We decided to make today a walking/exercise day rather than drive around as we are due to drive to Twizle tomorrow morning.We headed off downtown and joined the queue to get on the Coal driven twin screw vessel
This is an amazing old vessel which was made in Dunedin and then driven to Invercargill many years ago, and then cut in to several pieces and shipped by Train to Kingston, the other end of the Lake from Queenstown, and then re-assembled and ever since it has been used for day cruising. The vessel is about 60 metres long and 9 metres wide and a very comfortable boat to ride in.
The weather was a bit cloudier today but still it was a nice way to spend our late morning and as we had bought a Subway roll before leaving we were able to have lunch on board.
We then climbed part of the hill to ride on the Gondola to the top of one of the mountains that overlooks Queenstown there is a magnificent view from up there. Apart from coming back down again by Gondola, you can also paraglide, cycle or Bungee. We did not try any of these but instead had a nice cup of tea and went down by Gondola the same way we came up.
We dropped in to the Patagonia Ice Cream parlour they sell some wonderful ice cream and as good as any American Ice Cream that we have had.
We then headed back to the Motel and I took a few photos of Hotels and Motels, many of which are fully booked and so its imperative to have bookings made in advance particularly in the high season.
