Day 13: March 2, 2017, Thursday
YHA QUEENSTOWN:
We had to commons on the street quite farther away from the YHA every bit tin endure expected inwards a busy city. There are heavy fines for parking inwards forbidden areas. I got dropped at the hostel together with boy parked the automobile where slot was available together with walked back. No issues!
We had an early on begin together with it was a adept fourth dimension to larn some pics of the busy QT pier.
ARROWTOWN:
Arrowtown is a historic golden mining town on the banks of the Arrow river. It is á scenic drive from QT.
We reached at that topographic point early on inwards the morning. Parking is gratuitous for 120 minutes, together with thence nosotros tin shift the automobile to some other slot for some other 120min. We parked together with walked the historic Buckingham street together with the primary drag amongst shops. We drove to a greater extent than or less together with got other dainty shots every bit good amongst the church building for instance.
This is a contemporary statue...
This is an sometime bar inwards the Buckingham street lined amongst sometime cottages from 1800s...
This is the eating theatre only laid up...
Main drag amongst interesting shops ...
Jade....
The sometime postal service percentage where nosotros tin larn immortalised on stamps...
This vintage autobus was ferrying a grouping of tourists...
This is the museum together with y'all tin larn yourself photographed inwards Victorian costumes...
Fruit laden apple tree tree...in forepart of a lovely home
Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Church...
There is a living history museum of the Chinese miners... poignant tales of their oppressed life amongst the master cottages...
The walk loops dorsum past times the side of the gurgling Arrow River...
There is golden panning sense available for $15...
After a picnic meal, nosotros drove dorsum from the quaint town.
LAKE HAYES:
Lake Hayes is a really scenic spot...on the agency dorsum nosotros stopped for a petty while... terrific reflections inwards the mirror lakes...
After a drive into this secluded beach, nosotros drove dorsum to the primary route together with reached QT.
SKYLINE GONDOLA & LUGE:
We parked the car. We walked upward to the gondola station, Bought a ticket for gondola amongst 2 luge rides.
There are several adventure sport options. For luge, afterwards taking the gondola up, nosotros took the chair lift, together with thence out on the helmets together with got a curt didactics on treatment the luge. Ticket for 1 luge sense is $42, 2 luges is$49, of class everyone opts for the latter...
AWESOME EXPERIENCE!
They postage stamp the manus for the 2nd ride. ..
Son's luge stopped together with jammed earlier he started his offset ride, mine jammed inwards the middle of my 2nd ride. Some how I managed to larn it started back. It 1 time to a greater extent than jammed close the complete business together with the guy tells me to elevator the top of the luge, wiggle the handlebars... all this firefighting should endure told BEFORE the ride!!
People only larn upward for the views also which are GREAT!
Jelly edible bean Art:
These are Jelly edible bean Art... fantastic!
Cemetery amongst veterans ...
QT GARDENS:
We together with thence went to the Gardens. BEAUTIFUL...
This is a Scottish band playing at town center,,,
The silvery fern, symbol of NZ...
We walked dorsum along the lit upward town center, watched the Sun larn downwardly the lovely Wakatipu lake
DAY 14, March 3, 2017, Fri ,
DRIVE TO AORAKI VILLAGE/LAKE TEKAPO:
Our side past times side finish was the famed Aoraki/Mt Cook, the tallest mount inwards NZ's Southern Alps. We did non larn accommodation inwards the village, YHA was booked upward amongst exclusively dorms available. Hermitage had exclusively its nearly expensive room at $350 available. As the wether is really fickle, together with at that topographic point is really petty lead chances of seeing Aoraki, nosotros decided to rest at Lake Tekapo together with drive downwardly for our hikes.
Son went off to convey the automobile close the YHA for lading our bags together with taking off. Even at 8 am it was hard to uncovering a slot for a v infinitesimal loading but nosotros managed it together with started off on the drive.
Needless to say, at that topographic point is lovely scenery, nosotros were passing through a famous overstep Lindis pass.
Raging Maggie together with Gentle Annie Waterfalls:
This is Raging Maggie together with Gentle Annie ...named afterwards 2 bar girls who were carried across this raging flow past times gallant miners. Maggie kicked upward a tempest during the fording spell Annie was quiet... the waterfalls hither are named afterwards those two!
LINDIS PASS:
Lindis overstep is genuinely a symbol of man's ingenuity... awesome applied scientific discipline inwards the mountains...see the winding route through the relentless hills.
The lake Pukaki was shimmering inwards grand bluish hues...
We decided to drive direct to the Mt Cook hamlet together with the visitor center, create a hike together with and thence deed on to our accommodation at Lake Tekapo
AORAKI/MT COOK NATIONAL PARK:
Clear conditions all circular except for Mt Cook...whose vague outlines exclusively tin endure seen
This is Hermitage... nosotros did non lead to rest hither because of fickle weather
This is the Visitor Center... best to attain here, larn information on conditions together with and thence begin the hikes ...
As unopen every bit nosotros tin come upward to Tenzing... who climbed Everest first...(sherpas non included!)
AAHH.. Aoraki coming into view...
TASMAN VALLEY HIKES:
We drove to the Tasman valley ... parked the automobile together with started off on the hike. The trail starts from the visitor pump also, but adds to a greater extent than kms. Best to commons inwards the valley together with begin the hike.
At the fork, nosotros took the lake hike first... together with reached the pier. Good views of the Tasman glacier. No signal inwards taking the costly $145 cruise on the lake every bit they don't larn amend views
Aoraki's middle together with depression peaks are also visible... hurrah!
We together with thence went on the glacier sentiment signal trail ..
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Terrific views together with nosotros were thence glad... the current of air was picking up, at that topographic point were drizzles... the whole sense was surreal together with awesome
We started dorsum on our drive. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 huge rainbow followed us...
Again WHAT Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 DAY!
The side past times side postal service on our iii hikes inwards the awesome Aoraki/Mt Cook is here:
http://www.kris-sapiutri.blogspot.com/search?q=new-zealand-trip-report-day-15-aoraki
The side past times side postal service on our iii hikes inwards the awesome Aoraki/Mt Cook is here:
http://www.kris-sapiutri.blogspot.com/search?q=new-zealand-trip-report-day-15-aoraki
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