atahualpa domain was triggered too early. This is usually an indicator for some code in the plugin or theme running too early. Translations should be loaded at the init action or later. Please see Debugging in WordPress for more information. (This message was added in version 6.7.0.) in /home3/aboarddi/public_html/blog/wp-includes/functions.php on line 6114Having stayed the night in a cabin packing up this morning was straightforward. By 9:30 we were on our way inland. We had looked at the weather forecast which stated that the region was expecting rain and possible thunder late in the day and overnight. We therefore weren’t too keen on camping anywhere. We’d heard that Nelson Lakes were quite pretty so we decided to visit them on our way to Murchison where we hoped to find shelter.<\/p>\n
Our first stop was St Arnaud on Lake Rotoiti. Here was an excellent visitors center with very good information on the geology of the area. The region straddle a fault line and over the millennia mountain ranges have been split apart and separated by many miles. More recently, in the last 10s of thousands of year the area was subject to glaciation which has left its mark in terms of hanging valleys, etc.<\/p>\n
We took a small hike up Black Hill before eating lunch by the lake. We then took the Perimeter walk around the peninsular that sticks out into the lake. We then drove off detouring to Lake Rotorua. Here we met our nemesis, the sand flies, which despite the dollops of recently purchased repellent we had lathered over ourselves were still determined to have their lunch.<\/p>\n
We therefore didn’t stay long there. Enough to take a few pictures. The drive to Murchison wasn’t too far. From our AA book we knew there were two campsites near to the center of town that had cabins. With the forecast rain we thought it would be worth exploring these first. The first place we visited, Riverview, was pleasant enough and had cabins for $40 a night. They could use a lick of paint but they’re good enough to keep us out of the rain.<\/p>\n