Day 23 Thursday

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Day 23 Thursday

When we went out for dinner last night Mike saw the Christmas decorations and just had to take the photo!

Up and off again after a sociable breakfast and lots of advice about the route to take and where to stop on the way. The first part of the journey was over the crown range – another wow moment because at the top you could see for miles and miles and miles. We stopped for ages.

Eventually we headed for Queenstown and as advised we stopped at Arrowtown, an old gold mining town that had been preserved to illustrate how they lived and worked. It was an extremely harsh existence for the miners who were mostly Chinese.

We arrived at our next destination at 3ish, a lakeside motel with a kitchen and a spa bath and an uninterrupted view of Lake Te Anau. Supper then a romantic walk round the lake, very relaxing.

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