Last night we had a lovely dinner at ‘Pub on Wharf’. Rob had a chicken Parma and I had a huge fish pie! There were no tables inside so while we ate we sat next to a fire outside. We lucked out and got a table after we ate, so spent the next few hours enjoying a drink and the live music. We had a bit of a laugh at other peoples’ drunken dancing. It was a fun night :)
Today we had another lie in and then headed out for some aimless walking. It’s been a nice mix here in Queenstown. We’ve had plenty of things booked and plenty of excitement, but then our last couple of days have been at a nice leisurely pace.
We headed off to the gardens again but explored the middle of them including the rose garden and ice skating rink (looks like it’s been having work done and it reopens tomorrow). It started to rain quite heavily while we were there which was a shame, so we headed to Patagonia coffee shop and enjoyed a mochaccino while sitting upstairs with a view. It rained a fair bit and when we first arrived you could barely see the mountains due to mist. But after a little while this started to clear up so we headed outside.
We got another pie each at the Ferg Bakery and then enjoyed it on the lake wall. After this we walked even further down the lake than we did yesterday. We walked past the touristy area in town and ended up in a really beautiful quiet bit where hardly any people were. From here we saw the Earnslaw travel around a couple of times and enjoyed sunny views of the mountains. There isn’t nearly as much snow about today, and there didn’t appear to be any up Queenstown Hill where we were yesterday.
Now we are having a bit of a chill in our room before we head out for a final Fergburger at 4.30. We’ve booked to go to the movies at 6 and think we’ll go for a drink afterwards.
Tomorrow, our plane leaves at 3.30pm Queenstown time and we get back to Melbourne about 5pm. I won’t post tomorrow because we will just be having a quick wander before we get the bus to the airport.
We have had an absolutely awesome time here in NZ. We’ve had a great mix of sun, rain and snow. We’ve done beautiful drives, caught up with Rob’s family, eaten yummy food, jumped off bridges and seen and done a heap more! It won’t be the last time I come here that’s for sure. We are very lucky in Aus to have NZ a short flight away.
Thanks for reading while we’ve been over here. I’ll be back positing again in June/July when Mum and I head to the Balkans for a European summer - can’t wait!!
Love to all
Claire
Xoxox
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