Yesterday was a long driving day but we spent a couple of hot sunny hours at Queenstown which despite being a hot sunny Sunday afternoon was much nicer and less busy than we expected. Shiny procured new sunglasses after his others fell apart. There are so many old cars here dating back even beyond Shiny's vintage but he keeps getting uneccessarily excited by what he sees driving around. So he announced excitedly yesterday that a certain vehicle was an old Cortina..then declared it wasn't. Upon Curly asking what it was then ( out of politeness you understand) she was told he didn't know...but it was something old and probably Australian!
We continued on to Fox Glacier via Arrowtown and a wonderful twisting road over the pass (thanks for that tip Alan). There were numerous photo stops en route which meant we arrived quite late at our motel. There was a beautiful clear sky, evening sun and no wind. This we knew was the ideal combination for the famous reflection of Mount Cook in Lake Matheson so we did a forced route march around the lake and got the photo. This led to going without an evening meal for the second time this holiday however the local cafe took pity on us and let us order desserts...so against Kiwi custom we left a tip! We were glad we went to the lake though as a more leisurely return to the lake today (via the gift shop..lucky for some of you)there was a breeze blowing and no reflection.
The evening finished with a trip down a pitch black path to see twinkly glow-worms. Today's exploits merit a post of their own.
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