Sunday 8th July 2007

Man, Arno's house is cold! I think if we stay much longer, we'll go into hibernation mode.

We woke up around lunch time (all of us - even Arno the insomniac) and we decided to take a drive down the coast to Glenorchy. We took our van along the 40 minute drive, which was spectacular. Today was a lovely sunny day (although it was still cold), and when we were sat in the van, (with the heaters blowing), looking out over the lake, it could have been a hot summers day.

We got to Glenorchy at around 2pm and we were all starving. After having a walk around the lake, we stopped in a small café for some lunch. The sarnies we had were fantastic and we also bought enormous, freshly baked cookies.

We dropped Aaron off back at his house, picked up the rest of our things, and said our goodbyes (Arno's house-mate, Pia, also gave Nikki a coat - so that should stop the moaning for 5 minutes). We decided we'd stop for another night in Wanaka. We had heard that the Crown Range road was the most scenic to take, so we went for it. We were a bit disappointed because by the time we got up there it was pitch black so we didn't get to enjoy any of the views - although we could see that everywhere was covered in about a foot of snow.

We arrived at the camp just before closing, at around 7.30pm. I set up the van, whilst Nikki did some washing (she's a good Wife) and then we crashed out... again.

Thanks Arno (and friends) - we had a great time in Queenstown!