A change of direction from Collingwood. 1803 kms so far.
On 16th February we left Collingwood & said goodbye to Golden Bay. We drove to Murchison, with a few diversions, & stayed the night. Originally we were going to head for the West Coast, but we heard from some of Catherine’s friends from the IOM & they are going to be in Hokitika on 3rd March. So we have detoured to the East instead, to time our journey better to meet up with them.
Murchison
Lewis Pass
Hanmer Springs 18, 19,20 02.2016
Oh beautiful Hanmer Springs, surrounded by painted velvet mountains & nestled amongst stunning trees.
View from Conical Hill.
We stayed at the NZMCA Park just out of town & Terry found some big blackberries. Catherine made these into a blackberry crumble with an ingenious application of Weetbix , muesli & cream. Which we shared with a couple from Timaru, Ash & Ineka. Yum Yum!!
THE WINDING ROADS 
Did you enjoy a soak in Hanmer?
Yep.
A few years back I completed a mountain bike event from St Arnaud to Hanmer. It was approx 106km over the most beautiful terrain. A well deserved soak after that was had.
Looks like things are going well ad your enjoying yourselves.