelooflik mooi. Ek begin verstaan hoekom jy hierdie ongelooflik avontuur aangepak het.
    Nogal opvallend om te sien hoe die grasse van streek tot streek verander.

    • Ja, die plante groei verander stadig van streek tot streek, ook aan watter kant van die berge jy is. Die berge hier het die grootste invloed op waar die reënval is.

  4. Did not realize/know the logistics behind the parcels.. “-)

    Damn rodents..
    At least they left you with what makes Haaikie most happiest” -)

    After all of this you should be publishing a book with your stories and these absolutely mindblowing sceneries “-)

    • At one stage I though about doing a comic strip on stories about the Haaikie… tried to put 300 together, thinking if I could do that many I might be able to sell it to a newspaper or publish a book… but it didn’t happen.

        • Highly unlikely but okay… it could still happen. If you told me ten years ago that I would do the TA, I would have laughed at you… hard. And if I do publish a book it will be illustrated by Liz Climo (Link)