We get the novelty of a lie in today – sadly, though, we don’t get to enjoy it too much as the lift in the hotel seems to always be on the move, which we can hear from our room

Around 10 am, we get ourselves ready, sort a room change and get to the waterfront around the Main Town Pier

We get a cheeky breakfast from Patagonia Chocolates – Ice Creamery & Chocolaterie and enjoy the street entertainment while we wait for our activity

Quite promptly, we board the KJet Queenstown boat which is an hour-long experience

With luscious views of the Remarkables mountain range that protrudes over Queenstown, a group of approximately 25 are driven at top speeds of 95 kph over two rivers: the Shotover and Kawarau rivers

Once brought back into dry land – a rather splashy ride to say the least – we pop into Vudu Cafe for some lunch

A “build your own breakfast” and eggs benedict

We have another activity booked for not too far after this so we just have a wander around the waterfront and beachfront park before heading to the meeting point

Upon arriving, we’re swiftly told that the paragliding we’d booked for was cancelled, due to windy weather conditions – PANIC!

Nevertheless, after a refund is organised, we wander up to the Skyline Queenstown gondola base point, as we’ve been told another company might still be operating

We arrive and find not too much so, in an attempt to keep busy, we decide to just head up the gondola and make the most of the day with the luge ride they have at the summit of this

The ride up is rather steep and there seems to be heavy construction still on the go but the view is definitely decent!

Our tickets include three attempts at the luge track and we manage to have a couple close races

We come down after these and head back to the hotel to have some time to chill and freshen up again before readying ourselves for some dinner

Bella Cucina is the spot for dinner where we have a calzone and a spag bowl with some recommended red wine

Following this, we pop to Pog Mahones Irish Pub & Restaurant for a drink and then get some rest