Saturday 1st March
The rain finally caught up with us today. As we piled on the bus at 7.30am it was pouring and it didn't really ease off all day. Our first stop of the day was Lake Matheson or the mirror lake as it's more commonly known, because of its great reflective images. Sadly there wasn't any point walking down to it today as we wouldn't have been able to see anything.
Instead despite a few breaks for something to eat we headed to Wanaka, home of the 5th largest lake in New Zealand. That afternoon some of the group went clay pigeon shooting but I decided to potter around the town and sort out my flight as with only 48 hours before I was due to fly I was getting a little apprehensive. Thankfully I finally spoke to someone helpful and have managed to book myself a flight for the 9th March instead.
We went out for a curry for dinner and were stuffed after failing to finish the set menu. We then decided to pop to the bar opposite the hotel after being told they were having a Bogen theme night. This we discovered was a heavy metal party with everyone dressed up in god knows what. After downing our drinks we made a quick exit as dressed in shorts and summer tops we looked distinctively out of place. The next bar we tried didn't fare much better either with a group of rowdy locals smashing glasses and getting thrown out. So much for a Saturday night in Wanaka. Let's hope Queenstown is better!
The rain finally caught up with us today. As we piled on the bus at 7.30am it was pouring and it didn't really ease off all day. Our first stop of the day was Lake Matheson or the mirror lake as it's more commonly known, because of its great reflective images. Sadly there wasn't any point walking down to it today as we wouldn't have been able to see anything.
Instead despite a few breaks for something to eat we headed to Wanaka, home of the 5th largest lake in New Zealand. That afternoon some of the group went clay pigeon shooting but I decided to potter around the town and sort out my flight as with only 48 hours before I was due to fly I was getting a little apprehensive. Thankfully I finally spoke to someone helpful and have managed to book myself a flight for the 9th March instead.
We went out for a curry for dinner and were stuffed after failing to finish the set menu. We then decided to pop to the bar opposite the hotel after being told they were having a Bogen theme night. This we discovered was a heavy metal party with everyone dressed up in god knows what. After downing our drinks we made a quick exit as dressed in shorts and summer tops we looked distinctively out of place. The next bar we tried didn't fare much better either with a group of rowdy locals smashing glasses and getting thrown out. So much for a Saturday night in Wanaka. Let's hope Queenstown is better!
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