We woke up early this morning to the first proper rain we've had since getting to Queenstown :-( After an hour online, we ran into a pub for lunch to escape the rain, whcih got worse while we were inside! We had a bit of a wait for our food as a large group of reporters had just arrived before us. When it DID eventually arrive, Laura's order was wrong - we got two free beers for all of the delays though so that cheered us up! My hotpot was good, perfect for a rai...

We woke up early today, not managing to get back to sleep after our 7am call from the DOC guy! We decided to go to the local swimming baths for a swim and a shower! We arrived just after 9am and spent a few hours swimming and relaxing in the lazy river and spa. After showering, we drove to nearby Arrowtown which sprang up in the 1860s following the discovery of gold in the Arrau River. The town still has a lot of the original wooden and stone buildings and is a ...

This morning we were aiming to have a cheaper day after an expensive weekend! We started by sleeping in late after being woken up by the DOC guy at 7am - managed to go back to sleep until about 10am! After driving back into Queenstown, trying to escape the annoying biting sandflies, we went to use the internet for a while. We're still on the hunt for a 'proper' engagement ring for Laura, so we called into a jewellers who turned out to be very helpful. Laura trie...

After getting to bed after 2am, we woke up with very sore heads, but cheered ourselves up by looking through the photos of the night before! We were going to book another night at this powered site but they only took cash and we'd spent all of ours the day before! It had ended up being a very expensive day, so we decided to park up in town and then drive to the DOC site to camp for half the price of where we were. In town, we decided to try to feed our hangovers...

This morning we were awoken by the DOC camp ranger at 8:15am, banging on our window to collect our $14 fee! Normally we don't pay for DOC sites but we couldn't get away with it this time, so Laura paid up! We couldn't get back to sleep after that so we drove into town and had another couple of hours online. For lunch, we decided to go to the famous Fergburger - known throughout NZ for its amazing burgers and it definately lived up to its reputation! The place wa...