East to West

We woke up and discovered the weather was apparently clearer towards the centre of the island so we decided to tackle Arthur's Pass and head to the western side.

We saw snow not long after reaching the mountain ranges and pulled over on the side of the road near Lake Pearson for a quick snowball fight.

Mum spent most of the trip through Arthur's Pass with her eyes shut, but the rest of us enjoyed the view of enough mountains to make us sick of them.

Finally we reached the other side. We stopped in a cute little town called 'Hokitka' for a bit of retail therapy and a look at the Jade Factory there. Also had some good old fashioned chips (wrapped in newspaper).

We decided to head as far south as we could before nightfall as we were unsure of the next days weather and ended up stopping alongside Lake Ianthe/Matahi for the night.