3days without Internet or phones!

we will never complain about lack of Internet coverage in Europe again, this is the first signal we've had in 3 days, so a bit of catching up to do! We left Greymouth which in on the west cost for a drive inland heading towards Lake Rotoroa via Reepton and Mirchison through the picturesque Brunner Range to the edge of Lake Rotoroa in the Nelson Lakes Nation Park. We were plagued by mosquitoes, bees and wasps but had plenty of spray, and headed on a 3km walk called the Braeburn Walk up to a waterfall and back down through the village. from the edge of the lake we had spectacular views of the snow clad Travers mountain range, and another amazing sunset. on Monday we had a lengthy drive up to Nelson, which is the 2nd biggest town on the South Island, we then drove to Cable Bay, so named after the first telegraph lines were laid from Australia to New Zealand at cable Bay. The road to Cable Bay had experienced lots of land slips and was quite tricky on lots of parts. Tuesday we left Cable Bay and on recommendation visited Okiwi Bay another twisty windy road to navigate! We had a walk round and decided to move on to a DOC site at Pelorus Bridge which is in the Rai Valley, beautiful site, looked like someone's back garden, loads of walks and trails to follow - pictures to follow.