Southern Circuit
February 7, 2009
We did a circuit around the region today, heading north to Arrowtown, Cardrona and Wanaka.
Arrowtown is an old mining town that has been kept in the style of the period ... to the extent possible I guess. It was home to the first Chinese in New Zealand who came to work in the gold mines.
We stopped at the "famous" Cardrona pub on the way to Wanaka. Made famous by a beer ad.
Wanaka is another lakeside town but it wasn't a pretty day. Fortunately we stumbled on the historic walk ... with a difference. The 2000+ tiles along the waterfront had bits of local and world history on each one of them.
Then it was back to Queenstown with a brief stop at Kawerau Gorge to see some bungy jumping.
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Arrowtown Post Office.
Arrotown Council.
Old bus.
Remarkably new paint work on old…
Central Otago landscape.
The famous Cardrona Hotel from t…
The famous facade of the Cardron…
The famous facade of the Cardron…
The famous facade of the Cardron…
Cardrona Post Office.
Err ... can you get away with sa…
At the petrol station.
In those days, pumping gas wasn'…
The Wanaka waterfront has a hist…
Bungy at Kawera gorge.
