Wana go to Wanaka...

After checking out shortly before 10:00 am we found ourselves in a short queue of Bank Holiday (today is Waitangi Day and recognised as the most important day in the New Zealand's history) traffic, which fortunately soon turned off and left us with a clear road ahead. We have left an overcast and cloudy ☁️ Queenstown and are now travelling 72 miles to the lakeside town of Wanaka. We were recommended to take in Arrowtown (Māori: Kā-muriwai); a historic gold mining town located on the banks of the Arrow River (Māori: Haehaenui), on our way out of Queenstown We spent a good hour looking around, drinking coffee ☕️ in the sunshine 🌞 before returning to our car via a stream where tourists were panning for gold!! Back on the road and deciding not to take the same route we had taken into Queenstown we headed for the Crown Range, a hilly, windy with incredible views not only looking back on Queenstown but the surrounding countryside. Around 2:00 p.m., we arrived at the Edgewater Hotel 🏨; nestled in the Southern Alps, with its lawns stretching down to the edge of Lake Wanaka. Whilst checking in, we were asked who's birthday it was as we had been upgraded to a lake🏞 View. We were also provided with chocolates 🍫 and a couple of free drinks 🥂🍷 in the bar to celebrate.Read more