L0p3z and Neno's Upside-Down Adventure: A little chilly in Queenstown

We had a busy day planned for the Saturday in Queenstown, nothing as adrenaline filled as the previous day. First was the market on the wharf, mostly local crafty types selling their wares. Caroline and Howard spent ages choosing some artwork to go in the kitchen. Randomly we were asked to be part of a new commercial for one of the jet boats that run on the lake. Four times we were asked to walk up to the booth and pretend to ask for information. The sales girl was happy to give us loads of vouchers and discounts to attractions in the town, unfortunately no free rides on the jet boat.

Checking out the lake from the wharf

After a quick coffee we dragged everyone up the gondola to the viewpoint and luge. It was a really sunny clear day so the view was spectacular. Janine, Hanna and I left Caroline and Howard to watch while we had a couple of goes on the luge. It's more of a downhill peddle kart track but with no peddling. Caroline and Howard didn't realise there were two tracks to the luge so missed our 2nd run down which was quite funny as we'd asked them to take photos. The luge was so much fun you always want another go.

Queenstown and Lake Wakatipu

A long way from a lot of places

Group photo - Howard's still the most tanned

Cheesy couple shot

Next we tackled the important subject of lunch. Janine and I went to the legendary Fergburger to sample the best burgers in the world, in our opinion. The others went to a pub we'd found the previous day that had cheap booze. After lunch Janine and I tackled the disc golf course while the family did some shopping and drinking. Disc golf is like normal golf but with a frisbee as the ball and a basket for the hole, it's also free bar the frisbee hire. There were some serious players there who made us look rubbish but we still had fun, we wish there were some courses back home. It turned out to be a close game due to my score of 10 on the final hole, in the end I beat Janine by just 2 shots.

Tucking in to a Fergburger

A burger the size of Janine's head - of course she finished it

Not the best technique

Not sure this is much better

After the disc golf

View of the lake from the disc golf

Sun going down over the lake

Sunset on the lake

We went for dinner and Howard turned into a fish geek at the bar. He managed to get behind the bar to look at the tropical fish tank, so embarrassing. The best voucher we had picked up earlier was 50% off at the ice bar. Janine, Hanna and I decided to use the opportunity to get some cheap drinks. It's an amazing room to check out as the ice sculptures are incredible and it really is very cold in there. After this we took Hanna to the World Bar, a famous backpacker haunt. It's most famous for its teapots of cocktails which we had to sample. Eventually we rolled back to the apartment tired from so much walking around.