Arrowtown--Queenstown--Glenorchy #WHPOST8

Post written on October.
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It's almost the end of the October. Time flies Gosh. I will definitely miss these carefree days.

This Thursday we were up in Arrowtown---a small town renowned for its beautiful scenery during autumn. But the way, autumn had long passed so we shall see it for spring.

Surprise me coz everything looks kinda SPRING. Even the residential area looks pretty cool, with trees stood green along both sides of the street and colourful flowers matching the view. Arrowtown ain't a boring city, it has got interesting shop in township and we spent longer than planned in this small town.

The first agenda of the day has to be breakfast. I was told to go for Arrowtown bakery and cafe and the servings didn't let me down. Had a decent nice breakfast and a cup of hot chocolate.

You can easily tell that Halloween is approaching merely looking at these decoration set up by the shop..

Next agenda--to visit Arrow River. This is where one of the scene of Lord of The Ring (LOTR) was taken. As a fan, there's no way to miss it.

I know right, no where near LOTR..Luckily, our brain is able to do wonderful job by taking you on an imagination flight.

Saw someone carrying a gold pan. What? Can pan for some gold leaves? xD This is totally my thing.. FYI, Arrowtown used to be gold mining area, this place is so rich at gold that you can actually pan for your own gold. Well, only valid if the luck is at your side.

Immediately me and Xt went back into the street and without hesitation, we rent a gold pan and a shovel at $3.

Well, everything is exciting when you first started it. Gold panning is no easy task. Mechanical agitation is tiring, and immersing hand is icy cold water is definitely not a fun thing to do.

Ended up ..we pan nothing but some little golden stone I assume they are gold. Well, that's alright to spend $3 for a lifetime experience don't we?

Off to Glenorchy---The Gateway to Paradise. Glenorchy, 45 minutes from Queenstown is famous for its spectacular landscape; and it has become one of the prime location in NZ for film scouts. Many scene from LOTR were filmed here, as well as Narnia movie xD

Enjoy its breathtaking beauty Woohoo!

One of the famous activity in Glenorchy is horse trekking. I really wanted to do that but.... it was way too expensive for us (some package was $100 and above, the cheapest we got from bookme was $79) .So, we decided not to go for it.

Despite our failing anticipation towards riding, we were so lucky to spot some horses and they came close to us xD Tried to lure them with some banana.

Let's the pictures do the talking.


How i wish we stay in this paradise forever.