The view from our bedroom this morning included a cloudy sky, however this was just another beautiful phase of Lake Whakatipu. A lazy start and on the road with tiki tour driver Kay. Queenstown was packed to bursting, especially so when we drove past Fergburger in Shotover Street. I mention the street because the queue for burgers trailed way down the street. Not joking, at 11am hundreds of people were waiting for burgers. Very effective marketing because I immediately felt deprived that I have never ever had a Ferg Burger. We continued through town onto the road to Glenorchy, a really beautiful lakeside drive with of course a mountain backdrop. There is nothing really at Glenorchy, a few cafes and bars, so we continued on to Kinloch. More fabulous scenery and across the dart river working up an appetite. At the end of a dirt road on the lakeside was a lovely little set of cottages with a garden restaurant. Perfect. However when we went in she told us that they had so many people checking out today (19) that she didn't have time to serve food as she had loads of washing to do. If we wanted to wait (it was 1:30) the restaurant would reopen at 5pm. We were of course a little disappointed, and really wondered how anyone made any money here. Surely the people checking out may have enjoyed a coffee and a scone? Back to Glenorchy and after a long wait we were served a fantastic lunch. Never mind the wait, we had all day anyway. On the way home (past the still very long queue at Ferg Burger) we decided that we should introduce Kay and Jeff to "Scoffy Night". A little tradition that we started many years ago with our good friends "The Ethell Family". This entails buying yummy things that do not require too much work and putting them all on the table at once and scoffing. A great dinner!! So that is what we did and Kay and I hit the hay at 1am after a few medicinal wines.
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