We were at Sunset Point just in time to watch the sun go down.
A bit further along the beach Tarun met up with a group of young travellers that he'd met a few days ago in Motueka . They'd collected a young kiwi boy with a skate board along the way as well and Tarun tried his hand at skateboarding on one of the wide deserted roads of the town. I think you need a bit more practice yet Tarun !! He went off with this young group for the evening, coming back a couple of hours later saying he'd had loads of fun. It's interesting how these young travellers keep meeting up along the way.
We woke the next morning to another sunny day. The weather sure has been kind to us, especially as were in the part of NZ that is renowned to be the wettest.
On the way out we took a detour to the Treetop Walk just out of Hokitika. This is a 450 metre walk on a walkway 20 metres high plus a tower that is 40 metre high. I guess this is the view the birds see, looking down on the tree tops. It was quiet and peaceful and very ... Green!! A worthwhile stop but dry very overpriced.
Lunch was beside a very beautiful lake. I watched a guy with a fishing rod venture out in to a small jetty that was maybe jutting out iinto the lake about three metres and thought he wouldn't have a hope of catching anything. But I was very wrong as less than 5 minutes later he had hooked a very good sized trout.
Heading towards Franz Josef it started to rain and the whole area was very misty. It felt like we had gone from summer to winter in about half an hour. The small town of Franz Josef was full of tourists and it had the feel of a ski resort.
Despite the weather Tarun was off on his usual long walk.... Up the mountains on a track that included some tunnels. It sounds like he enjoyed this.
We were booked into a cute little cabin underneath the mountains and went to bed hoping that The weather would improve in the morning.
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