Bye Bye shed hello Queenstown

Another  day another town- well an actual town. Queenstown.

After my late night cloud spotting, sorry star gazing. Yes as you guessed it the cloud came out to spoil my star gazing. We did get to look at the moon, Jupiter and a couple of stars before it clouded over, using some very impressive telescopes. Apparently Lake Tekapo has one of the lowest light pollution and therefore has some fairly impressive telescopes. Including one with an 84 mega pixel camera.
I also got a freebie (though I guess I paid for it in the tour) a solar powered red light- reduces light pollution and doesn’t give you light blindness.

So after a gentle rise and the best night sleep yet! I spent the best part of 2 hours showering changing and packing. It is hard with only one arm! Following that I walked to The Church of the Good Shepherd – apparently the most photographed church in New Zealand which you can understand given the view.
A stunning drive through what I would describe as the Shire out of Lord of the Rings and I was pleased to see that I had picked the best time to go on my helicopter trip as Mount Cook today was covered in cloud and it looked like it was raining!

So I am now in Queenstown having struggled with my bag and my injuries- it is tiring and I am feeling a little sorry for myself. Queenstown is full of high energy activities and I am contemplating hang gliding good or bad idea not sure!


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