Sunday 22nd March

Pukeko Pete getting his caffeine hit for the day at The Cray Pot at Jackson's Bay.

Ship's Creek - between Knight's Point and Haast.

Michelle's pretty stone.

Dune Lake at Ship's Creek.

Lake Paringa in early morning.

Pukeko Pete in his natural habitat at Lake Paringa.

Today awoke at Lake Paringa to a blue skied, but misty morning - bugger, maybe we should have stayed at Lake Matheson!

On the way to Haast we stopped at Knight's Point where we could see seals basking in the sunshine on the beach at Arnott Point in the distance. The next stop was at Ship's Creek where there are a couple of lovely walks - one through the dunes and beside a small lake, and another through the pristine remnants of lowlands forest - both were very pretty.

We then drove to Haast - which was much smaller than we expected and continued on towards Jackson's Bay south of Haast. Jackson's Bay is a small fishing village at the end of the road south on the West Coast. Lots of people had raved about it, which is why we decided to go there, but to be honest, we didn't think it was anything special. Yes, it was pretty and quaint, but not really worth the 100km round trip in our opinion.

So back to Haast for the night where we had beer and fish and chips for dinner at a picnic table with a view.