Monday we moved to Te Anau

Having spent the night carousing with Julian and Fran it was quite the early start we had thought we might get. However, we were up and on the road by 10.00 and having driven through some wonderful scenery were on our campsite by 1.30. This gave us some time to have lunch and to go and explore the town.
The town itself is picturesque, set beside a large lake with mountains in the background. It has a population of about three thousand and is one of the more peaceful places we have been to. We had a beer in a pub that had about five customers and visited several shops including both of the town's supermarkets. One had almost nothing on its shelves whilst the other was clearly in the dominant supermarket mode. We also had a look through a few clothes shops and Rosemarie was very taken with some expensive merino wool products. We even went back into the town later to have another look supposedly to have the chance to walk along the lakefront.
Part of the reason the town is quiet throughout the days that a lot of people leave here to go on day trips in fiordland. Having said this there are a lot of restaurants and cafes in the town which may well do a roaring trade in the evenings but which were decidedly empty as we walked past them.
I have to say here tht the weather has been glorious during our stay in New Zealand and today was no exception with temperatures in the low thirties. They are complaining here that they haven't had any rain in three weeks.
The evening was quiet and after a pleasant meal we headed of to bed as were booked on a trip for Tuesday that entailed us getting up at 5.45 am.