Boiiinnngg!!

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In Queenstown we saw Kiwi (in captivity), went on a jet boat (way cool!) safari up the Dart river, saw loads of LOTR locations at Glenorchy , visited an old gold rush settlement at Arrowtown...oh and Emma jumped off a bridge with a piece of elastic tied to her legs (wait until your see the DVD!).

It seems we visited this area at exactly the right time as everywhere was bathed in late summer light augmented by the browns, reds, golds and yellows of deciduous trees...very New England in the fall. For interest, all native trees in NZ are evergreen but the colourful autumnal ones were introduced by settlers over the last couple of centuries.

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