We woke up this morning at about 11am, but didn't bother getting up right away because Arno had gone back up the mountain to get in some morning snow-boarding. He was due back at about 12.30pm, and was taking us out for the day - so we stayed in bed until about 12.25pm!
I drove the van to a place call 'Deer Park Heights', which was fantastic (loads of 'Lord of the Rings' was filmed here). The weather was beautiful and, after paying $20 to get us in, (thanks Arno), we drove up the mountain looking at the fantastic views of Queenstown. On the way to the top we were able to stop and take pictures of the wild animals that were roaming about, and Arno bought some pet food for us to feed them (although Nikki was too scared (I was a bit as well)). There were loads of animals there - we saw... Shetland Ponies, Donkeys, (very ugly) Pigs, Ducks, Chickens, Lamas, Alpacas, Deer and Stags, Goats, Sheep and some HUGE Highland Cattle. Arno didn't care - the animals were climbing all over him. When Nikki refused to get out of the van, he picked up a baby goat for her to smooth.
We watched the sunset from the top - and the colours were amazing! The surrounding mountain ranges, topped with snow, were changing from red, to pink, to orange, to blue - it was stunning!
Tonight, we went into town and had a meal in a pub called Monty's. Afterwards, Liz met us in Harry's bar and we drank and played pool till the wee hours.
Arno - Lord of the Goats!
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