Dunstan House Clyde

... was a good laugh. Like i said in the last blog i lost my memory card when i was uploading the glacier pics - i left it in the USB port and forgot about it - so that really sucked as i have now lost about 400 pictures - at least i have about 70 on my site - but still.I did manage a cinema day where i watched Indian Jones and Mama's Boy - India was going ok tell the end - ahh well . Off to Queenstown

One of the things we were definitely about to do in New Zealand is cycle on the Otago Central Rail Trail. We picked up the trail's brochure at the first DOC center we ever entered and we were gathering information ever since. When we climbed to view Mt. Cook we were very surprised to meet two girls who actually cycled the trail, as most travelers hardly even heard of it. As we were chatting about all the things to see and ...

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... top of the hill, which was essentially huge rocky areas used for several LOR scenes. There were 7 sites marked with signs at the top of the hill. The pics have descriptions for the LOR scenes that were filmed at those locations. We can't wait to watch the movies again and see if we can match up the scenes with what we saw on the hill!

... to win is my ex wife - what does that tell me!!?  Any way it's a lot of fun and the starter is a great fish platter which would have cost 25pounds each in England here the whole meal is only $25. Wednesday and Adam and Holly have organised a tour to the Hunter Valley  for a wine tasting - I taste them all - enough said! Thursday and Adam is supposed to be recording music for the wedding so Brenda and I go and help him and we all end up playing Nintendo Wii which is fun but he is ...

... to the best coffee shop (Joe's Garage). I'll let you hunt for that one! Be sure to see Dorothy Browns Cinema. A very good Holiday Park in the town within walking distance of the main centre. I have found, due to the crowded parking conditions in Queenstown, we prefer to go to Arrowtown and park and catch the "Arrowtown Bus Tours" bus to Queenstown ($18 return per). Sure worth it for the hassle. You walk around Queenstown anyway. To Cromwell/Alexandra - From ...

Pip and Andy are selling Oliver's. In the few days we stay with them, they negotiate through the final parts of an offer. They fell in love with this place on their honeymoon and have nurtured it back to a regional getaway destination. Along with the restaurant, inside the block's worth of stone walls Pip and Andy have rescued the various rooms from crocheted and bric-a-brac'ed curiosities into gracious ...

At midday, while "the girls" visit a wool shop and enjoy a lingering lunch, Andy takes me for a "shortish" bike trip. It amuses him that I've never used a camel water system before; I'm fascinated by its simple backpack design and self-serve water nozzle. I'm less happy with the stability of the bike, which feels like the forks have been chopped off. I guess it's the shocks on the front.... I can count the number of times I've ridden off road on one finger. As Andy ...

A day of rest. At 6:00 am I post a couple of online journal entries in a futile attempt to stay less than a month out of date, then slip back to bed to get up with everyone else at 10:30. We're esconced in the home of my old roommate Pip and her husband Andy in the tiny hamlet of Clyde. Last night, we drove out of the farmland near Wanaka and followed the Clutha River south. The road invaded stark brown hills with rock outcrops like birthmarks. We followed a wide channel of ...