Thursday 4 December 2008

Cromwell and Wanaka

We have had some time to do a bit of exploring around the two towns near us, Cromwell and Wanaka.

Cromwell is south of where we are staying and is the smaller of the two towns. It has a small town centre, a library and a swimming pool. We have joined the library as all the boys and I love our books and the library staff are starting to recognise us already! There is a weekly storytime where Joe and Luke can listen to stories then do a craft activity. We have also been swimming a couple of times, there are three pools, a 25m pool, a learners pool and a shallow toddlers pool and we can all have hot showers without refilling the van water tank!

Wanaka is to the North and is on Lake Wanaka. It is more picturesque than Cromwell and is slightly bigger. There is a playpark on the lakeside with a huge “Dinosaur slide” which has proved popular with the boys.

Just outside Wanaka is Puzzling World where there is a maze and illusion rooms along with a large selection of puzzles to try out. So far we are still working our way through the assortment of puzzle tables and it is fast becoming a favourite stop when we visit Wanaka.

The nearest big town is Queenstown and we are planning a visit before too long to do some Christmas shopping.


Link to photos here.

Nic

1 comment:

Mopsie said...

Puzzle World looks great. Great maze. Does Joey love it?