Another trip up to Makorora and the Blue Pools never fails to remind us we live in a spectacular place. First 2 photos are of Lake Hawea from about halfway up the lake. First one, looking back to Hawea village and the second looking north. Beautiful.
We continued on, 5 of us cramped into our little Impreza. DOC has advertised they didn’t want people walking the track to the Pools because they are doing 1080 drops. So was surprised to find about 20 cars at the car park when we got to the Blue Pools. Thank goodness we lathed ourselves in insect repellant because the mozzies were thick and hungry. The walk down to the pools is gorgeous and only about 10 minutes.
Water was not as clear as our first visit to the pools but still amazing. We did lots of exploring, stone skimming and gazing. Water level lower than previously also. Love the little stone temples everyone makes in the riverbed.
An hour later turned around and headed back to the Makorora tavern for lunch. Yummy homemade pies and we were entertained by the very large beer bellies and antics of the Dunedin BSA Motorcycle trip who were doing a two day stint over to Haast and back.
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