our view of wanaka from mt iron
queenstown harbor
my eel friend from the underwater observatory
a beautiful view from queenstown gardens
We woke up to a beautiful sunrise in Wanaka and decided to do a short trek before heading to Queenstown. We found a trek that was about an hour and fifteen minutes return that went up Mt iron. When we got to the top we were pleasantly surprised at the great view of the city and the lake below.
Soon after we drove the short trip to Queenstown. This was the first "big city" we had seen since Christchurch so it was a bit overwhelming, but eventually we found a place to park and we wandered over to the info site. We had picked out some exciting plans for Queenstown. We wanted to book a rafting trip that took us down the Kawarau River or to us the Anduin river from lord of the rings. So we booked our trip and excitedly went on our way to explore the town.
Despite being full to the brim, the town is actually quite pretty and rests by a small harbor surrounded by mountains. One of the highlights of my day there was paying 3 dollars to go into the underwater lake observatory. Of course it was a bit small and dinky to some, but I loved it!! You got to go below the water line and watch all the fish and ducks near the pier diving around underwater. The coolest part were the eels that occasionaly crept up to grab some meat from the feeders.
After that I walked around by myself for awhile in the Queenstown botanical garden. There werent any flowers out because it is autumn, but the colors of the leaves and the reflections on the pond were beautiful.
At the end of the day we met up with our friend Christy at her hostel called Bumbles. We cooked there and she let us take a shower in her room ( 2nd shower of the trip). It was fun to catch up with a group that had gone a different route because they told us about some fun activities we should do after Queenstown.
After hanging out awhile our early to bed early to rise sleep schedule caught up with us and we headed out of town to find a pull off.
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