Queenstown

Remarkables website said they would inform everyone by 6:30 what the go was for today. At 6:30 they said sorry, check back at 7:30 which wasn’t a big no for me because I didn’t want to lug myself down the hill to find out I had to go home. Because our bus was at 8 so 7:30 was too late to let us know.
Will said he wasn’t going to go anyway so I delightedly went and informed everyone we wouldn’t be going anyway.
As it turns out all mountains were closed because of wind. Yewww - this means we got our bus pass money back because it wasn’t our choice and we did book a specific time and day. Ski passes are open so can go whenever. We are planning to get $100 credit though with a retail partner.
Went back to bed for 30 minutes then we slowly got ready for the day.
We dordled down to the gondola and luge.
Outrageously expensive but should be unsurprised by now.
The ride up was fun. Quite quick actually which is good in an efficiency sense when there is crowd but negative because I was happy to watch the view..
To the boys delight the photos began on the way up.
Good sports.
It was about 10:30 - The luge was under construction so didn’t open until 12 so we went to the restaurant to fill in time and looked at the view/took 100 photos.
Got a stranger to take a group photo. I don’t understand why people treat iPhones like roll up film. You can press the button more the once ffs. 🤦‍♀️
You’ve literally held the camera 8 different ways, why is there only 1 photo when you give it back???????
Lined up for the luge at 12. I think the delayed opening cause major congestion today.
We got our helmets out of big bins - fingers crossed no one has lice because wowzas that would spread like wildfire.
Chairlift up was fun.
Line took a little while but eventually it was our turn. You get a 30 second lesson before you are allowed to go.
I feel like I was going fast but everyone was faster 😅🤣
Will had to get a bigger one but just glad he fit and could get in with his hip.
Ian and Will opted not to go again (we got a 3 ride pass) but me and Jade wanted one more turn.
Line was fucked and we should have cut in like everyone else who already had a helmet.
But a quick 40 mins later … we got there - we went down the other track so now I’ve done both I’m satisfied. This one he dips so I actually preferred the first one which had more tunnels.
You can by like unlimited/ 9 time passes. Would take the whole bloody day.
The lifts were also super dumb cause it grouped people who knew each other together so lots of individuals taking up seats - share with another group??
We then went down the gondola and went walking to the botanical gardens
The gardens were lovely!
Lots of big thick trees and little foot bridges
Randomly lots of people playing frisbee golf? Like literally 15 different groups of more than 5 people each available on a Monday at 2:30??
Haven’t seen a frisbee in years - today I saw loads.
To be fair it looked fun.
We walked through a fabulous forest section and ended up by the water edge where we sat for a while and took some pics
Walked back and had a lovely drink (best mulled wine I’ve ever had) at a little gazebo cafe on the beach.
Some people were sunbaking. I was in snow gear and a beanie but sure, good time to wear a bikini 🥶🥶🥶🥶
We had an early dinner at some asian fusion place and used one of our $100 credits we get with the snow fields partners because we have missed a day of skiing.
Jade is going to give us our bus money later or work out the math from the Uber money we owe her.
We bought frozen peas for wills hip and got an Uber home.
We watched noting hill, I ate sticky date pudding and wrote my journal. So time consuming (more so the movie was distracting )もっと詳しく