Day 6 - getting stir crazy

More rain. Forecast was to get better so we headed out to Glen Orchy for some walks and hopefully some views. (Some of the Lord of Rings scenes shot in this area.) We stayed low - well there was no pint in climbing up as it would have been straight into rain cloud! We walked around the village of Glen Orchy which afforded us some close up viewing of lagoons and birdlife - lots of black swans. The lichen/airplants were quite impressive too - the air must be very clear here!

We met up with Hugh, Ron and Ellis for a drink at a cafe. They had just got here having checked out the Coronet Peak paragliding site - though Ellis missed it having been asleep trying to knock off a cold she has been suffering the last couple of days. They were looking into horse riding that afternoon. We decided to go fo another walk in the valley. Mistake. It was uninspiring though the creek it travelled by was pleasant enough to look at; the walk just had no variety, being through fields of long vegetation while the rain continued. We got very wet. Back to Arrowtown for a beer and a burger (very good - lamb).