Wānaka

We departed Ta Anau around 9am, hitting up the supermarket for some breakfast. The cinnamon scroll scones were still warm and delightful. Luckily , we were only 5mins away from our accommodation when the son said he had left his watch behind. A quick detour saw the watch retrieved and us back on the road headed for Wanaka.

We revisited the lovely drive back towards Queenstown alongside the lake. We saw some skydivers land near the airport. After this, we headed to the Crown range at Arrow Junction. This road climbs very high and has spectacular views. We had a mostly blue sky day, only at times were we in cloud/fog.

A stop off at Cardrona Hotel for some pics, then the shopkeeper we got talking to told us Cardrona ski resort was blue sky, not that we could see it through the cloud. A decision was made to go check out Cardrona ski resort.

The road up there was certainly not for the faint of heart. Guard rails are not a thing here?? We drove up into the cloud where visibility was low, then continued up out of the cloud, up even higher, above some skiiers, to the car park. Again, there are no guardrails or stoppers. Just park on the edge of the cliff, she'll be right.

We only had a small walk around the ski base area, then jumped back in for the return journey down the mountain, still spectacular and hairy. This was followed by a quick stop off at Bradrona, a fence covered in bras.

In less than 25 minutes, we were at Wanaka. The first stop was that wanaka tree, not a special when it seemed to be low tide. We then went and checked in and ventured back out to give the car a much needed hose down at a local car wash. Instead of returning to the motel, we headed to the main part of Wanaka.

The kids saw a dinosaur playground and begged to go play there. We parked the car and let the kids play while we took so me lovely photos of the water. Here, a small boy told us about the eels. When we went and looked off the jetty there were around 15-20 eels about 1 meter long at the jetty. A local came and told us they used to be fed and now congregate there.

The sun was setting. Hubby wanted to photograph the tree again in the fading light, so we went there, only to be met with 2 bus loads of tourists who had no regard for the tree or other people taking photos. So we left and found somewhere to eat. The water bar had a nice brisket burger and hubby had the $1 wings.Okumaya devam et