August 3 - Day 9 - Queenstown to Te Anau
I apologise in advance to those on dial-up...
Woke up to a beautiful morning. This pic was taken from the hotel balcony at 6:45am.
Leaving Queenstown 8:17am
Stopped for second breakfast and to buy some lunch at the Five Rivers Café
...and while the exterior didn’t look like much more than a large shed
...the inside was very attractive and cosy, albiet a tad smoky.
...on the road again heading toward Fangorn Forest.
“The forest is old, very old, and full of memory.”
Triane played the part of Shadowfax fabulously… *whistles*
…on the road again, making a slight detour
...to cross a swing bridge.
Check out it’s complex design! We’re a fearless bunch, for sure!
Heading toward the Upper Mavora Lakes.
The log Merry & Pippin hid in before Frodo left the fellowship
...and the tree that Frodo used to hide from the Orcs. See where Elijah would have placed his nice pert bum? :)
Upper Mavora Lake where Frodo and Sam paddled away to next stage of their journey.
Annwyn55 has a much better pic than this.
In the afternoon we went on a jet boat down the River Anduin.
Just because...
Later that night we went on a glow worms cave tour. After walking and dodging low ceilings through the illuminated cave that had gushing waterfalls, we all piled into a canoe and paddled to an unlit part of the cave to see hundreds of brightly lit "stars." It was stunningly beautiful to see. Just as well Ladysunrope and I found out much later that we had worm slobber on our hats!
Woke up to a beautiful morning. This pic was taken from the hotel balcony at 6:45am.
Leaving Queenstown 8:17am
Stopped for second breakfast and to buy some lunch at the Five Rivers Café
...and while the exterior didn’t look like much more than a large shed
...the inside was very attractive and cosy, albiet a tad smoky.
...on the road again heading toward Fangorn Forest.
“The forest is old, very old, and full of memory.”
Triane played the part of Shadowfax fabulously… *whistles*
…on the road again, making a slight detour
...to cross a swing bridge.
Check out it’s complex design! We’re a fearless bunch, for sure!
Heading toward the Upper Mavora Lakes.
The log Merry & Pippin hid in before Frodo left the fellowship
...and the tree that Frodo used to hide from the Orcs. See where Elijah would have placed his nice pert bum? :)
Upper Mavora Lake where Frodo and Sam paddled away to next stage of their journey.
Annwyn55 has a much better pic than this.
In the afternoon we went on a jet boat down the River Anduin.
Just because...
Later that night we went on a glow worms cave tour. After walking and dodging low ceilings through the illuminated cave that had gushing waterfalls, we all piled into a canoe and paddled to an unlit part of the cave to see hundreds of brightly lit "stars." It was stunningly beautiful to see. Just as well Ladysunrope and I found out much later that we had worm slobber on our hats!