We wanted to see a bit more of the South Island than just the Queenstown area, so we headed north toward Wanaka. We made a couple stops on the way. Turns out that round trip, it’s enough time to listen to the first 5 Pink Floyd albums. Good travel tunes!
Stop 1: Arrowtown
We stopped in hopes of a hot breakfast and flat white #5. Success! We stopped at the Unwind Cafe, and it was just as cute as the quaint village that held it. The food was absolutely delicious! Another place that we’d strongly recommend, especially for the pancakes.
Stop 2: Cromwell
It’s pretty much in the valley of the mountains. There were dozens of vineyards that we drove though in the area. There’s a lot of fruit in Cromwell, in general. But that’s it. It was a super quick stop.
Stop 3: Wanaka
Ryan really wanted to hit up some breweries while in the country. They’re harder to find than you’d think, but Wanaka has a couple.
The first one we stopped at was connected to a toy museum. Really, you have to walk through the toy museum to the back of the shop to find the beer. Then, as you’re enjoying a brew, you can look out to the back of the property where they have old cars. I think the name was Wanaka Beerworks, but I’ll have to double check that. Unique location, but they were good for a flight of beer. Bonus: there was a dog!
The second stop had better beer. Rhyme & Reason Brewing. We had another flight best beer around thus far. Location would have been great in the warm months. They’ve got a big garage door on the front that was opened up to let the sun in, but it was only 4C outside.
After the back to back brewery stops, we figured we should find some lunch. So, we headed into the actual town and found Spreight’s. It wasn’t very good. Oh well. We were right on Lake Wanaka, so we went to find #thatWanakaTree. It was a tree. Great scenery though!
Stop 4: Roaring Meg
On the drive back to Queenstown, we stopped off to check out Roaring Meg. The river runs through the mountains along side the highway. It’s hard to see from the road, so we stopped. It was rather unremarkable.
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