Stranded In Franz Josef

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Stranded In Franz Josef

 Australasia » New Zealand » South Island » Franz Josef By DR Drea AKA Ted
May 1st 2007
Paul Michael James DreaWell the drive from Queenstown was gorgeous, loved Wanaka plus had a vension pie there. weather was gorgeous.

Met up with an Irish fella in Franz who invited me to a quiz at a pub. despite a very shakey start we actually won it ! god knows how, this however meant that we got pretty drunk afterwards, finishing off with Bundy and Orange. it goes better with coke!

the day after with a massive hangover the weather was shite and the heli hike was cancelled so i had to stay another night and do the 3/4 day hike, Doh!

now got even more driving to do later !

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Photos

Road out of Queenstown to Wanaka
the thing with driving in NZ is you keep stopping to jump out and tahe a picture

about five mins up the road from the last pic
to be fair Autumn is a great time to visit

Wanaka
hurrah !

Wanaka
beautiful spot, not a lot there, but enough

Wanaka
more accurately just outside !

just outside Franz Josef
love the reflection of the mountains in the river,move over David Bailey.

The Quiz team Name
Chilli Jam, taken from a bar sign in Christchurch

Eric and Dude with the Winnings
how we won i will never know, there were loads of teams, we were tenth after the first three rounds, but we won by a mile!

Eric
from Texas i think

Jana
from Germany, hadn't heard of Claus Barbie, doh!

Ed
from England, plus room mate for one night, hangover and missed his bus!

English couple.
can't remember their names, Mark i think.
pretty handy on the answers, always a plus.

Colum o Reilly
Irish man, handy to have when the last round was called all things Irish. top man. heading to Aus. will put him in Matts and The Lizard Kings direction

Canadian Couple
can't remember their names for the life of me, should have written them down !

The Winning Team !
we all got two spirits with mixers with the winnings !

Colum
with the Bundy back at the room, not a good idea! destroyed me for the next day!

franz Josef
next day, big hangover and Heli hike cancelled, easy to see why

Humour me
was very interested in just the amount of moss and stuff on the wood in the south island, this is me trying to be arty !