Lake Hawea

Dave spent six days last week at Lake Hawea, about four and a half hours west and a little north of Dunedin. He took the first three photos on his drive there, along the Clutha River.

Some friends lent him a cabin on the shores of Lake Hawea. The cabin was in a little town that you can see in the photo below, close to the left edge of the photo.

In the photo below, you can see the Lake Hawea Lodge on the shores of the lake. The little town where he stayed is just behind the lodge.

The next five photos show various moods of the lake. Some of the time he was there, it was VERY windy.

The water of the lake was really clear. In the next photo, you can see how clear it was.

The hills around the lake are so velvety, as you can see in the next photo.

For those of you who are interested in Dave's success in fishing, it was not a good week. He could see fish in some of the rivers around Lake Hawea, but he couldn't get them to bite. He did a lot of painting, which he enjoyed, and he got rid of a sinus thing that had been troubling him. The air is much drier in Central Otago than it is here near the ocean, and the nice dry air dried him out. So he came home healthy and as happy as a person can be who didn't catch any fish.

While Dave was fishing and painting, I went to Auckland for four days for a conference and to see various people. Dave had the camera, so no photos, sorry. Auckland is beautiful city with views of water, islands and bays from many hills, woods and trees everywhere. But it is also unbelievably sprawling. I read somewhere it has the footprint of Tokyo with maybe 4% of Tokyo's population, only 1.4 million people. The traffic can be horrific. But I had a great time.