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The next day we moved and enjoyed more of the lovely coast. Then we headed inland and to Gore. Gore has a fantastic exhibition of an art collection made by a New Zealander called John Money while he was living in America. We heard about the exhibition on the National Radio and decided to go and have a look. It was fantastic and we thought it to be world class. We gazed at the fantastic collection of carvings from all over Africa and I will not forget that exhibition in a hurry. |
From Gore we
headed North up the centre of the South Island, into the high country and
towards Queenstown.
Photo 2nd right is Lake Wakatipu viewed from Kingston |
Queenstown was full of Japanese tourists, dreadful architecture to stack in the tourists and all the shop assistance were Japanese too. This town to me is a perfect example of how tourism for the sake of making money can be totally spoil a what must have once been a very special place. |
One night in
Queenstown was enough so next morning we headed North again.
Wanaka was simply wonderful and it was also a very nice sunny day. The lake with the mountains looked stunning. Next we would head further North through the Lindis Pass. |