Queenstown, New Zealand

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Fat Man on an Elastic

The day after our day of lovely weather and skiing it was pouring again. We only ventured outside to buy steak to cook and to ask about bungy-jumping options. The young couple sharing the unit with us had packed up and gone snowboarding again quite early in the morning, so goodness knows what...

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shedden on September 1 from Queenstown, New Zealand

from the travel blog: Michael's Round-the-World honeymoon

Fat Man on an Elastic - The Video

I forgot to include the little video clip I uploaded in the last blog entry, so here it is: And I also forgot to include this quite nice photo of Queenstown taken when we got back from the bungy jump.

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shedden on September 1 from Queenstown, New Zealand

from the travel blog: Michael's Round-the-World honeymoon

The First Rule of Ski Club

Almost as soon as we left Fox Glacier the phone reception cut out and stayed at zero for the whole day. We were definitely going to miss the callback from BA. New Zealand has worse mobile phone coverage than any other country we had been to. It's strange because I had expected New Zealand to be...

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shedden on August 29 from Queenstown, New Zealand

from the travel blog: Michael's Round-the-World honeymoon

Wild, wet & hairy

Day - 18 Saturday 9th May 2009 It was snowing when I first stepped out of the motorhome at about 8:00 in the morning, not the best weather for what I was intending to do rather soon. You might just see the blurry white bits in this shot across the campsite from our motorhome: But I'd...

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Saros on May 9, 2009 from Queenstown, New Zealand

from the travel blog: The Hairy Animal 2009 World Road Trip

Moving on

Day - 17 Friday 8th May 2009 A day for moving on. The usual coffee stop had some unusual entertainment: And then a brief stop to look at Roaring Meg (it's the river in the background by the way): It's big and fast and they drive jet boats up here: And in due course we...

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Saros on May 8, 2009 from Queenstown, New Zealand

from the travel blog: The Hairy Animal 2009 World Road Trip

Fear Factor - NZ Style

Touchdown in Auckland 11,450+ km and 13 1/2+ hours after departing Vancouver...a little bleary-eyed but none the worse for wear. It was just the beginning of a long day and for some, a potentially long tour! We gathered at Victoria Airport at 3:00 pm Sunday (April 5) for the puddle jump to...

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Shane & Norma on April 13, 2009 from Queenstown, New Zealand

from the travel blog: "Not Just Another Rugby Tour" - New Zealand, Samoa and Australia

South Island Day 11: Making White Water Rafting Look Like A Pleasure Cruise

Middle of summer and this is the view this morning at the DoC site we stayed at; Yep, that's snow on them there hills. ................................... Ah Friday the 13th, what a perfect day to throw yourself into fast moving water without a raft. Shane had decided to rent a...

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Claire on February 13, 2009 from Queenstown, New Zealand

from the travel blog: Tiny Little NZ Road Trip

South Island Day 10: 5-4-3-2-1-Bungeeeee!

We woke up to rain which was apparently a good thing on account of the fact it meant there was water in the river. Well yeah I can see how that would be a benefit and anyway, out of all the things to do in Queenstown when its raining I reckon white water rafting has got to be one of the...

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Claire on February 12, 2009 from Queenstown, New Zealand

from the travel blog: Tiny Little NZ Road Trip

South Island Day 9: Schwiiiiiiing

We started off with little jaunt up Shotover River to ease us into the day gently with a few 360 degree spins thrown in and a couple of near misses with large rocks and things that can only be described as cliffs as we flew down the river on the Shotover Jet. It's heaps more fun at the back on...

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Claire on February 11, 2009 from Queenstown, New Zealand

from the travel blog: Tiny Little NZ Road Trip

KP

Queenstown is a beautiful town, on the shore of Lake Wakatipu and surrounded on all sides by towering mountains. And it was made even better by the arrival on Friday of my old mate from the Rose of the Shires, now resident in Auckland, Keith Potter. In spite of hearing from a lot of people that...

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phileasdogg on December 1, 2008 from Queenstown, New Zealand

from the travel blog: Planes, Trains & Taxiwallahs

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