Steve went jogging this morning and hurt his Achilles' tendon silly billy! After unpacking and sorting out washing we went with Amanda to Queenstown. The journey over the mountains was so beautiful, the landscape never fails to please, streams bordered by lupins and broome, snow capped mountains, incredibly blue sky, hawks flying overhead, and a winding road that you must concentrate on as it goes higher and steeper with hairpin bends. We stopped for some pictures then on to Frankton for some shops and lunch and then Queenstown. Queenstown is situated on the lake and is very pretty and lots going on. It seems quite spread out but the shops are all in one place. Didn't stay very long as Steve couldn't really walk so I drove back the long way to avoid the hairpin bends.Came
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