Day 31 March 3rd Our last full day on South Island



SS Earnsla

the very grand homestead

First of all a record of how we got on last evening on our Lake cruise.  We had booked to board the SS Earnslaw at 6pm for a crossing to a homestead on the other side of the lake where we would have dinner and return by 10pm.  It was still warm at 6, there were quite a few on board creating a good atmosphere and the food was very good.  We went on a trip on the same boat when we were in Queenstown 3 years ago and there some photos on that page - we liked it so much we redid the trip only in the 

one shorn sheep!

Earnslaw at 10pm

evening.  There were various animals to see and a sheepdog exhibition and a sheep shearing demonstration.   So much for yesterday!     


Arrowtown shop

on our walk

the river

on the drive home

Today, as our last full day in the South Island, we decided to go to the small former goldmining town of Arrowtown.  It has a good atmosphere with old style shops some of which are very good.    We did some souvenir shopping and then decided to for a walk along the river where gold was found and mined from the 1860s to the 1900s.   We enjoyed the walk, did not find any gold and so then drove a different route back to Queenstown.  We have had a fish & chip supper and are now preparing for tomorrow when we leave here, hand this car back, fly to Aukland, pick up another car and drive to the Bay of Islands.  We will let you know how we get on!