Blogs from Otago, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania - page 6

they say you are never more than 15ft away from a rat, well your never more than 15ft from the cobbles. ha ha ha ha Had to show you guys this, i was giggling, but had my earphones on i turned round and the whole shop was looking, rather embrassing, se la vie Ta Ta for now x... read more

It's a long old drive from Te Anau to Owaka, in the Catlins region, that takes in the whole of the Southern Scenic Route, via Invercargill and Riverton, along the south coast of the South Island. And it's meant to be very pretty indeed. However, let me tell you that on a day with limited visibility, scattered showers and low cloud, there's little to nothing 'scenic' about this drive. And I'm not being bah humbug about it - I can tell you that when I stopped to look at the ocean, I couldn't work out where the sea stopped and the white/grey sky started. And that was the bit that touched the ocean. The rest of the journey was entirely through fields - field after field of green and yellow grass. Sheep, the odd alpaca and ... read more

Geo: -45.0311, 168.663It's no secret that New Zealand is the adventure capital of the world, but Queenstown is the adventure city of New Zealand with views to fall back on. It's a place that is active all year round and doesn't disappoint.I have been here quite a few times but this was the first time for Anna and the minute we stepped off the bus and looked out the view from our accommodation, she had fallen in love with it too.This time we weren't able to benefit from the use of my parents car, so we boarded the Naked bus to Queenstown for an all day ride via Lake Tekapo and Lake Pukaki, this time with marginally better views of Mount Cook than last time. We stopped briefly at Lake Wanaka, on a glorious warm day ... read more

Bei gutem Wetter war für heute der Sprung in die Tiefe eingeplant. Zwei (wer, wird nicht verraten) träumten deshalb Nachts von starken Schneeschauern. Zunächst sah es auch sehr gut für die Beiden. Nachts hat es angefangen zu schneien und stark geweht. Wir fuhren direkt zur Kawarau Bridge um uns dort nochmals auf den heutigen Tag einzustimmen. Nach kurzer Bedenkzeit haben Jürgen und Bernd den höchsten Bungee Sprung Neuseelands (134 m !!!) gebucht. Als Combo-Paket wurde gleich noch der höchste Swing (überdimensionale Schiffschaukel über den Canyon) mitgebucht. Die Temperaturen um den Gefrierpunkt waren nicht gerade einladend. Mit dem Shuttle-Bus ging's dann zur Nevis-Schlucht, wo der ganze Wahnsinn stattfinden sollte. Nach dem eingeschirren wurden wir mit einer Gondel bis zur Mitte der Schlucht befördert. Der Blick in die Tiefe verdeutlichte uns nochmals den Wahnsinn! Bei guter Musik w ... read more

Some more photos from the peninsula! Cheers... read more