The girl who picked up at Hyde to take us to the Stanley Hotel at Macraes Flat asked us if we would like to see the gold mine which is the local mainstay. It was strange to see this great big whole in the middle of all the beautiful mountains, and it turned out to be Oceania Gold Mine. This mine was strongly recommended to Ash as an investment a few months ago. The Stanley Hotel is a historic building of about 160years old and sleeping there was like stepping into a period movie. We had steak, egg and chips for dinner ($18) which was excellent. The meat in NZ is really good quality. The ride to Ranfurly (33 km) was delightful because we were riding in an nw direction and a strong sw wind accompanied us the whole way. It wasn't quite a tail wind but it didn't do us any harm. We are now back in the high country and tomorrow we will reach 618 m above sea level which is high when you consider that the altitude of Mt Cook village is 760 m above sea level
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