We drove from Dunedin, on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand to Lake Te Anau, about as far west as it’s possible to drive on the South Island.
We stopped for lunch at Gore, where we left the main south road, which continues on to Invercargill on the southern tip of the South Island, opposite Stewart Island and then Antarctica.
Gore sported a distinctive glass town clock.
At the art gallery in Gore, which we visited, there was a comprehensive exhibition of works by Rita Angus (1908-70), a pioneer of modern painting in New Zealand.
Rita Angus’ most famous painting Cass (1936) – not included in this exhibition, is a rendering of a small town railway station. (Picture from http://christchurchartgallery.org.nz/multimedia/print/infosheets/rita-angus-cass/)
The countryside in the south was mainly gently rolling and very attractive, with a predominance of sheep and dairy cattle farming.
Moo (and baa).
Driven on 13th April 2012.
We stopped for lunch at Gore, where we left the main south road, which continues on to Invercargill on the southern tip of the South Island, opposite Stewart Island and then Antarctica.
Gore sported a distinctive glass town clock.
At the art gallery in Gore, which we visited, there was a comprehensive exhibition of works by Rita Angus (1908-70), a pioneer of modern painting in New Zealand.
Rita Angus’ most famous painting Cass (1936) – not included in this exhibition, is a rendering of a small town railway station. (Picture from http://christchurchartgallery.org.nz/multimedia/print/infosheets/rita-angus-cass/)
The countryside in the south was mainly gently rolling and very attractive, with a predominance of sheep and dairy cattle farming.
Moo (and baa).
Driven on 13th April 2012.
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