This morning we woke to a beautiful, partly cloudy day. We headed south along the coast, stopping to see the Moeraki Boulders. These are a very strange and unique group of about 30 perfectly round boulders on the beach, ranging in size from 2 feet to about 5 feet in diameter.
Legend has it that these are gifts from the gods, but in reality they are a geology formation from inside the bluffs above this ocean shoreline, that fell into the ocean.
From here we started driving west toward Queenstown. We arrived in Q-town by mid afternoon. Ken says it’s about the size of Reno, but I say it’s much smaller, more like South Shore of Lake Tahoe, but a couple square blocks condensed together. The residential area spreads out and up the hillsides away from the lake. The town is right on the shore of Lake Wakatipu, a beautiful mountain lake, again much like Lake Tahoe. Our hotel is about a mile north of town along the lake shore.
After checking in to the hotel, we relaxed on our balcony with a glass of wine and gouda cheese (a local specialty) and enjoyed views of the lake and surrounding mountains. We took the bus into town and had dinner along the wharf.
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