Queenstown to Te Anau

NZ time... Monday 23rd January... 8pm

Left B&B and then spent the morning in Queenstown, ahead of the drive to Te Anau.

We spent a very pleasant couple of hours in the Queenstown harbour-side area. After a stroll round, we sat outside on the waterfront at Patagonia's and had their hot chocolate (delicious, probably best ever!) along with their Churros complemented with wonderful chocolate & caramel dips...mm!.mm!

Mike then found a barber's and had his hair cut, by a very nice man.

Less than 2 hour drive to Te Anau, nice scenery but nothing special and we arrived around 3pm.

Walked around town in the afternoon and then went to the Fiordland Cinema for the 5pm showing of a special film made by a local man to showcase this region (he also built the cinema so that the film could be shown here). The film had no commentary, just background music, and lasted for half an hour. The views were stunning and great as a pre-cursor for our trip to Doubtful Sound tomorrow.

We then ate at a local ale house before coming back to the B&B for an early night.