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Wanaka


We left Fox Glacier and headed south to Wanaka, one of New Zealand's skiing hot spots. The drive took a few hours and we enjoyed spectacular views driving along Lake Wanaka on our way there. It was early Saturday evening when we arrived and the place was buzzing with people in brightly coloured clothing who had just enjoyed a ...

I got to Queenstown at a good time, it was the beginning of the Winter Festival to celebrate the opening of the ski fields.

The first night i got there, there were fireworks and live much out on the harbour front. The following morning there was a carnival parade through the streets, which was very impressive so a small place like Queens...

Today we jumped out of a plane at 12,000ft!! Truly an amazing experience!

We were due to do the jump at the weekend but it got cancelled because of low lying cloud which was really disappointing because we got psyched up for it. Today, our nerves had calmed down until we got to the office & had to sign a form saying that even though t...

11 May - What a day! I was collected outside Lakeside Backpackers at 08.15 in the coach for the long journey from Queenstown to Milford Sound. The Sound is actually not far from Queenstown as the crow flies but there is a range of mountains in between so the only way there is a long and very difficult drive via Te Anau to Milford, the driver men...

:) I think we all woke up after having at least 2 scary dreams of bungee experiences but we still had nothing booked, think we might all have been secretly trying to put things off. I decided to do something about this so went down stairs to the office in the hostel at 11:10am and asked had if they would ring and find out if the "big one" had fr...

The campsite was a bit of a dump in Wanaka, so it was an easy decision to move on. It was another fantastic day, which is all good but at this stage I'm looking for a major dump of snow, well praying for it. The road from Wanaka to Queenstown would be a right nightmare if there was any sort of snowfall. It was grand for us and took in all the sp...

Well.. we were in Queenstown for a few days after my last entry.. did a skydive, which was just.. amazing.. I was absolutely terrified, but the freefall didn't last long, and once the parachute was open, it was so nice and peaceful (most of the time) ..absolutely brilliant! Otherwise, we had a bit of a fancy dress party in Kay, Vicky and Steph's...

After getting a lot of the walking around town out of the way on our last trip to Queenstown, this time we scheduled some activities. Our friends had recommended the Shotover Jet, a jet boat that careens through a river gorge at 80 km/hr, turning 360s and generally trying to terrify the riders. It seemed adventurous enough (you have to do one ad...

Queenstown truely is a town for the adrenaline junkies and for those who think their everyday life needs a little bit of a kick in it! There is absolutely anything and everything in this city. From kayaking, to rafting to sky diving and bungee. Rest assured having already done most of these things I wasn't interested. I really would have liked t...

I got a text from Woz at 6:30am this morning! There better be a good reason for it this time! He sent me a text telling me to look out my window, I half expected him to be stood there on the neighbours roof trying to scare me again. I am becoming paranoid now. It's got to stop. Anyway, I opened the curtains and was presented with a beautiful ima...