New Zealand - Dec 2-4

Rest Days and discovery of Queenstown 

Queenstown is a beautiful resort type town.  It is on a large lake with a very active section right on the shore.

The lake front promenade area.

Looking out towards the lake from the park.

There is a botanical garden and nature walk right downtown.  It is a beautiful area.

The lake is crystal clear, you can see the bottom for several feet down.

Stunning views along the lake walking path.

And one of the "activities" to do was paragliding.  Yes, I did the paragliding.  😄

The little park in the heart of Queenstown...  before Crate Day.

The little park during Crate Day about 2 in the afternoon.  You should have seen it about 9 pm...  😬   You can see the lads are keeping their crates of beer cold in the stream.  Later in the day an almost naked cricket player body surfed in the idyllic stream.

Crate Day is a national celebration set on the first Saturday of summer designed to share a crate of beer with a friend.  Yes, a national celebration to share a crate of beer with friends...  What could possibly go wrong with that???

Well the local paper seems to be pushing for repeal of it.  Stating emergency rooms were full starting at 3 pm Saturday and didn't slow down until after 3 am.  I could see Congress in the United States proposing a National Share a Case with a friend day...  Why not?  It seems to be going well down here. 😳