Queenstown to Wanaka

What a lovely little lakeside town Queenstown is!  

As soon as we drove down the hill we really liked it! Managed to find a great campsite, just a 5 min walk to town. We enjoyed walking around the shops, went to a nice park and the girls found a few play parks to keep them occupied. There were some  really good street entertainers in the evening and live bands playing on the green during the day. 

We queued up for the famous burgers at ‘Fergburger’ and I mean queued up! It was going down the road every time we past it and we had to wait about 40mins to get our take away meal (almost as long as the fish&chip’s shop in Budleigh!) but It was so worth it though! We thought we had found the best burger place (Grill’d) in Australia but the Fergburger was ace!

Unfortunately after the first morning in Queenstown, it rained for rest of our time there which was real shame as it would have been a nice place to spend more time outdoors and wasn’t  even worth going on the Gondola. Luckily Steve did his bungy jump on the first morning!

We did get to meet our lovely friends and spend some time with them which was great. The girls just adored Meg and lucky her she got a special pampering from the girls. Queenstown is a beautiful place that has got a real buzz about it, and now we understand why everyone always talks about it so much.

On our way to Wanaka we stopped at real old style village called Arrowtown. It was a quick coffee stop as it was still raining so didn’t walk around too long but the shops were great. Old little individual stores, old coffee shops, bakery, hairdressers, dentist etc. the village had everything there. You could go for different walks around and there was an old Chinese settlement to look at too.

At Wanaka we just stopped overnight, so didn’t explore too much. Again, the view was beautiful, but to be honest we have now seen so many different lakes with snow topped mountains behind them that after all they all starts to look the same. We found a campsite that actually had a spa and sauna which was lush as it has been quite cold until that point. Me and Miia took advantage of these luxuries! The sauna is one of the things I miss from Finland so when I get to go in one, I do appreciate it! The town was lovely too, had a nice feeling to it. Stopped at a skateboard park on our way out so that the girls could have a ride on their scooters. Even Miia has got a bit braver with her scooter whizzing down the ramps!