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| lugeing |
Weather has been blue skies and sunny albeit the colder temperatures. Actually today was warmer than yesterday and I was in layers and others were in sun dresses!
Yesterday did the gondola and luge and hit the hay early. Www.skyline.co.nz
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| view of Queenstown |
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| Queenstown |
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| area where many movies are filmed here |
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| in jet boat |
Today did the Wilderness Safari, (The 'Wilderness Safari' is a diverse adventure exploring spectacular 'World Heritage' wilderness within a National Park.) We were driven up north about 1.5 hours and saw a lot of the area used for major motion movies (Lord of the Rings, Hobbit and others), then had a walk through the woods. Then went jet-boating along the Dart River, really awesome. it is fed by a glacier. We went about 70 km/hr on the Dart River for a good hour as the mountain ranges towered above me - the mountain ranges were gorgeous. These boats can go in shallow waters and do 360 degree turns because there are not engines like we are used to, the water is sucked in the bottom and then pushed out the back. Www.dartriverjetsafaris.co.nz
In the forest we walked around an ancient forest where the guide told us how the Maori (natives) about the beech trees - 3 different types even though they really aren't beech trees at all but the Maori wrongly named the trees but they have stuck with it ever since.  |
| hollow tree - 9 adults could fit in the base! |
Then had dinner at the Cow -a pizza joint recommended by Kerry's mom, Elaine. Every meal is followed by Patagonia ice creams! Then I took the only coal operated ship in the Southern Hemisphere across the lake to watch the sunrise. The Earnslaw which was celebrating its 100th year - it was built the same year as the Titanic.
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| Earnslaw Boat |
Unfortunately couldn't see the bungee jumpers as I didn't have a car. Oh well.
I think I have worn every piece of warm clothing so far.
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