It was time for another bus adventure to the town of Wanaka. This bus trips main highlight was Thunder Creek. Thunder Creek is an impressive waterfall. Hukka falls stunned us with its sheer volume; Thunder Creek amazed us with its height. Thunder Creek provides a huge drop which gave us some great snaps. Along the way we say some notable and extraordinary snow capped mountains. We stopped for more photos on a lake that looked like it was something out of a Seamus Heaney poem. The water was still, mountains majestic and sun shining. A major highlight was also one of the sites where the film Narnia was shot.
A few ice-creams and i-pod tunes later we had arrived in Wanaka. Wanaka drew us in straight away. The bus dropped us outside the lake front. We had a view of a Lake and also could see the snow capped mountains in the near distance. The beach was crowded with lots of young Wanakan’s/ Wanakonians/ Wanakaites or what ever they call them. It was the first time we have felt the summer atmosphere in New Zealand. Everyone was in good moods and spirits. We got our accommodation sorted in Base Hostels. It was a new building so was state of the art with swipe cards and everything. We spent the rest of the afternoon strolling around the area basking in God’s glorious sun while enjoying the good ambiance. Shania Twain is a resident of this beautiful town unfortunately we didn’t come across her. If we had bumped into her we would have tried to “Impress her much”. That evening we watched a movie in a TV Room that offered surround sound and luxurious leather seats. The movie was no where near as good however. We gave Tom the chance to shine but he picked a horrible movie called “Windigo”. Kieran would have been proud of how bad this selection was. We went to bed afterwards as the forecast for the next day was 31 degrees so some more sunbathing was on the cards.
Stay Posted,
Conor
A few ice-creams and i-pod tunes later we had arrived in Wanaka. Wanaka drew us in straight away. The bus dropped us outside the lake front. We had a view of a Lake and also could see the snow capped mountains in the near distance. The beach was crowded with lots of young Wanakan’s/ Wanakonians/ Wanakaites or what ever they call them. It was the first time we have felt the summer atmosphere in New Zealand. Everyone was in good moods and spirits. We got our accommodation sorted in Base Hostels. It was a new building so was state of the art with swipe cards and everything. We spent the rest of the afternoon strolling around the area basking in God’s glorious sun while enjoying the good ambiance. Shania Twain is a resident of this beautiful town unfortunately we didn’t come across her. If we had bumped into her we would have tried to “Impress her much”. That evening we watched a movie in a TV Room that offered surround sound and luxurious leather seats. The movie was no where near as good however. We gave Tom the chance to shine but he picked a horrible movie called “Windigo”. Kieran would have been proud of how bad this selection was. We went to bed afterwards as the forecast for the next day was 31 degrees so some more sunbathing was on the cards.
Stay Posted,
Conor
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