🍁 When Exhausted, I Long for Wanaka in Deep Autumn

🌅 A Landscape Painted in Gold I arrived in late autumn, when: ✔ The grasses had faded to soft amber ✔ The mountains wore patchwork coats of rust and evergreen ✔ Lake Wanaka shimmered, undisturbed—a mirror for the clouds "It felt like stepping into a watercolor, one where the air smelled of woodsmoke and quiet." 🏔️ Memories That Linger 1️⃣ Roys Peak at Dawn Climbing through mist to a throne above the clouds That first glimpse of the lake below—so blue it hurt 2️⃣ The Neck’s Secret Sunset 🌄 Where twilight gilded the waves and peaks glowed like embers "No famous viewpoint, just nature’s private show." 3️⃣ Wanaka Top 10 Holiday Park 📍 Left = Roys Peak trailhead (the wild unknown) 📍 Right = Town’s warm cafés (honey on toast, steaming coffee) "A place balanced between adventure and home." #WanakaInAutumn #NZHeals #SlowTravel