Queenstown has the reputation as being the adventure capital on New Zealand. It is the home of Bungy jumping, so we HAD to do that (or at least Ellie and Mimi did). The girls chose to jump off the Kawarau bridge which is the original site where AJ Hackett created this crazy sport.
After the Bungy jumping, we tried a little adventure that the whole family could enjoy. We took the Skyline Gondola up Bob's Peak to enjoy the fantastic view of Queenstown, Lake Wakatipu, and the Remarkables. Once at the top we all had a fun time doing the luge!
The boys found a great frisbee golf course in Queenstown Gardens while the girls had a chance to look around the shops and markets.
We had really good luck with restaurants in Queenstown. We especially enjoyed The Cow and Fergburger.
And the best snack shop ever: CookieTime! CookieTime cookies are sold at the grocery stores, dairies, and petrol stations but this is a real shop where they are served WARM! They were amazing. We went there more times than I care to remember...
On our way to Queenstown we stopped by Webb's Fruit Orchard where we stocked up on the most delicious cherries, nectarines, apricots, plums and peaches. So we had some fruit to balance out all the cookies.
About 20 minutes from Queenstown is Arrowtown, a very charming and historic gold-mining town.
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| This part of the main street still has all of the original miner's cottages |
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| Mimi teaching at the museum school |
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| And her best student, Julia |
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| Checking out the Chinese village |
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| Mimi and Ellie at the Brittish candy shop |
Here are our digs while we were in Queenstown. The apartment gave us plenty of room to spread out and also, not a bad view..
We truly fell in love with Queenstown. It's a good thing we weren't placed here for a year, or we may not want to come home! We all hope to come back again...
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