Millbrook Arrowtown
Malaghans Road Arrowtown, South Island, 9371, New Zealand
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Milford Sound
Today was a big day. We left early to head out to Milford Sound. The drive is about 5 hours and we take the ride in a nice big motorcoach with a glass ceiling. The scenery on the drive is amazing. I really can't even describe it. The road winds along the edge of a mountain and overlooks a lake with another mountain range on the other side. It …
Jet boat ride
We could sleep in a bit today as our adventure doesn't start until 11am. I only packed for 7 days and luckily the resort has guest laundry available, so instead of sleeping in, I did some laundry! We had about a 2 hr. drive from Queenstown to a small town called Glenorchy. We drove through Mt. Aspiring National Park and see some really …
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Arrowtown
... and found the little Catholic church and alongside this, a small stone cottage which housed some of the first nuns who came out to establish a little school back in the late 1800s. There were old photos and some information in here, which I found quite interesting. The ceiling of the cottage is original, and you could see the marks on the roof from where the children bounced their balls against it. From here I wandered past some lovely houses and cottages – some old, some ...
Queenstown
... middle, plus the local seaplane. I had to wait outside the other backpackers place, and a girl came out to wait as well. She had done the Kepler Track over 3 days. Yesterday was very wet, she said. Apparently they had to wade through the river up to their knees. Any higher and the warden would have had to call in the helicopter to get them out. Ho hum. The bus was slightly late and so we set off at around 07h20. By this time I had just about frozen to death. There were exactly 4 ...
Straight As An Arrow
... established a local school: making a pilgrimage to her tomb and attending the canonisation it seemed along natural to walk the short distance up to Saint Joseph's Church. Very interesting! I knew she had been to New Zealand for health reasons, and that the Sisters of Saint Joseph of the Sacred Heart had established schools throughout New Zealand; so this was an accidental ...



