Queenstown……. 💔

The best view of the town has to be from above, and thankfully, they obliged with a gondola.

The route up was rather steep, and so was the bmx track. This place is full of thrill seeking activities!

Such a beautiful view and perfect weather.

The tandem paragliding called me. I had wanted to do a sky dive in North Island however, the weather had not timed right for it. I went for it, booked for a little later, thankful I had changed out of that dress this morning!

First the luge…..

What fun! The first one, of course a little cautious, enjoying the view. By the third speed rather than view. By the fifth, speed and view!

We returned ready for my take off to discover the wind had lifted and they were no longer taking off from the peak. They were putting on minibuses to another location, however, our 4pm jet boat did not leave us time 😭 💔

The jet boat was exhilarating, though!

The TSS Earnslaw steamer built in 1912, so 110 years old. A beautiful old boat inside and out.

The woodwork in the lounge is made from kauri

From here you could watch them load and stoke the coals.

A lovely chilled sail across to the other side. We had found a piano in the bar and thought, how lovely and sat nearby.

A brief hop off to check out the gardens while those dining on the other side finished.

We then noticed the bottom fact on the leaflet

And returned to find these!

Entertaining!

On landing back in Queenstown, we found our own kind of live music who, after his set, then took requests. A very good creep, though, didn’t beat Roders!

The cocktails were fab, but such a wait that you sat back down and they brought them to you. Amazed that they remembered who’s they were!

Right at the end of the evening, the lady of the couple right next to us……. come on, then, are you coming up for a dance so we did? No idea of her name, and they didn’t say goodbye. How random!

We have fallen in love with Queenstown. Mark is going to be a jet boat pilot, and I’ll be a tandem paragliding pilot!