Our initial impression of queenstown was that it was the traffic capital as well as the adventure capital. Our impression was not helped by the fact that our targeted camper park had been demolished leaving us with our only option being a very crowded holiday park that was basically a parking lot for 150 campervans, a kitchen bathroom complex an...

We had to get back to Queenstown so we could do a day trip out to Milford Sound, AND we were lucky enough to have FREE accommodation with Aaron, our Canadian friend that we met in Dunedin at the Speights brewery tour. At first we were a bit hesitant to accept the invitation, he "seemed" like a great guy but you never know, right? (haha... wink, ...

Up this morning at 6.45am to get ready for the flight to Milford Sound, called the airport to check weather conditions, as instructed, told the flight was cancelled for today due to inclement weather (to cloudy to fly in safety, booked again for tomorrow, weather permitting), so went for a drive to the local Mediterranean Shopping Centre, where ...

A week in Queenstown - two days on a trip down to Doubtful Sounds and then four days hiking (or should I say 'tramping') along the  Rees Dart track

Well, we left Te Anau this morning at about 12pm. Before leaving I called home and spoke to my Mum and sister.... Mum told me that Take That are back and really doing well, good on 'em! At 11am we went and watched a 30min film at the local cinema (which was purposed built for this film (which is the only cinema in the world that plays it)&n...

The Brazilian girl Kathrine in our dorm had somehow convinced Fintan to do the Canyon Swing over Skippers Canyon this afternoon. Steve was booked in to get his tattoo and I had booked my Bungy jump for the morning. I had to get up first and head down to the bungy centre to get my bus out to the bungy site. There was 18 jumpers on board all as sc...

I'd been looking forward to hitting Queenstown, having heard great reports from other backpackers, and I wasn't disappointed! I stopped off that the infamous Kawarau Bungy Bridge which is on the outskirts of Queenstown and is the original bungy spot. I watched a few people doing their jumps and was quite entertained and intrigued, but I couldn't...

Woke up today with a mission on my hands!  - Sort out the resta my Queenstown bungys!  So it was off into town to get chatting to the bungy staff and my former bosses!  Id to get a letter to say i worked in the industry and then the bungys would be free!  Nice one eh?  So rang me old boss's and they faxed down a letter f...

It was along drive to the most sourthernly point - Invercargill - then back up to Te Anua. From there we head up the Milford Road and made use of on of the DOC sites. The next day we completed the journey up to the Sound. In doing so we passed through a tunnel through a mountain. Up till then the views had been superb but on coming out the other...

On our way to Queenstown we had planned our first attempt at pitching up without power under the stars. We found a lovely spot next to Lake Cromwell, the sign said "No Camping", but we didn't have a tent, so couldn't be camping, right? For people who are supposed to be roughing it we had a classy smoked salmon based dinner with a glass of wine. ...