day 4 - Balcluthia to Queenstown

We got a pretty late start after beginning the day by
feeding the animals, tea with the motorcycle rental company and a
tour around the farm on the tractor.  Lunch in Owaka, and we were
shortly making our way along the breathtaking landscape (and
roads) of the southern coast to Invercargill.  After a short
detour in Bluff, we headed north towards our goal of making the
9:20pm ferry from Walter Peak Station towards Queenstown.  Turning
onto gravel roads again after Mossburn, we were the sole company
of lonely cattle as we made our way up the enormous valley towards
Lake Wakatipu.  After a short descent into a lower valley, we had
one of our most memorable fordings shortly before reaching the
coastline of the lake, and being greeted by roads absolutely
thronged with sheep and cattle.  We made Walter Peak Station
shortly before nightfall, loaded the bikes onto the antique, coal
fired steam engine powered ferry, and watched the sun set as we
made our way across towards Queenstown.