Queenstown

Today was a day of excitement as we headed into the adventure town of Queenstown. We knew what our main adventure was as I had been given one ticket from Music Secretary as my KK present and so off to the Shotover jet-boating experience! We booked a family ticket plus our one present ticket and then sat and watched these boats absolute speed around corners, way too close to rocks with sharp edges and absolutely speeding down the river! At 2:30pm, it was our turn. Was so worried about Hamish – no seat belts and no other small children in sight! He LOVED it – I screamed everytime we headed towards a rock and every time he waved his finger in the air indicating a spin! The kids and Michael thought it was the BEST thing ever!!! After our adrenaline rush, we headed into town which was full of touists. Really wanted to go to Fergberger for the best burger in town but 1000 other people had the same idea and the line up was about 40 minutes wait. We gave it a miss and had an ice cream by the water and felt very civilized wandering around the shops. Headed out of town for some freedom camping (it is so booked up around Queenstown and Wanaka) and found this lovely camp site by Hayes Lake – very grassy and flat, right beside a lake with kayakers.Read more