Queenstown & Milford Sound

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November 9th 2009

Published: November 11th 2009

Bonjour We arrived by plane in Queenstown (mid west coast of the south island) on Monday, after flying from Christchurch. The plane journey itself only took 50 minutes. Queenstown Airport is surrounded by mountains on pretty much all sides so it looked well cool coming in on the plane, like landing in the middle of the Alps! We booked an apartment for 3 nights in Queenstown when we were in Oz,... Read Full Entry

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The rejuvination process has started!

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Lady Bowen Falls

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Lady Bowen Falls, the water was so green around the mountains sides.

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Kea - looked like a big parrot and bullied apples from tourists!

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Road back to Queenstown, this is Lake Wakatipu

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The forests around Milford Sound were used as Fangorn Forest in LOTR!

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View of the Remarkables

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The Remarkables mountain range

View from apartment

Lake Wakatipu

Glenorchy - Saruman's tower was local to here

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Arrow River AKA the Ford of Bruinen

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Arrow Town, watch out for the gold rush!

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Worlds first ever Bungy - AJ Hacket Bungy. People were getting dipped, looked awesome but Anne is scared of heights and I can't swim so didn't seem a good idea!

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