Ferg Burgers and the Ice Bar

On Monday we had a pretty chilled day, spending the morning cruising round the shops in Queenstown to buy a few souvenirs (bungy-jumping sheep etc!) and then meeting up with Katie, Sally and Andy to experience the famous Ferg Burgers at lunchtime. Ferg Burgers are located on a tiny alleyway with no signposts and they don't advertise, but they are nevertheless famous throughout Queenstown cause they're so gorgeous!

In the afternoon, Katie and Sally did some sisterly bonding at the mini-golf as it was Katie's last day before she left for the UK, so we took Trigger off for a walk by the Shotover River. We walked up to the Oxenbridge Tunnel which was built by some guys during the gold rush who tried unsuccessfully to divert the Shotover River through the tunnel so they could get to the gold on the riverbed! When we were up there loads of rafts came out of the tunnel - it's the last rapid on the whitewater rafting trip - must be a bit freaky in the dark! One of the rafts overturned at the exit of the tunnel while we were watching! Trigger was fascinated by all the rafts and jetboats going past - he didn't know where to look next!

After a couple of hours of throwing sticks in the river for Trigger, and watching him dig up the beach, we went back to the lodge to get ready for a big night out in Queenstown to say bye to Katie.

First stop was the Ice Bar, called Minus5, which, as the name suggests, is a bar made of ice where the temperature is kept at a constant -6 to -8 degrees!! They give you a massive parka and furry boots to wear and the seats, bar and glasses are all made of ice! You pay $25 for half an hour in there including a scrummy cocktail.

We then sampled a few more of Queentown's cool bars, including one with an opening roof, until it was time to call our taxi, Katie's Dad, to take us home!