Last night was horrendous winds and we could feel the van rocking. Woke up this morning to high winds but glorious sunshine and climbed the Hooker Valley track. This was a three hour walk. We managed it in 2 1/2 hours. Beautiful scenery along the way. Chris had to walk across six suspension bridges in total which was pretty harrowing for him. At the very top, you will see pictures shortly of the beautiful lakes with icebergs on set against a wonderful mountainou...

Drove from Queenstown this morning to Mount Cook which was around four hours. Stopped on the way and saw a fantastic bungee jump which we will try to put on FB at some point as we can’t post videos to the blog. It was amazing. We arrived and climbed the Tasman Glacier View Track which was pretty steep but had amazing views at the top. Pics on way. We are now Camped at the bottom of The mountain for the night. Glad I lost some weight and tried to get fit before...