After Lake Tekapo we went further south to Queenstown. This seems to be the adrenalin capital of NZ with opportunities everywhere to bungee jump, parascend, treck, dive, fly, sail, etc. Sadly all of the activities on offer had a minimum height requirement so I had to pass. We did however get to go on the Skyline Gondola - a ski lift thingy that takes you to the top of one of the hills overlooking Queenstown. The views are great.
They also have a fun thing up there called the luge. You get onto another ski lift which takes you further up the hill and then slide back down on a tray on wheels along a 400m concrete track. Fantastic fun!
We again stayed in the Youth Hostel however something obviously went wrong with the booking as we appeared to have been put in a small cupboard instead of a room.
The next day we went on down to Doubtful Sound returning the day after for another night in Queenstown. Luckily the room problem had been sorted for our second stay and I was able to get a good nights sleep.
One of the staff on the Doubtful Sound boat, a nice young lady called Jimmi, suggested that we go to a restaurant called Chop Chop when we got back to Queenstown. We did - and it was very nice. She also said that while we were there we had to take a look at the unusual gents toilets...
On our final morning we walked around town, the girls went shopping and we had a nice lunch sitting outside enjoying the sun. Kate found a man playing a strange musical instrument and we had a nice chat with him. In the afternoon we caught the plane back up to Auckland. Queenstown airport has rather large hills very close to it that the plane needs to clear. After my boat driving experience on the way to Doubtful Sound I thought that I could offer the pilot some assistance however he seemed to manage OK and we saw some wonderful views on the way back up North.
Some other Queenstown photos can be seen here.
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