We've just finished an amazing three night stay in Queenstown. It only has a population of 20,000 but seemed to have just about everything. 1st morning we rented bikes and cycled 20 miles around one of the lakes - well not exactly around it, more like a tiny section, but the scenery was spectacular.
That afternoon we travelled up the gondola and did the luge. You probably only travel 30mph but we treated it like Silverstone.
The following day we went on one of the Jet boat trips. The speedboat takes you along one of the rivers at ridiculous speeds swerving really close to the rocks. After this Jenna thought it would be a great idea to throw ourselves off the world's tallest swing. Not quite as terrifying as a bungey jump - but not far from it - check out the photo Jenna put up yesterday! This was just the walkway to the platform:
Then to chill the nerves afterwards we got involved with the tea pot cocktails and Ferg burgers back in town (well recommended Mark and Boiler!) with a group of girls from Manchester.
Today we've travelled from Queenstown to Franz Josef, home of one of NZ's two galciers. The coach journey was incredible - never seen a landscape like it. Tomorrow we're going for a walk on the glacier. Jenna manages to fall over just getting out of bed so not sure how she'll survive on moving ice!
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ReplyDeleteScenery looks great - is it hot there or like an english summer ? Look forward to seeing pictures of the glacier. Dad x