We woke up with a view of the beautiful mountains surrounding Wanaka this morning. We got ready, had some breakfast and did some washing before driving into town. We went into the Post Office to send home some postcards and then headed to Queenstown.
On the way down to Queenstown we passed the Kawarau Bridge, which is the 'home of the bungy jump'. It was where the first jumps were done and we thought we'd have a look. They had a big building which was dedicated to bungy jumping and also a viewing platform where you can watch the other jumpers. I didn't do it - not because I didn't want to - it's just that i'm saving myself for something bigger (this one was only 43m high). Unfortunately I couldn't convince Nikki to do it either... maybe another time!?
It wasn't a long drive from here to Queenstown but on the way we stopped in a place called Arrowtown, which was tiny. It looked like something from Disney World - it was one street, that looked like it was packed away at night. We had a look around and went into this old fashioned sweet-shop where we bought some crème brûlée fudge... Mmmmmm!
We got into Queenstown at about 4pm, and on first impressions - it looks really cool. We drove through the centre of town and when we found an open wireless internet signal we contacted my friend El Beardo (Aaron) on MSN. He said he was finishing work soon and so we parked up the van and hung around - first buying ourselves some thermal clothes and then getting a drink in a place called Harry's Bar. When he arrived, we spent about an hour catching up and then me, Nikki, Aaron and his friend Liz all went out for some dinner. Afterwards, we went back to Aaron's house, where he said we could stay for a few days.
Hello Queenstown - Ben and Nikki have arrived!
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Has he managed to get his windscreen fixed yet??
If not I know a good window firm in Bath..
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