Last Day in Queenstown

FERGBURGER!!! 

Spent our last day in Queenstown souvenir shopping and savoring Queenstown or rather NZ's best burger, Fergburger~ This time we tried Sweet bambi & little lamby $12.50 each. Still, beefburger is the BEST =D

Queenstown Skyline

Goodbye Milford, here we come Queenstown!

Back to Queenstown, the adventure-land! 

After four hours of driving from Milford Sound and the restless walks we have done, we have decided to get some adventure packed gastronomy for our tummies :p Bought the $66 Gondola + Buffet dinner package from YHA (member's discounted price of $10). Since we will be paying $26 to ride on the gondola, we just top up $40 for the dinner... Which sounds pretty good.. The legendary gondola ride up the Bob's Peak is one of the must in Queenstown, and we know why!

Gondola ride..

There are also many other activities to do here, like the Luge (like a toboggan ride), paragliding, sledge bungee jump, Ben Lomond walking track, and mountain biking down the hill! All too expensive and others too adrenalin pumping, so we would very much prefer the buffet and take in the beautiful views!

It is so amazing, having a buffet dinner with such spectacular views for the eyes!! Well, the buffet dinner is really yUMSS... With seafood like salmon, mussels, tiger prawns, hoki and carvery like roast lamb and pork and grill pork scotch fillet.. Though the salmon really tasted just average... Too bland.. But the prawns and grill pork is really nice.. More appealing is the array of dessert... Creamy tiramisu is sooooo good!

Best VIEW restaurant =)

Cheese Platter

After the 1 hr 45 min buffet time, we brought our bloated stomachs out on the viewing deck.... Good for digestion :p the view is once again superb, and we get to see the moon rise about the same time the sun sets! So cool.....

Standing at 790m above sea level

Overlooking the Double Cone @Mount The Remarkables

Lake Wakatipu, length of 77 km

Night view of Queenstown

Queenstown Lake Front Market & Kawarau Bungy

Would you like a piece of soap cake @ Queenstown's Saturday Lakefront Market***. Nice walk around with local arts and crafts display... 

After the market, we went for an interview at Gibbston Valley, one of the re-known winery in Central Otago. See the wine bottle below:

The interview went well, but they only wanted to hire one of us, and the working hours is short, about 5hours a day in the restaurant. Accommodation will not be provided, so we had to get accomodation in Queenstown and travel an hour return daily. Looking at the expenses and income, it was not worth it to take up the job.

On the way back, we stopped at the Kawarau Bridge Bungee! To see people face their fears and jump! No, we dared not.. Guess it is aging problem, and our guts was not great. Especially after you watch people jumping. LOL... So if you wish to jump, don't stand at the observation deck and see others jumping!

The Kawarau River, color is so special. Emerald blue? :)

We have been almost a week in Queenstown now, failing to get any good news on job offers. SO we have decided to leave this lovely town, and continue our travels towards Dunedin as it was not peak season yet. So when summer comes, we shall look for job after we had finish travelling the bottom part of South Island. Well, that was the plan, but not everything goes according to plan as we travel south... 

Next: Finally we manage to get a job in ROXBURGH!

Below Zero Ice Bar & Queenstown Hill

A square box smiley face 

A morning with rain and smokey steam wagon parade @ Queenstown!

Frustrated with the job hunting, we relaxed ourselves for one day in Queenstown. First we paid a visit to the famed Ice Bar, where we managed to buy the entrance tickets for NZD1 through bookme.co.nz! Normal price is $10. It was a good eye opener as we have never visited such bar.

It is just a small bar, which is good just for a quick stroll and pictures...  Not a place where we can sit for more than half an hour drinking and get frozen :D

Ice glasses... If you need extra ice in your drink, just bite this glass! LOL

The practice in here after finishing your drink, is to break the glass..

Next, we went for a walk at Queenstown Hill. It is a 3 hour return walk, uphill climb to 500 metres. It was quite exhaustive, as the steps are quite steep as we go uphill. But totally worth it. And we even saw snow dropping as we almost reach the top! Fabulous feeling, even though it was end of spring, we still manage to see snow drops :)

Angie playing with snowflakes

Quail bird... with a cute 'head dress'  hehe

Lovely view of Queenstown and we can see the Queenstown gondola from here.. Super cold up here...