Harpers Bed And Breakfast Wanaka

... where you want but as the weather has been really bad the last few days with high winds and some rain its been really hard work for him. We have chilled out watching the sun set over the mountains with a few Heineken's to help pass the time, oh and a million words to right in the last 2 blogs :)

Gaz & LJ

ps I'll add photos tom for the last 2 days, i was planning on getting up for the rugby but this has taken longer than planned so might stay in bed

... video the attempt for you and the plan was for Dad to follow me while Steve did the driving. The event proved successful but Dad ended up a bit worse for ware – I’ve uploaded the video for you to see (and I recommend you keep a link to it if you ever need a good laugh – sorry Dad it had to be done!)

Still laughing from events of the first 'ford’ we somehow managed to make our way across the other 9 unscathed, although I have no idea how ...

... 6 nights for various activities including skiing!!!

After booking into the hostel, we go out to a nice little coffee shop that did really good milkshakes, end up having two drinks each and write our postcards. We ventured off to find the post office, get them all posted, pop to the supermarket then head back to the hostel for dinner and an early night.

Once again, we were confronted with an early start. This would have been a piece of cake had we not spent the majority of the night partying and gone to bed at a reasonable hour. But not to any ones surprise this hadn't happened. Once we were safely on the bus there was then a bit of a panic when we realized some of the boys hadn't woken up yet and there was only 10 minutes until we had to leave so a couple of us headed over and kicked them into ...

... bullying) he had no say in it. So today the ladies went 1st with the 15000 feet jump and boy were we excited with a 60 sec free fall time. Well the views were just unreal, New Zealand's highest mountains, Mount Cook (Aoraki) and Mount Aspiring (Tititea), glaciers that feed glistening rivers, crystal blue lakes and rugged World Heritage Mount Aspiring National Park. So after the girls had successful completed their skydive the boys went up and the adrenalin rush was just as ...

... his offer. Our bikes were tied to the back of the truck while we perched in the cab, Hannah sitting beside and luckily not on a giant wool hook. We set of in the 12 geared freight Carrier, with our new friend Jimmy at the helm. He was as good as his word and after a drop off at another farm dropped us at the campsite office door 10km back at lake Hawea. The man in the office ...

... of laughs were had by all, with the captain laughing the loudest, and declaring, "Aye, ye be thinkin' we be on the Edmund Fitzgerald!! (Okay, I made that last part up, but it's fun to talk like a salty captain! Especially since our latest movie night included watching Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean); The other location that deserves special mention is Wanaka. This is a beautiful little town set amidst the backdrop of Mount Aspiring ...

... of who who are still going "so...?". i pulled up anyway, jumped out and went around the back. Found a toothless mullet man wearing Daisy Dukes (Denim hot pants for those unfamiliar with the Dukes of Hazard) and persuaded him to sell us some petrol by putting on my sad "I need petrol" face. (I've been practicing that all along, just in case, you know!). After gummy mullet guy sorted us out we were off on our ...

... we were picked up those hours before.

We must have been mad.

When we finally got back to our car, we threw our boots in the back, put on our "jandals" (what Kiwis call flip-flops/sandals/thongs ...

... from all angles!



Again, look how clear the water is here.





We're now back in the hostel as clouds smother the sunlight overhead, and the forecast tomorrow is for heavy rain, so our chances of a hike ...