Lake mahinapua

So the next stop was lake mahinapua a place that kiwi experience had been stopping at for 23 years, they originally stopped there as the oldest publican in nz owned the pub unfortunately he died earlier his year and there contract was coming to an end so they have decided to take that stop out and add a new one between queenstown and christchuch as that journey was 7 hours! So we were one of the last buses to stop there !

We wasn't overly joyed at the thought of going there, all that was there was the pub and a lake! We were only there for one night! And the point of going there was to have a fancy dress party! Which was fine, but our budget was so tight and spending penny's on fancy dress.....we just couldn't justify it, plus as we were on a different bus everytime we boarded we knew no one! And when we boarded this bus there were quite a few shall we say "idiots" on there! That just werent our cup of tea! But we decided we would go to the party but just wouldn't dress up! The driver also cooked dinner with the owners for everyone!i had vegi option and Luke had a steak which was huge! Our food was very tasty :)

Anyway....when we arrived we decided to take a walk to the lake....which was huge.....

.....there was also a restored two paddle boat there which told the story of gold miners :) it was very interesting :) 

.....we were learning something new everyday! 

After going to the lake we decided to hit the bar! We hadn't drank the whole time we had been in New Zealand due to our budget and the drink being ridiculously expensive! And here we got a mug of cider for $10 bargain! And we had a flavoured syrup! It was soon time for dinner, Luke had the steak which he said was really nice and I had vegi quiche which was also lovely. :)

The night was a good one ! We drank about 5-6 jugs of cider between us and it's safe to say we were a little drunk! But we were having such a laugh! Luke videoed me singing and dancing along to s club 7! We chatted to the owners for ages they gave us loads of tips :) we thoroughly enjoyed the night we went to bed not long before midnight and were feeling very sorry for ourselves in the morning! It took basically the whole day for us to feel better! It was safe to say we were getting old! And being old mixed with a hangover .......not fun! Xx