As much as I want to head up to Nelson, I also like this spot, and I'm now starting to think I want to go over to the nearby town of Mt Cook (the closest town to the highest peak in Australasia). I have to again say goodbye to another bunch of fantastic people, and let Andy, Jendra and Lara continue on back to Christchurch without me. It's just Paul and I left here, and I'm asking him about how I might be able to get on over to Mt Cook. He reminds me that it's off season, and the shuttle bus isn't running now, but that Intercity still do, and leaves in about an hours time from here. Ok.. book me in, but we discover that the actual time is 10min away.. too short a time span to pack and make the 400m walk into the village. OK.. so I'm stuck here then.. at least til tomorrow. Paul reminds me.. "just have to stay another day here in paradise".. and he is of course right, as we sit down looking out across the lake. Paul reminds me of the walks around the area, so I plot a course the long way up to the St John observatory via the lake.A little while later, someone else arrives in town (on the Intercity bus that I was going to be too late for) and as I'm about to depart for the afternoon, Osa peers in and I ask her if she's got anything planned for the arvo.. off we go.. with a small detour down to the YHA as she's told her new friend from the bus that they'll meet later this arvo, but this excursion might put this at risk. On our way there, Sabrina is on her way to Lakefront, so onward we go up the observatory. It's a 2.5 hr walk up there, and we enjoy the views all the way there, and of course up the top is a great place to sit back in the glass house style cafe up there.
The view on the way up and looking up to the observatory (or as Osa says.. "It looks like something out of a James Bond movie")
The view from the top at the cafe/observatory.
As it turns out, Osa is off to Mt Cook tomorrow also, so Mt Cook here we come.
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