NZ Day 14 – Wanaka burgers and Queenstown nightlife

Our solicitor rang us last night at midnight to confirm the completion of our house which was welcome news. We’re now the proud owners of an empty house on the other side of the world.

Wanaka is a poor man’s Queenstown but has its own quirky attractions. One of them I wished we had time for was the local cinema having settees and a car inside. The first we visited was Puzzling World which was a bit rubbish but was cheap to get in. The optical illusions were fun but very busy with kids hogging the activities. The sky dive was still canceled and we realised we bought mutton sausage rolls instead – where’s the pork, dudes?! So bought possibly the best burgers ever from Red Star and had the best picnic view of the lake in the campervan.

James and Emma, our other reason in NZ were around the corner in Queenstown and drove over to see us. We headed out of town to try the clay pigeon shooting at Have a Shot which was a good laugh. I couldn’t quite get the hang of the .22 calibre rifles so quitting my normal job to be an assassin was a no go.

All four of us headed over to Queenstown and booked ourselves into the town’s campsite. It was most expensive, most crowded and impersonal one yet. We agreed we’d only do one night then get up early the next day to find another.

Queenstown nightlife was very quiet for a Saturday night or certainly in the bars we went to. Rain could have put people off as it was lashing down but there were other bars less attractive getting more business. Surreal was our favourite place for decent house music, yummy, generous grub and a great range of cocktails. We ended the evening in local club, Subculture where only ten people including staff were listening to a boring drum and bass DJ.