Queenstown and Glenorchy

We arrived in Queenstown quite late in the afternoon but still had time to go up in the cable car and look out over the town.  Queenstown is a delightful place - buzzy in warm summer and apparently lively in winter with it's very popular ski slopes.

We had dinner in a lovely old hotel called Eichardts in the bay...!.and for the first time had NZ whitebait - much smaller than the whitebait at home but delicious nonetheless



A true steamer ship in the Bay



Eichardt's hotel

The next day we drove about 30k out of Queenstown to the beautiful little village of Glenorchy....The lake on which Queenstown sits is 78km long.  Glenorchy is at the northern end.

Then back to Queenstown by lunchtime for our appointment with a very fast jet boat in Shotover Canyon....it was amazing!!!  The boat hurtles down the canyon at up to 50mph - just inches from the rocks - and can operate in only 10cm of water.