Campervan with children: we are having a great, if not cramped and sometimes exhausting time. We started in Christchurch with the Antarctic Museum - went on a few Haggelund rides, got frozen in the Arctic chill room, checked out the ice, watched blue penguins at feeding time. It was a really good start for all of us. The next morning we drove mostly all day long and ended up in Wanaka at Puzzling World, they had a huge maze and illusion rooms which were fantastic.
Next morning we drove down to Queenstown, the views were amazing, even though there was not a lot of snow up top anymore. We based ourselves at Queenstown for a couple of nights, wandered around the lovely little town, looked at shops, bought some souvenirs and I had my much-anticipated Fergburger (the best hamburgers ever!!). We took the Skyline Gondola up to the top of the mountain right in town and had some great rides on the luge. We surprised them with a visit to the Minus Five Ice Bar and had drinks out of glasses made of ice. The kids loved it! We had a hilarious experience at Underwater World which I cannot really explain here. I think it may go down in history as one of those funny family stories that only we can understand!! I can’t believe the weather here, it’s almost 20C during the day and sunny, a big difference to our first week on the west and north coasts…..
Today we went on the Skippers Canyon jet boat ride, heaps of thrills and very very cold wind, plus driving in a 4WD bus over narrow and windy roads. Great views. Later we took a drive out to the old mining village of Arrowtown and tried our luck panning for gold (which would have been helpful, seeing the amount of money spent so far). Tomorrow we are heading for the East Coast to see some albatross and seals!!
