Up early for a steep climb to the top of the skyline gondala hill on the Ben Lomond track. The climb was steep but the views from the top were spectacular, looking across Lake Wakatipu to the Remarkables mountains. We spent some time watching people descend on the luge and even some hard core downhill mountain bikers riding down the craziest of tracks ... at top speed!
On the route down, we missed the signs for the track so followed the access road. We had a vague idea where we were when we reached the bottom but cut through a swanky hotel on to the main road where we were parked.
We had coffee at the picnic area across the street overlooking the lake, where we watched people trying to master flying! Well kind of?!?! They were using the aid of high powered water jets from their feet to get lift. After watching the excitement on the water, we drove to the AJ Hackett bungy, the site of the first ever commercial bungy jump off the old Kawaru bridge. People were queuing up to throw themselves off the bridge. We queued too ... but for the toilets! We saw a few crazy people jump to the sound of '1-2-3 BUNGY!'
We drove on to Arrowtown, a quaint old gold mining town with many old buildings now converted into boutique shops. In one we tasted the most delicious fudge, hot cross bun flavour, especially for Easter.
Next stop was Lake Wanaka which is a beautiful lake famous for its views of the surrounding mountains .... which unfortunately for us were hidden by clouds, so no view today!
Leaving Lake Wanaka behind we headed to Lake Gunn, our campsite for the night.
On the route down, we missed the signs for the track so followed the access road. We had a vague idea where we were when we reached the bottom but cut through a swanky hotel on to the main road where we were parked.
We had coffee at the picnic area across the street overlooking the lake, where we watched people trying to master flying! Well kind of?!?! They were using the aid of high powered water jets from their feet to get lift. After watching the excitement on the water, we drove to the AJ Hackett bungy, the site of the first ever commercial bungy jump off the old Kawaru bridge. People were queuing up to throw themselves off the bridge. We queued too ... but for the toilets! We saw a few crazy people jump to the sound of '1-2-3 BUNGY!'
We drove on to Arrowtown, a quaint old gold mining town with many old buildings now converted into boutique shops. In one we tasted the most delicious fudge, hot cross bun flavour, especially for Easter.
Next stop was Lake Wanaka which is a beautiful lake famous for its views of the surrounding mountains .... which unfortunately for us were hidden by clouds, so no view today!
Leaving Lake Wanaka behind we headed to Lake Gunn, our campsite for the night.
