Day 21 Wellington Taupo

Another
lie
in.

Is
Melly’s
getting
soft?

Filing
up
with
breakfast
and
then
on
the
road
by
half
ten.

Lake
Taupo
our
destination.

After
leaving
the
sprawling
suburbs
of
Wellington
we
travelled
through
the
rolling
hills
of
the
North
Island.

A
stop
in
the
remote,
and
oddly
named,
Flat
Hills
Café
for
lunch
and
a
stretch.

We
were
half
way.

As
we
continued
up
through
the
mountains
of
the
central
North
Island
some
of
our
group
awoke
surprised
to
see
snow
(which
we
had
left
behind
some
days
ago
in
Queenstown),

Just
after
four
we
pulled
into
our
accommodation
sitting
on
the
edge
of
a
choppy
Lake
Taupo.

This
lake
is
New
Zealand’s
largest
and
was
formed
by
a
volcanic
eruption
in186AD.
Dinner
was
followed
by
the
first
of
this
seasons
Tri‐Nations
games,
New
Zealand
against
Australia,
being
played
up
the
road
in
Auckland.