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Double Coffee Day

Managed to fit two coffees in this morning. First was from Drop Cafe, trendy little coffee nook hidden at the back of clothing store. This one was mentioned in the NZ Herald article on great Queenstown coffee locations as well.

It looks like the coffee is severed in an enamel cup, which would have been interesting, however it’s just a ceramic mug that’s been shaped and painted how we expect enamel cups to be.

Drop Cafe

Second coffee was around 11am from the Bathhouse cafe right on the lake at the front of town. The weather today is 100% perfect, clear sunny day, about 21c with a very very slight breeze. We sat here for a while just basking in the glorious sunshine sipping the coffee. Pretty good coffee too.

Bathhouse Cafe
Travel

TSS Earnslaw and Dinner

Last night we did a cruise and dinner package on the TSS Earnslaw. You board the boat at 7pm and it takes you across the lake to Walter Peak Restaurant for a buffet BBQ dinner.

TSS Earnslaw

The TSS Earnslaw is a “Twin Screw Steamer” built in 1912 and is still powered by the coal fired steam engine, one of the few remaining coal powered ships in the world.

As Sharon pointed out, 1912 was not a great year for ships, however this one managed to not sink on our journey and we made it back to QT in one piece.

The heat coming from the engine room was quite intense, I certainly wouldn’t want to be tending the furnace for any significant amount of time.

The dinner is quite good, but treat it as an entire experience package, don’t consider it a gourmet dinner.