Queenstown Condos - Reviews and Rates

I didn't think it could get much better than kayaking in the fiords from the day before. I was wrong. We woke up early as the Mariner was supposed to leave the fiord and enter the Tasman Sea before bringing us back. Getting out of the fiord proved to be more special than most mornings (even according to the crew).

Before breakfast even be...

As we were walking through the airport in Queenstown I was approached by a long-haired fellow selling yet another Lord of the Rings location tour. This one involved flying around in a small plane and viewing mountainous Middle Earth locations from above. The brochure promised the tour would "make you feel like a wizard soaring on the back of a g...

Life here in Southland really is a a box of fluffies (see below). Christmas is just round the corner, the sun is shining more and the temperature is generally much warmer - although yesterday at the Santa Parade it was 25 degrees when we left and 3 hours later on our return it was 12! Layers are definitely the thing to wear here. More of Christm...

This afternoon we flew to Queenstown via Christchurch. We're carrying 26kg each in our backpacks which we confirmed on the scales at the airport, ouch! The first flight was delayed and we only had a half an hour to play with to catch our connecting flight. We spoke to the flight attendant about our predicament on the first flight and he spoke to...

WANAKA TO QUEENSTOWN A short but action packed drive today through to the NZ's adventure capital, Queenstown. Highlights include Puzzling World (check out the toilets - highly entertaining), skydive over Lake Wanaka & the Southern Alps and stop in at the world's first commercial bungy site - the Kawarau Bridge. On arrival in Queenstown you w...

We woke up to a completely blue sky on the first morning of the Routeburn trek, how lucky are we eh! This is a very popular trek in NZ, it is the best alternative to the Milford Sound Trek (apparently anyway!), You have to book all these treks in advance and we didn't book the Milford sound trek in time. The Milford and Routeburn treks are meant...

Now I have done the Gondola, the Luge, Jet boat on Kawarau lake and Lord Of The Rings film set and safari. The Gondola stands at 800metres over looking Queenstown with the spectacular views. At the rear is a big luging track which I could not resist. 5 trips down did not last long unfortunately as it was great fun. Followed by the luge I went to...

well weve spent a few days now in Queenstown. Commonly known as the extreme sports town of the country. And its doing a damn decent job at up holding that impression. this town rocks in so many ways including two separate ski-able mountain ranges, skydives, bungees, jet boats and so so so much more. this main thing that distinguishes this town f...

Anzac Day. The cloud and rain still linger at dawn as the boat steers further out of the Sound to the Tasman Sea. Rain-powered waterfalls still drain away. The rocks have a sheen like moulded plastic. It's the wrong season to see penguins but a quintet of fur seals lounge about on a boulder. On the drive back there is (thankfully) less commentar...

Yes, I know...it's been a while since my last update from down here in the Land of the Long White Cloud... ...where in Queenstown it would be more appropriate to have named this part of the world 'Land of the Rubbish Weather'!!! Dear-oh-me, thank goodness I have a good dose of County Antrim genes or my head would be turned with the weather down ...