To Strahan

Leaving cold,wet and windy Queenstown



Had a chance to see the Steam train leave for Strahan



Little bit of blue sky is showing but not for long



In the meantime Werner has got warm climbing this hill and the rain gear has come off



Rain gear on again


Our new home for the next 3 days



We went for a late afternoon walk into town along the waterfront



Part of the wharf of Strahan

Rest Days in Queenstown

Sight seeing in between showers in Queenstown



Empire Hotel where we had lunch to celebrate our wedding anniversary



Looking at old photos at the Railway Station in Queenstown



This was the residence of past Mine Managers

To Queenstown

The weather was terrible as you see in the photo



So much water on the roads and heaps of hills



Made it to Queenstown and it is still raining. Did you notice I gave the van a bit of a Christmas dress up seeing I did'nt have a tree



Werner arrived wet and cold so it was time to dry everything out



A look at Queenstown from a lookout which shows the way I drove in

Rest day Rosebery

The being of our walk to the beautiful water falls



The track had heaps of ferns and trees each side



After walking for about 5km we arrived at the falls



Photo of us with falls in the back ground



I loved this long swing bridge



I wanted to shake the bridge with Werner on it but he kept telling me to think about the camera he was carrying just excuses I think



Werner said I'm getting better at taking photos



The scenery was so much like NZ

Rest day at Rosebery

We walked around some of the tracks in Rosebery



The railway bridge just behind the camp ground



Looking towards the Rosebery mine



Buckets that use to be used to carry rocks from the mine



Hills and mountains everywhere you look

Christmas Morning

We missed being with our family at this time of the year.They all gathered at Allan and Corrina's place. Corrina cooked a beautiful ham and arranged other things.Michael, Bernie and Mark brought other stuff as well.
It was great to talk and see them all on Skype. A photo Allan sent to my phone looked like it was a beautiful Christmas breakfast. So it was time for me to wipe away a few tears and enjoy the rest of the day.




Even on Christmas day I have to give Santa support



This one is for the Grandchildren Caleb and Isabel

To Rosebery

Again the morning started off miserable and damp from the fog



A bit lower in altitude and it looks already a lot better like the fog is lifting



Werner is trying to race the truck up the hill



Lake Rosebery about 16 km before Rosebery and Mt Murchison in the back



Last climb for today. Was a hard work for the van, the steepest I have been so far. 4 km up and climbing from 175 m to 495 m



Bottom of Rosebery where I parked and did some last minute shopping



This is the outlook just behind the cabin we are in for 4 days

To Cradle Mountain

Rain gear for Werner today because it is terrible weather



Werner is climbing this big hill and just about made it to the top



The view from the top of this big hill which is 930 meters above sea level. The poor van was struggling a bit



Looking back up this hill. Werner reached 74 km/h coming down



Waiting for Werner at the turn off to Cradle Mountain



Long last he is turning up because of so many hills today and still more to come



We both made it to Dove Lake and Cradle Mountain. I cheated and had to take the free shuttle bus



Me on our 6 km walk around the lake



Poor Werner had to walk around too. If he would have swam across the lake as well he just about would have done a Triathlon today



It doesn't get much better than this



Visitors at the camp site in Cradle Mountain