What We Did in Wanaka

The heat’s definitely back in Dubai. Bye-bye outdoors, for the time being. And I suddenly find myself super-busy, involved in a big tender, which is a good thing in slower times like what the company’s having now. So, it’s back to picture posts of our past journeys in faraway places. Faraway places are something I always look forward to. When’s our next big adventure? Hmmmm…


Anyway, here’s a continuation of my last post of New Zealand’s South Island, the Road to Paradise. From there, we headed to Wanaka, the town famous for this little tree in a lake… Why? You tell me… (Read on to find out more)


The Crown Range Summit was where we stopped the last time, “Wanaka, here we come!” On the Crown Range Road, Otago, South Island, New Zealand, Dec 2018


The hills are alive, with flowers and trees – the missus’s favourite things


Whoa! What’s this? The Fence of Lost Bras? Is this where all the lost bras end up? Lost a bra? No worries, head over to Cardrona, NZ. It must be there, somewhere… Nah, this is actually a promotion for breast cancer awareness. Support the cause by donating to the New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation!


Finally, Wanaka! Wanaka Town sits on the southern shore of a pristine lake with its namesake, Lake Wanaka

Wanaka is famous for having ample ‘Instagram-able’ spots, like #ThatWanakaTree, above. Apart from that, there’s also Roy’s Peak Lookout. But that’s a 6.3 km hike up the hill from the road, and the same distance back. Nah, that’ll take too much time, and it’ll be too much for the kids (and ahem… yours truly, maybe). So, we decided to head to a kid’s place instead – the Puzzling World. (Hell, when you’ve got kids, you’ve got to think of places for them to enjoy also. Hills, valleys and hiking is wonderful for us, but the kids? They’d prefer a playground, any playground, even at home, over a long hike!) So, here’s one for the kids!


“Mommy, run, that tower’s falling!” Don’t worry boys, that uncle is holding it up. He’s actually Atlas the Titan, in human form, cursed to hold up the leaning tower of Wanaka for eternity…


What’s this? Some new fitness fad? Lean back and enjoy??


A wall of Nelson Mandela’s. I bet you, this is straight out from Netanyahu’s bad dreams… “Repent Benjamin! Is killing people alright for you?”


What’s so fun about a maze? But kids love mazes. “Yeah, c’mon, let’s find our way out of this!”


“Where’s the toilet, mommy?” “No, not this type of toilet!!!” I didn’t know Romans used toilets for meetings?!? “Awww, that smells awful. What did you eat, man?” The Puzzling World is a ‘museum’ and park of optical illusions.


And weird inventions like this one. Tired, eh? Kids?




Time to go. Let’s make a stop at the Lavender Farm for mommy! Before we head off further north, to find our next place to park our camper van!

See you, till I see you!