Christchurch to Wanaka

Well, we made it today! After a fairly good sleep we were up at 6.0am ish making a cup of tea. We checked back in at the airport at about 8.45am, bought a NZ SIM card fro my phone, and then flew to Queenstown. The flight was about 40 mins over the Canterbury Plain then over the mountain and through the Kawaru gorge into Queenstown Airport, it was quite spectacular.

Wyn and Dorothy were there to meet us, it is great to see them again. The drive back to Wanaka was ove the Crown Range, we stopped at the fampous Cardrona Hotel for a light lunch,.

             

As you can see, the weather is lovely! Wyn took us up to the Cardrona ski field where there are some good summer activities taking place......a quick visit to Bradrona, which is a fence covered in bras, and a collection time for breast cancer. A novel idea! 

               


The forecast is good for the weekend,  not sure what the plans are yet! Meanwhile we have enjoyed wonder evening light on the mountains.