We got a chance to stop off at a beach to take a swim and get up close to the wildlife and generally just enjoy the scenery. Could have done with one hour shorter though... It was a real work out and three hours in and I was desperately trying to distract myself from my bruised back and general unfitness by singing any song I can remember all the lyrics to... for some reason, Wannabe was all that came to mind...
Afterwards we did reward ourselves with another NZ classic, tim tams and milo. Milo is basically hot chocolate and tim tams are, as I think I've said before, basically elite Penguin chocolate biscuits. The idea is that you nibble both ends then suck the hot milo through. The effect is that the tim tam turns from biscuit to a gooey brownie and it is DIVINE. Next time I'll try coffee... Mocha mmmm.
The rest of the day we spent on the road. Bus, boat, then bus again back through Queenstown and down south east further into Cental Otago. Stopping off to get food supplies (and stressfully last minute negotiate a house meal for the next evening...), we finally made it to Wedderburn, a village consisting of one large house, a couple of one room cabins and a tavern.
Tucking into roast lamb with mint sauce in this cosy countryside pub made us English members of the group feel like we were all back home.
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