Pounamu Apartments Queenstown

... helpful mans advice stored away for later, I sat down for a very cool and easy gondola ride. I felt a little over equiped compared to the ladies with there handbags, I was packing full waterproofs (it was really sunny), 3 layer and my first aid kit, along with 2 packets of tissues, that would turn out to not be nearly enough. <br>So off a strode confident in my congested mind that this was a good idea. I walked up, I even p************* heap of ...

... shops and it certainly looked like a party town with lots of bars and restaurants along the edge of the lake. We were tempted to join the skiers for a drink but knew a night out in Queenstown beckoned and we couldn&#8217;t afford another. So instead we had fish and chips for tea, washed down with some wine and a DVD in the campervan. Hardcore or what! <br><br>We looked in to a day's skiing but it was $100 just ...

... hearing the job hunt here is hard at the moment as it&#8217;s half way through the season and not very busy which makes it harder again for us to commit to any long term accommodation also. <br><br>The one free wi-fi place we have found in town is a little chocolate shop that sells lots of little handmade chocolate bars and very extravagant ice creams, I can see it being a problem that we&#8217;ll have to be in there in order to get on ...

Kia Ora from Queenstown.<br>I have been here for 3 days so far and i head back to Christchruch tomorrow.<br>But first i will fill you in with my adventures while being here.<br>In the last blog i was on my way to Wanaka from Franz Joseph, when we arrived at Wanaka, Rangi our bus driver told us to watch out for the Dolphins at 5pm, so (Stipidly i might add) about 10 of us walked down to the lake front in hope of seeing people feeding the Dolphins.<br>It took us a little ...

... corners. No more ticking of the bus sheet to say whether I'll be doing the preset activities. Yup - today and for the next 3 days at least I'm a free man - this does mean a friendless loner free man - but that is all good as I do need to rest the old head and chill out. Hence the booking of a private room in the hostel which I've got all to myself. I get up in the late morning and catch up on the laundry - it's a miracle I've anything to wear down to the ...

... boys we'd met on the bus. So off we went with our nerves eating away at us. There was the constant worry about whether I was going to get there, look down and back out. But I had paid for it and wouldn't get my money back so that motivated me. When you get there they weigh you to see which rope you will use. I was the lightest so had to wait until last to jump. This had its disadvantages because you have to wait anxiously as the others all get to ...

... Milford Sound and the surrounding sounds are actually fiords and are part of the Fiord National Parkland which is compromised of the lower tip of NZ and is bigger than Texas. Most of the land is uninhabited or untouched. <br>The boat took us around the sound and we viewed all of the mountains that rise up straight from the water. There is also this massive waterfall. When first discovered the Milford Track (the 5 day walk leading to the sound) was named the finest walk in ...

... Josh went down the advance track. On the way out of town we drove up to the Coronet Peak ski fields (which weren't open for the season yet) and the view from there just unbelievably beautiful. We all put on our snowboots and gloves and headed up to a big patch of snow where we played and threw snowballs at each other. What an amazing end to an amazing day watching the moon come up over the mountains!

... except watch 'Dude wheres my car?' Oh dear! "Shibby" Saturday a great improvement. Had a look around Te anau and headed out to a bush campsite between Te Anau and Milford Sound. Beautiful spot, but froze over night! See photo. Milford Sound was wonderful. Tom treated us to an hour cruise so we go to take in the splendour of the high mountains either side of a river opening into the Tasman Sea. The size of the sheer ...

... it, but it was a fantastic experience, spinning round and round as if in a tailspin, quickly losing altitude as we corkscrewed downwards at breakneck speed!<br><br>I was so glad when that was other, although it was a real rush! I'll have to try and get the video loaded up here...<br><br>After that white-knuckle ride I ...