Kawarau River South Island

... 1800s, with the discovery of gold in the nearby Arrow River, thus it had that 'frontier town' feel.   We crossed the Kawarau River again where we saw bungy jumpers a few days earlier.  Since we were driving right by the bungy site, we ...

... for the next round of the Champions League, followed by Real Madrid doing likewise, and then the afternoon session of the New Zealand-South Africa Test match. After such a demanding day I was looking forward to meeting up with everyone that night. It ...

... to a gently flowing eddy for a splash about. Winding its way through a steep and fairly narrow granite gorge, the green blue Kawarau River runs fast, deep and extremely cold. Our group of about 10 had 3 instructors (mostly UK job dodgers) while 3 ...

... with fries and curry sauce to inebriated gold-miners on their way home from the local disco. Next up on our route was the Kawarau River and the AJ Hackett Bungy Dome, a real symbol of how bungy jumping can be packaged and presented for tourism's sake. ...

... . We had lunch there, stopped at a fun tourist trap called PuzzleWorld, and then continued on to the original New Zealand bridge bungy jump on the Kawarau River (um, the River Anduin for you LOTR geeks). The AJ Hackett Bungy offices are at that site, so ...

... of lunch before starting yet more driving to get out to the Kawarau Gorge. This took us past the original bungy jump over Kawarau river where bungy jumping originated. Oddly I have done a bungy jump before (at a music festival in Hungary of all places). ...

... , fine architecture, and world-famous wildlife reserves on the Otago Peninsula. Situated on the south-eastern coast of New Zealand's South Island, Dunedin has a population of around 120,000 and is the main centre of Otago, a region recognised for its ...

An 8 1/2 hour bus trip may sound horrible, but when it's through New Zealand's South Island, it's quite the opposite. Today's journey from Franz to Queenstown was full of interesting stops and beautiful vistas on every side as we left the West Coast ...

... . Be ready for a twisting and turning road in the mountains. Fabulous scenic drive! Going toward town on Route 6 from the south you cross the Kawarau River on a one-way bridge. On the right at the top of the hill there is a turn-off toward the airport ...

... we headed off down the highway towards Queenstown. We stopped for lunch at Cromwell next to the raging whitewater of the Kawarau river. A perfectly good river to go sledging in so that is what we did. We met the group we were going with, got suited ...