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Wednesday, 2 Jul 2008 | Views [422]
So, Queenstown was a very exciting part of my trip this year... and since then I've been doing all the kind of things that lead me there; meeting new people, hanging out, hiking, swimming, driving, sightseeing, etc etc... but since the serious activities ... Read more >
Thursday, 12 Jun 2008 | Views [662] | Comments [2]
This morning I was booked to do the last crazy thing not yet done in this town... namely the Shotover Canyon Swing. Pretty simple... big canyon, lots of wires, two ropes and a victim... it is a 60 meter freefall into the 109 meter deep canyon and once ... Read more >
Tags: adrenaline, walking
Wednesday, 11 Jun 2008 | Views [487]
The Nevis bungy before today was something that I still held some fear for. The bridge bungy was a lot of fun, and there were no big dramas making the jump, but this one is 134 meters from a pod suspended by cables over a massive canyon and river. It ... Read more >
Tags: adrenaline, walking
Tuesday, 10 Jun 2008 | Views [1521] | Comments [1]
Waking up this morning, the first thing I did was take a look at the sky, which was cloud free and a beautiful shade of blue! Yes! The receptionist at the hostel called NZ Skydiving for me to check that we were on, and the news was good! I chucked breakfast ... Read more >
Tags: adrenaline
Saturday, 7 Jun 2008 | Views [523] | Comments [1]
After the drive back up to Queenstown, including a few obligatory stop offs to admire the stunning scenery, we were checked into the YHA and readying for a walk up to the Gondola on the hill near town. The gondola is pretty steep and rises up over 400 ... Read more >
Tags: walking, lazing, beer, adrenaline
Wednesday, 4 Jun 2008 | Views [649] | Comments [2]
Chris drove us in the little red sports car along the Milford Sound road from Te Anau to Milford Sound this morning, where we took a cheapo two for one cruise on the sound which was really good. We were being treated to yet more fantastic weather for ... Read more >
Tags: sightseeing, driving, mountains
Tuesday, 3 Jun 2008 | Views [368] | Comments [2]
Unfortunately I did not have a good nights sleep, with the cold setting in nicely and waking up shivering cold about 4am and not being able to get back to sleep properly, I rose from my pit around eight and forced some breakfast past my sore throat. ... Read more >
Tags: bungy, driving, adrenaline
Monday, 2 Jun 2008 | Views [352]
This morning we met early and headed out of Wanaka to take the walk we'd planned for the day before. I woke up feeling a bit rubbish today, sore throat, snotty nose, head and body ache, brill... Anyway, best thing for that is a long walk in the cold, ... Read more >
Tags: walking, driving
Saturday, 31 May 2008 | Views [292] | Comments [1]
This morning we took the 380km drive down the coast to Wanaka, which winds along the coast and then inland between two huge lakes and mountain ranges... wonderful driving roads once again! On the way into Haast, where we stopped for lunch, we stopped ... Read more >
Tags: driving, beer, sightseeing
Friday, 30 May 2008 | Views [653]
This morning I left Franz Joseph a bit later than I'd planned, and got a delayed text from Chris saying he was going to do one of the big, all day walks down there with an early start. I headed down to Fox and was happy to take on several of the smaller ... Read more >
Tags: mountains, walking, running, the great outdoors
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