It rained really heavily during the night and was still raining when we got up. This morning we are booked to go on a jet boat so equipped with wet weather gear and shorts ( very stylish) we headed to Queenstown harbour via the minibus and wandered around the town before our 11.00 sailing. It was still raining when we checked in and we were issued with black waterproof macs with hoods and life jackets before getting on the boat. After a safety briefing we set off...

Queenstown is our destination today, not too far to go although we have really enjoyed the travelling through this beautiful diverse country. We stopped for lunch on the southern most shores of the stunning Lake Wakatipu some 30 Km away from Queenstown. bright sunshine and 25 degrees!!! Turned out to be a lazy lunch, we just didn't want to leave - we were tempted to go for a swim in the lake but were reliably informed that the water temperature was only 10 degree...