Mt Nicholas Lodge Queenstown

... do a bunjy and I really wanted to do one but I also want to white water raft, tube, canyon swing,sky dive, rock climb, abseil, horse trek etc - so really need to chose just two! We went on a 'luge' to get back down half the mountain- it's like a toboggon/3 wheeled go kart, which was really good fun!! We then had some lunch in the cafe with the best views of Queenstown and then went back down and looked around the town- it's really ...

... yes sat, the great thing about this walk is that you can do the first 450m of up, on the Gondala. The man selling me the ticket told me all about the feral goat problem they have on Ben Lomand, I didn’t ask what the problem was but anyway him and his buddies were going to go and drive them off a cliff or something similar, I confess I wasn’t really listening but there as definitely something about goats.,
Anyway with this accuate ...

... in waterproof trousers and a rain coat. Thanks to our friend from Whistler, who sorted us out with skis and boots while we are here, we have some money left in our pockets to try and pick up some clothing bargains so this only has to be a temporary measure.

There are two main places to ski here 'The Remarkables’ and ‘Coronet Peak’ both of which we have explored now and offer spectacular views of the surrounding valley. We have ...

... like a 'Snickers' which was Vanilla Vodka, Kahlua and Grenadine and then we had baileys with chambourd! We wondered how he was getting away with giving us these free shots but it turned out his brother was manager of the bar!! His shift finished and we hung out with him and his friends which was cool. Got bought quite a few drinks and we ended up at The World Bar, sister to a bar of the same name in Kings Cross, Sydney, and stayed up till about 5am. It was a very fun night!

... was traditionally used by warriors to strengthen the wrists & make them more supple for battle, but poi are now used by women for entertainment, to retell history and to inspire Maori youth to hold on to the knowledge passed down. The show was very entertaining although could have lasted longer than thirty minutes!

From Queenstown, we drove through Wanaka & on to a DoC campsite for the night. We drove through Haast the ...

The video should say it All!!!!! BUT

My expectations for queens town was quite high, I had tonnes of biking
planned both guided and non and was well up for the party town I had
been told about but it was not to be!! When I arrived it was snowing
and bitterly cold but that was OK I could handle that I would just
wrap up. I went in search of the company's that offer Helli biking
trips and guided riding over the ...

... opportunities - we now have no money to be able to afford the exhortionate ****-up parties aboard the great barrier reef tourist pontoons - however a visit to an information centre and a weather warning unfortunately means us having to change route once more, away and inland, where we may well get a little bored, but at least we won't get wiped out by a cyclone! anyway, after getting very upset at this major detour, we decide that actually all is not lost just yet, and that at ...

... for work. Nothing came up that day but since we're pretty sure we have some work lined up for us at the end of March into April.


On our way to the west coast from Blenheim we stopped at a campsite looking for a place to stay. Brian had read me the description of this place and it said something like "swim suits optional" so that made my wonder but what the heck, we still checked it out. So...we pulled up and got out of the car but didn't see ...