Lake Tennyson

Arriving at this lake in the middle of the Rainbow 4wd road, it’s overcast and dull. We set up across a 4wd track, away from where the tourists are likely to stop. Not much wind yet.



Next day, the sun shows up. This is better. We can see the tops of the mountains, and blue sky. Go trout fishing. A couple of small ones for dinner (no limit to size here, but it wouldn’t seem right to keep anything less than about 350mm).


Walk around the lake, and release about 20 trout, keep 3.
This spot is easy to get to in a normal road car, just a few large rocks, as long as you come up from Hanmer Springs. Further north is evidently REAL 4WD up to Nelson Lakes. Stayed here 5 days, gutsing up on brown trout.