Beach Point, Walter Peak
km256 to Lake Wakatipu
The spectacular skyline views this morning
I woke this morning facing 3 days walk with limited food to get me to Queenstown. The possibility of hitching seemed pretty slim but the second vehicle stopped and had a couple of young fencers heading for Walter Peak! The upshot was that I got here just after 8am - result 🫣
Unfortunately the SE wind was up and the lake had chopped up so decided a chill day at the DOC campsite was in order.
This is looking from the DOC campsite at Beach Point toward Queenstown
The forecast is great for tomorrow. I've arranged to pick up a new Skeg - the last one vanished on the Rakeahua delta, Stewart Island. Booked THE most expensive tent site ($68) for Frankton tomorrow night. Found a Kmart that will hopefully have the same cheap trekking poles that I found in Invercargill as I broke the other fancy one coming up the Waterloo burn a couple of days ago.