The road that carried us from the interior to the southern stretch of the Fiordland was, quite honestly, boring. The land lost its grand mountains and lakes and became simple farming land - flat and featureless terrain. It continued on like this for a couple of hours and then - thankfully, we reached Te Anau. As we approached the town it was reminiscent of Lake Taupo on the north island, what with the beautiful clear lake being bordered on one side by mountains and the other by the town itself (a much smaller population however). As was tradition, and it being mid morning, we stopped by the side of the lake for a drop of tea before dropping in at the DOC centre to investigate possible walks in the area. Discovering that, although this was prime
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