Day 16 - Arrowtown

Our last full day in NZ so decided to go out with a bang!

Before any formal activities it was an early stroll to the bakery. It was quiet and peaceful, the morning light soft and there was nobody around...

And Emmy had a morning visitor. There were in fact two of these kitty cats, virtually identically except the one with Emily below had these tiny little fangs sticking out of his mouth - like a wee vampire bat. 

And after breakie first activity on the list - wine tasting.  The squids weren't fussed about going so it was just Steve and I who ventured about 18km down the road from Arrowtown to the fabulous Mt Rosa Winery.  We had booked a tasting with the lovely, smart, knowledgable Bindi who was studying to be a sommelier and meeting her made a great tasting even better.

And then it was off for some adventure - jet boating and white water rafting down the Kawarau River!  Whoo hooo.

And no cameras for the rafting BUT unheard of - the rafting company RealNZ took a whole bunch of excellent photos and shared them for FREE!  What the?!?  Love it!!  Here's some of the shenanigans 😁😂😅

Dog leg rapids - nearly 500m worth 😎

Standing up 

And then our last dinner in NZ was the best, mmmm mmm I want to eat it all again 😁

Daniel and Jeremy both had the rump steak, but it looked more like eye fillet and the first of our shared desserts - apply and cinnamon creme brulee.  Mmm mmm.

I had the burger on the top left and interestingly it was called a colourful burger.  It was pretty dull to look at buy was so damn yummy. It's late, we're actually back in Canberra and I should probably be asleep (work tomorrow 😜) but all I can think about is scoffing another one of those burgers.  Must have reinvigorated appetite after viewing white water rafting photos!

Clockwise from top left: Penny's colourful burger, Emily's fish burger, best cheesecake with even better rhubarb sorbet, Steve's chicken burger