To Queenstown and On ...

In the last few days we have crammed in a lot. Since leaving the Lindis area, we travelled to Queenstown, the thriving adventure capital of the world located in the southern end of the Otago district. I love visiting this town it has such a positive energy. This area derives much of its income from outdoor pursuits, hence the people it attracts are largely of that ilk. 

On arrival we plugged our motorhome into our site at the van park only to find it didn't like mains power. For the days before that we had been using DC power on the road. This meant a couple of phone calls to Britz before a visit to their depot. They gave us a loan car to use whilst they attempted to fix it. Greg and went to lunch and return to find Britz had been unsuccessful in their repair attempt but had another motorhome ready for us to move into. A pretty good option. The only thing though, the motorhome was decked out in All Blacks colours! This van is called Ruben Thorne. An absolute disgrace ;) You will see it feature in further photos. The locals see much humour in two Aussie guys making their way around NZ in this van ;)

That evening we where fortunate enough to catch up with Mike Langford & Jackie Ranken for a drink or two. Mike bought the first round and offered me a large beer. Being on the road for several days I accepted. Mike got the pint on the right. I got the bucket on the left and Jackie topped it off with her signature move.

Next morning with a quick restock of our supplies it was time to hit the road and head on to Kinloch. What a great two days  we had out there. A wide variety of subjects that I'll share in the next post. DG