Queenstown

This is taken from the middle of downtown Queenstown. You can just see a sign that says BURGER in the lower middle screen. That place is called FURGBURGER or as the angels call it, home. Huge burgers and good lord are they good. Balls Burgers doesn't even hold a candle.


Looking across the lake. Downtown Queenstown is directly behind this.


I wanted to go for a hike on Sunday, but my fellow hikers were too hungover to do anything special. There was a gondola that went up a hill so we decided to hike up and ride down. I was the leader and convinced people to take the path less taken which led us to some serious bushwhacking. I had a good time. Here is our reward.

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Miscellaneous

The weather here is much like that of Oregon's weather in the winter. Chilly and gray during the days and cold at night. It warms up nicely mid afternoon and there are glorious periods throughout the day where the clouds disappear. As a boy from Texas, it is a little cold but the scenery more than makes up for it.

I plan on going back to Long Beach relatively soon for a climbing trip. Just a few people and a crash pad for a day of bouldering. There are a bunch of open faces to climb around on and a few awesome caves that promise some sweet routes. Best part is that climbing is way cheap. Unlike skiing.

Long Beach - 2

These next ix of the morning after.


This photo is of Louise Mouton and Donal Connolly with our campfire in the background. Louise is one of my flatmates and Donal lives in our housing complex.

Long Beach - 1

One of the Kiwis brought fire spinning equipment. He is the one in the fore of the image. A novice is making the patterns in the background. You can tell he is a noob because his headlamp is still on. This is happening just outside the mouth of the cave. The fire to keep us warm is directly behind the photographer (me).


We were camping out in some caves to the left of this image. The beach extends for a long way in either direction. The caves were about a 15 minute walk once you made it to the beach and one specifically was huge. That was our accommodation for the evening.

St. Claire Beach - 1