Day 306 (Wed 9 May) - Queenstown

Up early and walked into town. Jo and Ruth were going to spend the day pottering round Queenstown whilst Sarb and Keith were going to either play a round of golf, go clay pigeon shooting or do a bungy jump.

Walked round to the tourist info office and found a list of golf clubs. Millside club seemed really expensive and quite far away so settled for the smaller Queenstown golf course. Leaving Ruth and Jo to savage the cards Keith and Sarb caught a bus to the golf club.

The bus driver unfortunately forgot to tell us where we were to get off so ended up tooling round Queenstown for a bit longer than intended until he finally got us to the right stop.

Hired some clubs and spent the next few hours searching for little golf balls. Beautiful setting with the huge Remarkables mountains as a backdrop.

Meanwhile Jo and Ruth decided to amuse themselves pottering around Queenstown. First they walked around the Lake. The lake was getting choppy. Made our way back through the garden and admired the beautiful a trees. Final stop was Cafe 19 to soak up the view and have a light lunch of squid salad washed down with a few glasses of vino.

Keith and Sarb also had a fab time in the sunshine. Notable shots were from Keith. One a 20 foot putt and the other a chip in from about 40 yards away. Sarb still beat him though.

Settled for a quick jar at the bar opposite then caught the bus back to town. Walking back to the campsite we spotted Jo and Ruth walking slightly unsteadily ahead of us. Turns out that they went shopping had a rest at a bar and didn't leave.

Back at the campsite Keith and Sarb went to get some grub from the local supermarket. The weather was drizzly as they walked there but as soon as they finished and started back it really started to rain. Like heavy, heavy rain. They got back and had to change clothing as they were soaked.

For supper tonight we were treated to lamb chops.