Sunday 19th Feb Went to to the Karawara Gorge Bridge to watch the lemmings throw themselves over the edge. Luckily for them they were attached by bungee cords! Jen wouldn't let me do it, not for any fear for my safety but more because of the £100 price tag. Good fun to watch though.We spent the afternoon at Arrowtown, a living community that started life as a gold rush town in the 1860s. It looks like something from a movie set. It was heavily developed by Chine...

Friday 17th Queenstown Walked around the Jubilee Park along the shoreline. Watched some locals playing a form of golf with frisbees! There were metal baskets set up all around the park amongst the trees and the idea is to get the frisbee in the basket in the lowest number of throws. Each hole has a "tee" and a number of throws for par. It is very popular. The highlight of the park was a black labrador that adopted anyone who was prepared to pick up the...

Tuesday 14th. A wash out. Rained all day on our drive South down the west coast. We planned to visit Franz Josef Glacier. No chance. We could not even see the mountains around us let alone a glacier. Wednesday 15th. The sun was shining Drove across the Haast Pass through to Lake Wanaka and Queenstown. Civilisation again after some days in the wilderness! We took a gondola ride to the top of the mountain that overlooks Queenstown. Some great views. We wandered a...