We didn't want to get out of our cosy cocoon this morning! Frozen everything again!! A quick cup of tea and on the road again. We stopped at Twizel (what a pretty name for a town) for breaky and picked up a few things at the Foursquare supermarket before heading off again on our way to Wanaka. When we got to the turnoff and checked our map, we realised we didn't have to go to Wanaka at all, so we headed to Queeenstown. Of course we took a few photos on the way; scenic shots of mountains sprinkles with icing sugar snow, green lakes with orange coloured trees, snowy mountains reflected in blue lakes, and a couple of glamour cows! Just the usual!
Forgot to mention that after Twizel we saw a Salmon Farm (High Country Salmon) with some for sale so we pulled in out of interest. The lady sold us a lovely fresh 1kg piece for $NZ24. We cooked some up as soon as we booked in to the Lakeside Holiday Park in Queenstown. It was divine! Then we went for a walk around town to get a coffee, found some T-shirts for the kids, free internet with our $NZ5 'coffee and muffin' deal at McCafe. Back to the park for washing and drying clothes and making use of our POWER!!! We paid $NZ108 for 3 nights and that was with 10% discount for staying longer than 2 days. The air-conditioner was put to good use although it didn't make the van toasty warm as I'd hoped. Ian assured me however that it was really freezing outside!!
On our way here, when we passed through Lindis Pass Scenic Reserve, Ian decided to try and climb one of the smaller hills we've been passing all the time. It had patchy snow on it and proved more slippery than Ian had thought. So rather than risk injury he gave it a miss. Those hills don't look that big or steep, but they are very deceptive.
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| Where's Wally? |
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| New Zealand's Miss Glamour Cow 2011 |
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| Just past the High Country Salmon farm, outside Twizel |
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| Ian's photo of me taking photos |
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| Snow-capped mountains, lake, reflections. The usual. |
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| Amazing reflections. |
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