Daily Photo – Catlins Lake

I didn’t get a cup of coffee in Owaka, nor did I wander around the museum. I’d read the museum was open seven days from 8:30am till 5:00pm, except if it was open, they were doing a remarkably good job of making it look closed. As for coffee, I only found one place that was open, and it was so packed that the last thing I felt like doing was standing in a queue, slowly losing the will to live as the line crept forward at a pace that would make a glacier impatient – all the while listening to someone debate the merits of almond milk versus soy for their flat white. Instead, a few minutes down the road I stopped at Catlins Lake and took in the view – an old pier jutting out across the water towards the upper estuary of the Catlins River. Something that was far more peaceful and rewarding.