Arrowtown

Monday and we awoke to another morning of heavy rain. We decided to take a trip out to Arrowtown.

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Arrowtown is a charming old gold rush town in the hills about 15km from Queenstown.

We parked the car and took refuge from the rain in a very French coffee shop called Bonjour and enjoyed a coffee with apricot tart
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As the rain eased off, we took a log walk along the banks of the Arrow river.

We returned in time for lunch, then explored the shops (picking up a rather nice print for the kitchen), before booking a table for dinned at the Postmaster’s house restaurant, which took our eye…

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In the event, we both ordered the lamb - which was excellent!

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