Wanaka revisited

I met up with Rhona for the final time before heading to the mechanic to take a look at my brakes that were sounding bad in Dunedin. After hanging around for a while he said they were fine so I continued on my way. First stop of the day was Arrowtown, an old mining community that has kept its 'historic' buildings and consequently its charm. I wandered around in the drizzel and had a healthy lunch of roast vegetable salad and freshly squeezed OJ. Just what I needed after a few days of takeaways. Back in the car I drove to Wanaka via Cromwell. The wind had picked up and was buffeting the car quite a bit. R+R were waiting for me in the hostel when I checked in. We went out for a coffee and cake before heading to Cinema Paradiso to watch a British comedy called Grow Your Own. It was another good evening in the best cinema in town!


We woke up to glorious sunshine and took the opportunity to scale the dizzying height of Mt Iron. The 549m peak took some 45mins to accend and got us very warm in the sun. From the summit we could see the bad weather coming in over Treble Cone and decided to head down. We made some sandwiches and headed to the lake shore for a picnic in the sun. We went to the small brewery - Wanaka Beerworks and sampled their 3 brews before going on a brief tour of the tiny brewery. Hitting some balls at the golf driving range entertained us for the afternoon. Back in the hostel we cooked tea and then headed to bed for an early night.


Today we went to Puzzling World. This is a place full of optical illusions and a giant maze. It was a great place to spend the morning, getting lost for over an hour in the maze and trying to find our way out again. Despite the rain and my lack of waterproof I still had fun. Lunch was taken care of in a small whole-food cafe which filled a hole after the maze.