A long day of driving today. We drive through the centre of the South Island all the way south to Bluff, the southern tip. A bit rainy today. Our route took us is the Lindell Pass, through the snow capped hills, along a few lakes and rivers which meant twisty roads. Would have been nice on the motorcycles! The grass is yellow and only short bushes for most of the drive. Near the tip the grass became grazing land, thick and lush green with lots of cattle and sheep.
Bluff was windy and cool, but we braved the weather for a few photos! After that we went north to Invercargill to a hardware store that not only sells hardware but also has several old motorcycles on display. One of the displays is the world’s fastest Indian that Burt Munroe set the land speed record with. It’s a great movie if you haven’t seen it. It was amazing to wander through the store, and see so many motorcycles and cars, tools and even an engine. All with plaques explaining about the item. Very well done.
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