New Zealand in review - Day 6 - Queenstown Dinner

This photo probably won't mean much to anyone else other than Luke and me. But I think it is beautiful. It is the lights of Queenstown from the restaurant at the top of the Gondola.

Mrs Nic kicked us out and Luke and I enjoyed the marvellous buffet at the top of the Gondola. We went up at 5.30pm, we watch paragliders continue to fly off the Peak, we sat in the bar with the cable cars whisking past the windows and then we enjoyed a lovely meal while watching the light change from afternoon to dusk to evening. Beautiful!

For after dinner entertainment we listened to the screams of the night bungy jumpers and swingers in the dark just below the restaurant. Crazy folk but gave us a laugh.

New Zealand in review - Day 6 - Queenstown

Our first fun in Queenstown was a trip up the Gondola at the top of Bob's Peak. The gondola ride was deemed fun by Gondola veteran Georgia.

Just inside the door at the top of the gondola is one of the karts that is used on the luge track. Ethan would have been happy to sit on it and not move for the rest of the day.

While waiting for the luge track to open, Luke found there was paragliding operating off the peak. So he was strapped to a 'pilot', ran off the edge of the mountain and sailed off in front of our eyes. Georgia was very unimpressed that she couldn't go too.

After Luke returned safely, he, Nic and the munchkins went luge riding. I took lots of pics but in most of them, the people look too small to be noticeable. I was happy to sit and enjoy the view. It looked so perfect it could have been a blue screen.

New Zealand in review - Day 5 - Franz to Queenstown

What is it like travelling with a time bomb? Or two? To say I was very nervous about travelling with car sick king Ethan and gastro post one day Georgia between Franz Josef and Queenstown is an understatement. But with towels at the read and the lightest of breakfasts, we ventured off. First stop was a quick photo snap at the Fox Glacier.






Then lovely river/steam views through Haast Pass.









We found a terrific park on the edge of Lake Wanaka and the munchkins had a great time running around there while we enjoyed the magnificent view across the lake to snow capped peaks.




And then we got brave. Which route to Queenstown? The 120km route via Cromwell or the 70km Crown Range Road via Cardrona. With Mummy taking the wheel and driving as slowly and carefully as she could, we made it to Queenstown via the Crown Range Road. It is listed as the highest main road in New Zealand. To me it was the quickest option to get us where we needed to be! And the views weren't bad either......