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| Sitting in a Piper |
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| Tiger Moth |
Unfortunately we woke this morning to a cold rainy, miserable day. So after cooking ourselves a nice hearty bacon and egg breakfast we set out for an explore. First stop was the Cardrona office in Wanaka. We found out from the lady that once again the field had been closed due to strong winds. Great … we can’t ski because of out the ordinary adverse conditions. And add salt to the wound they have apparently actually had the best late season snow fall in years. Cardrona currently has 105cm of snow. Generally the road has been OK, big problem is the winds on the fields. We are still able to access the accommodation but it is not looking good for skiing. If the field is open we will head up relatively early and ski. If not we will head up for check in time in the afternoon. At least we have travel insurance, so if weather prevents us from getting there we should be able to claim.
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| Paradiso Theatre Wanaka |
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| Size optical illusion room |
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| Puzzling World |
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| Theatre |
After Cardrona Office, we headed out to Classic Flights to potentially arrange a joy flight, pending weather. We had heard from many that the cinema was worth a visit, so with rainy weather as a motivator, we went to the movies. Wow! It was wonderful. The cinema is quaint, it has total seating of about 85, very community driven affair. The seating is mainly a series of lounge chairs, rockers, and even a car! The advertising is locally made, and it shows, but in a quaint way is very effective. Interval was run at half way point, with home-made and freshly baked on site hot various flavored biscuits. After the movies we went to “Puzzling World” theme park, which includes a 3D outdoor maze of 1.5kms, which takes the average visitor 3-5kms and 1 hour to get out. Inside a series of puzzles and optical illusions await the visitor. Overall “Puzzling World” theme park is certainly worth a visit. One amazing room featured cleverly generated household structures at opposing angles to the ‘normal’ so it appeared pool balls rolled uphill, water ran up hill and people were standing at an angle. It was very hard to move around and we actually felt a little nauseous when we left.
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| Angle Illusion room |
Finally we explored Wanaka’s shops a little more this afternoon, and then enjoyed dinner at “The Cow”. The scenery that surrounds the town is very beautiful, with mirrored lakes and snow capped mountains. It would be difficult to decide which has the best scenery, Queenstown or Wanaka. I guess it comes down to personal taste, for us Wanaka has the edge.
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| Roman toilet with 'Romans' |
The Van Park here at Wanaka is great. Again probably not best of sites we have visited but still very good with helpful and friendly staff. This one is a little dated, certainly not as new and modern but warm and comfortable.
Clearly there is still more to see in this sleepy little town, with the lake, a rifle and archery centre and the Toy and Transport Museum at the airport to visit if Cardrona’s weather continues to disappoint tomorrow.
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