Top of the Lake

Sunshine graced us again this morning, even as the air cooled down. Eating breakfast outside was a good opportunity to say hello to the ducks, which turn up every morning in search of food, and arrive shortly before the more unwelcome wasps.

We left Reid's farm and nipped down to the lakeside at Taupo for a game of mini golf on the lakeshore.

Tongariro viewed over Lake Taupo

The views from the top of the lake over the water were splendid and threatened to distract us from the eighteen holes.

Lakeside golf

Before setting off, we fuelled up at Burgerfuel, knowing that this might well be the last oppotunity to sample their excellent burgers and ingenious doofer system.

Ingenious

Today presented only a short 90-something kilometre journey back around Lake Taupo to the Tongariro national park, where we parked up at the Discovery park in readiness for tomorrow's alpine crossing along the pass between Mt. Tongariro and Mt. Ngarahoe.

Tongariro taunts us

Despite an early sunset, there was still plenty of time to enjoy a drink in the afternoon sun, before settling in for dinner in the warm confines of the van.

An early night