Today was the day of my bungy jump from Kawarau Bridge just 20 minutes from Queenstown centre. Sheona was winding me up for ages about it, so to begin with I was laughing it off and gradually as the event grew nearer I was a getting a wee bit nervous. I'd heard that some people can have a fear-induced-accident with their bowel movements, so I had a few trips to the toilet at the bungy centre beforehand (The couple of beers the night-afore hadn't helped either). A...

The drive down from Fox Glacier to Queenstown was amazing. The clouds had lifted and we could actually see some of the mountains that had been hiding behind. The road twisted and turned, up and down hills, through valleys, by serene lakes and passed waterfalls...absolutely beautiful and so refreshing after the rain of the last few days. However, upon trying to get out of the car to have a picnic lunch we were almost eaten alive by sandflies so decided the view...