Road to Queenstown / Jan 21

South again through forests,

one lane bridges,

along the coast

At Wanaka we choose the less traveled route that warned of sharp curves and steep grades.
It started innocently

Then we arrived at the mountains above Queenstown.

This looks down at the main highway into Queenstown.

We're looking down at a plane coming in for a landing.

Someone needs a little help getting up the hill.

First we see this

then this

and then

Do I smell burning brake pads?

PS A couple of notes from Australia.
It's Australia day, Jan 26, and we're watching the show from Sydney.  It's been at least 40 minutes of fireworks, lasers and fireballs set to music.  Quite amazing.
In  other news, the cricket series against India we tried to see in Melbourne on Boxing Day is still going on.