Day 12 – Queenstown – A boat ride

 


We had planned to go to Arrowtown using local public transport.  I figured out the buses  we needed to take but we had a bit of walk to get to the relevant bus and due to bad time we missed the hourly bus. 

 

A change of plan resulted in us taking a bus into Queenstown and  going to the end of the run to see where it would take us.  The driver was happy to take us for the longer drive at no extra cost and so we went to Sunshine Bay formerly known as Sandfly Bay.  Apparently the latter name is more appropriate than the former due to a complete lack of sunshine during the winter months.  Of course the sandflies have not disappeared magically as a result of the name change.  All this information came from the friendly bus driver. 

 

Bev asked me what I wanted to do and for once I had no idea and actually did not care.  Next thing I knew she was booking a ticket on the Earnslaw (the coal fired 110 year old icon of Queenstown). 

TSS Earnslaw
 

We spent a perfect afternoon on the lake going for a trip to Walter Peak Station (where we were not able to get off as it was just picking people up) and back.  There was virtually no wind and the lake was like glass. 

 

It was a very relaxing trip on a perfect day. 

 

After our return Bev went window shopping and then we went to a favourite watering hole by the steamer wharf and had a drink.  It was a nice end to the day. 

Some photos from our time on the water

Walter Peak Station

Stoker at work







 

Comments

  1. Lewis16 March 2022 at 14:05

    The Earnslaw is a fantastic ship, One of the few ships to be built twice, first time in Dunedin and then taken apart and the shipped by train to the lake, then reconstructed.

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