Queenstown

No traffic on the road up the lake

The drive over from Te Anau was a real pleasure, again with very little traffic on the road. Last time we drove into Queenstown the traffic crawled all the way from Frankton, but not so this time. The widened road and the new public transport system no doubt helped, but so did the lack of vehicles.

We parked up at a very ordinary camping ground on the road out to Coronet Peak, but at $20 a night with power (half price offer), we weren’t complaining!

View from Pog Mahone’s

We had a good walk around the town, a drink at Pog Mahone’s, then met up with Gretchen, an old school friend for dinner with her and her husband Graeme at their place. This is the view from their lounge.

Next day we spent more time wandering around the town, which was very empty. We were intrigued by the shark rides, and watched 2 lots of people go out in them. They’re like a small submarine, but also leap out of the water. Maybe we might have been keen 40 years ago....

Shark heading out for some fun

We bought a famous Fergburger for lunch, and sat on the floating bar to eat it.

That evening we had dinner with Vanessa and Pete.

Lovely to have friends who were happy to pick us up and drop us off as walking in the cold and dark at this time of year is not very appealing.

Empty waterfront