We had a quick paddle around in the kayak, observing at a distance a skinny dipper who decided to enter the freezing lake in the nuddy to impress (questionable!) the other blokes on the stag do with him.
The next morning, we followed the lake up to Queenstown, then on up to Glenorchy. St Queenstown we stopped to watch these 'Seabreacher' things - kinda like a jetski crossed with a dolphin. They have the people inside and they can go along the water, dive under the water and leap out of the water. Quite cool!
What a beautiful drive it is from Queenstown to Glenorchy. Just stunning. Even with the cloud hanging about, it was still captivating.
Hung out at the north end of the lake and were treated to find that where we had parked was right on the finishing line of a jet boat race, complete with helicopters trailing the boats! PB was impressed!
The late afternoon was spent poking our noses into the start of the Routeburn Track. I have wanted to do that track for about 4 years now, so it was fun to explore the start of it.
We managed to find a freedom camp site RIGHT on the lake side at about the 25 Mile mark. (i.e: 25 miles from Queenstown). Absolutely magic spot. And the other magic word we love - freeeeeeeee!!
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