Thu 7 Jan 2016 Travel to Queenstown

Summary:
We slept in and left Wanaka at 10 am heading to Queenstown. On the way, we detoured through Arrowtown, a quaint gold mining tourist town. There were lots of old buildings that had been restored, and the main street was bustling with people. Along the winding country roads, we past meadows of colourful wild lupins. They were gorgeous!

Wild Lupins

Upon arrival at Queenstown, MK was hungry (as usual) and we had to find a food court first. After that, we went on the gondola to the top of Bob's Peak, which has amazing views of Lake Wakatipu and across to the Remarkables mountain range. We then went on the luge, which is a little cart that goes on a downhill track. It was really fun as we banked around the sharp bends and sped past each other (this is the only advantage of being heavy - gravity pulls you downhill much faster!).

Queenstown in the foreground, Lake Wakatipu and Mt Remarkables at the back

We then checked into our accommodation and found our lovely unit with 2 bedrooms upstairs and waterfront views.

Highlights:
MK: Luge.
MJ: Luge.
MH: Going really fast on the Luge.

Logbook:
09:00 (1139 km) Breakfast of toast and nutella and cereal.
10:00 (1139 km) Left Wanaka.
11:05 (1196 km) Arrowtown. It is an old historic town and we visited the Chinese Village.
12:05 (1217 km) Queenstown. Lunch at food court, Japanese, McDonalds.
13:14 (1219 km) Gondola. There was a spectacular view from the gondola, looking over Queenstown and Lake Wakatipu. The Luge was really fun. We bought 20 rides and it was really exciting racing down the slope.

Wheeeeee! - on the Luge at Bob's Peak

16:13 (1223 km) Sherwood Motel, Queenstown. Room 55.
16:38 (1240 km) The Remarkables Shopping Centre.
17:40 (1235 km) Sherwood Motel. Dinner of fish burger.