Day 133, Arrowtown to Queenstown (2735)
It was a grey morning when I started out but the sky cleared and it became hot and humid fairly quickly.
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| Arrowtown in the morning |
A straightforward route today following a mostly gravel footpath/cycle route all the way to Queenstown.
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| Golf resort deluxe apartments |
Arrowtown was better in the morning with no people about. The center is a re-creation of the old mining town, rather like a museum with modern shops behind the facade.
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| Lake Hayes |
I had tea and a breakfast roll and at the bakery, sitting outside with the sandflies starting to bite. Sandflies seem to love feet and if they can't get at them work upwards from there, the opposite of midges that gather round your head and work downwards.
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| Lake Hayes again |
Once clear of the town the path went through a very smart looking golf resort, home of the New Zealand Open. It was all beautifully manicured with strategically placed ponds and trees to make the, no doubt very expensive, apartments look like an English village.
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| Above the River Kawarau |
Down then to Lake Hayes where the path follows the lakeshore to Shotover Country.
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| Shotover River from the old bridge |
A group of cyclists gathered as I was waiting to cross the main road and told me they were heading for a nearby cafe and would I like to join them. As you know it doesn't take much encouragement for me to stop at a café and they were a great bunch of similar aged people. A good way to spend some time.
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| New Shotover road bridge |
Down to the River Kawarau then and up to the old Shotover Bridge past Queenstown airport and sports center to Frankton by Lake Wakatipu.
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| Queenstown airport and recreation area |
I found a nice restaurant/café for lunch near the marina and was looking forward to the shaded walk in the trees beside the lake.
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| Lake Wakatipu |
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| Lake Wakatipu |
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| Oh dear! |
Unfortunately the path was closed as they were putting in a pipeline and I had to walk the pavement beside the main road exposed to the sun.
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| Looking to Lake Wakatipu from the road |
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| Approaching Queenstown |
I was happy to get to the Holiday Park and into the shower.
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