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Sometimes staying put when you have time off is the most intelligent thing to do. It’s time and money saving and looking around at where you live can uncover hidden delights you didn’t know existed.<\/p>\n
I set out to have a holiday in my own town.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Next we headed out towards Glenorchy to, as I and many like to call it, ‘photograph corner’. As you swing around the corner of a large rock face the view of Glenorchy, Pig and Pigeon Island comes into view. The day was a stunner and so the paps were out in force. We joined them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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I couldn’t be in Arrowtown and not take him zip up the ‘zigzags’. The first part of the Crowne Range (just out of Arrowtown on the road to Wanaka) where the whole of Queenstown and Arrowtown can be seen.<\/p>\n
I then demanded a nap. I’m old. So sue me<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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No other explanation needed.<\/p>\n
I then needed my 2nd sleep of the day. My friend commented on how lucky I was to live here. We used to share an office overlooking a carpark. ‘Nuff said.<\/p>\n
Sometimes you just need to look around, breathe it in and realise what you have.<\/p>\n
Right on your doorstep.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n