We had a few hours to kill this morning so decided to head out to Glenorchy, which is a little village at the head of the lake. We had no idea that the trip would throw up some of the most dramatic and spectacular scenery of the trip.
Had brekky and the best coffee of the trip at the cafe.
And the rain came........and it pissed down. We got saturated on the way back to Queenstown.
Also had a bit of trouble with the parking ticket machine, which was hilarious. Errr I am only staying one night thanks, ;-)
We had booked a action combo that included jetboating, helicoptor tour, and mountain luge, but it looked as though theweather was once again going to can the helicopter ride, but as quickly as the weather had arrived, it then disspapeared and the trip was on.
I was expecting the jet boat ride to be quite lame, but it turned out to be awesome. Man those guys can drive. They literally miss the cliff walls by millimeters. Very impressive stuff and really good fun.
From there we got a helicopter transfer to the top of Skyline which overlooks Queenstown. I loves helicopters, best RV vehicle ever invented.
Sam loves to play helicopters too
Skyline features two 800m luge tracks. Sam and I had a great time racing each other and taking out the Asians, elderly women, children and anyone else that got in our way, although Sam looked a right nanny with her shopping hung over her arm.
The paragliders looked great soaring over the town and lake.
We then took the gondola down to town, where we had an awesome pasta & pizza dinner at Winnies. The house beer Winnies ale was great as well, but still not quite up there with the Monteith's celtic red.
Tomorrow we head out on what has been described as New Zealands...perhaps the worlds best motorcycle road for our overnight cruise on Milford sound.
Hey Sammy & Guy,
Well that was great, I had not managed to get on to your blog until now and it has been our Saturday night entertainment.....yes a bit sad, but we really enjoyed we are listening to music matt's having a beer or two and we are reading through your travels and we thoroughly enjoyed. What a beautiful place, I can't wait to see the photos of Milford Sound. there is apparently a walking trek you can do that is about 5 days that there are cabins along the way and someone else carries your gear which I would love to do. I have heard fantastic things about the area. Looks like you are having a good time and we are glad that there was no surprise nipples in the nudies shots....you never know how those things float!!!! Of course not after breast feeding...but that is another story for another night of music and beers. Matt sd this is what we should have done when we did our travels but my prob is I can't stop....clearly... Take care and can't wait to read your next instalments..
Be careful driving..
love De, matt, ethan & jade & the stink jacky boy
Posted by: Dionne | March 06, 2010 at 07:45 PM