The Central Otago Rail Trail

Judy lives on the outskirts of Wanaka - a town right on the edge of Lake Wanaka.
She was working quite a bit while we were there but was kind enough to loan us her car so we could 'tiki tour' on our own.  She finished work at 2pm one day so we walked up to the Diamond Lake lookout for spectacular views.  The next day she was off so we went off for a day's walk to the Rob Roy Glacier lookout.  The drive to the start was long - 50kms of unmade road and it was drizzling with rain.  As the day progressed, so did the rain.  We made it to the lookout and could just make out some dirty grey snow through the cloud - not a very spectacular view of a glacier!  By the time we returned to the car we were soaked to the skin!  As is often the way with New Zealand weather, the next day was glorious sunshine and we went swimming in the lake!
From Judy's we caught the bus to the start of the Central Otago Rail Trail.  Not having bikes with us we had to hire them and opted for the 'comfort' models.  They came complete with panniers and the compulsory cycle helmets and off we went.  Our remaining luggage was transported to the end of the trail for us.  As the trail follows the old railway line it was quite flat, but the headwinds made up for that!  There was a lot of information along the way in the old 'ganger' sheds so we had quite a leisurely 4 days in pretty good weather. 
At the end of the trail, having traded our bikes for our rucksacks we caught the Taieri Gorge railway in to Dunedin. This is a tourist line through a spectacular gorge - the train complete with observation decks in the open.
In Dunedin we caught up with Murray, one of Carol's friends from her days as a Rover Scout in Invercargill. We hadn't seen Murray and Liz for 19 years so we had a lot of catching up to do!

This is Baldwin Street in Dunedin -- The Steepest Street in the World!

And this is Tunnel Beach near Dunedin -- you have to go through a tunnel to get to it.