Had a fantastic week in the tourist capital of the South Island, Queenstown from Sun 1 May until Friday 6 May, and, to cap off an excellent week, upon arrival home, my six packs of Minairons 20mm SCW figures had arrived - outstanding!
As this is supposed to be a wargaming blog, I took a few images of the newly arrived figures - however, as I have "several" (ahem) scenic photos to share, I will save images of the unboxed figures as a tenuous link to the toy soldier hobby over the next few posts.....
Up nice n early (about 430am) to pick up our friends, drive the 50km to Auckland airport and catch the 7am flight to Queenstown - ZQN
The friend of our friends house we were staying in, and (below) view from the front door - not too shabby!
After dropping our bags etc, we headed off in the small car that comes with the house (!) for the historic town of Arrowtown, about a half hour drive away. En route we stopped at Lake Hayes for a pic
Several views of late Victorian Arrowtown follow
This old Rolls Royce was just an added bonus
Its a bit of a shame they dont close off the main street, as its impossible to get pictures of the buildings without modern cars obstructing the view...
After a hearty brunch, we headed off to explore another side of Arrowtowns history
Part of the original police post
There was a large population of Chinese men here during the gold rush era in the latter half of the nineteenth century. They lived in these huts they built themselves
They had a pretty hard time of it and faced the usual racism of the times, much like the labourers who built the American railways
It cant have been much fun in these insubstantial shelters in the dead of winter, with several feet of snow on the ground.....
Back in Queenstown itself, we had a quick look at Lake Wakatipu.....
......as well as a few of the older buildings along the lake front....
....before repairing to a local hostelry for a couple of restorative drinks
This is hazy ale - it is supposed to look like that! When I was young, this would have been assumed to be the end of the barrel and cause for complaint!
Day One, done and dusted. Hope you enjoyed the images, as I have several more to share :)
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