Monday 8 -Today was my full day Lord of the Rings tour. Left Wanaka at 9am and headed towards Queenstown and Deer Park Heights. I must apologise now for the hundreds of photos I've taken and therefore have posted on this site. But I was having fun! Deer Park Heights was mainly used to film the battle scenes in The Two Towers between the Rohan riders (and Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli) and the Orcs and Warg. On the way into the park we stopped to feed donkeys, ...

6/11 - Left Fox to go to Wanaka. Caught the Intercity bus which took about 5 hours. The drive went past lovely scenery. On the left was lush rainforest and on the right was the coast and the Tasman sea. The driver stopped at a couple of nice spots to take photos. These included Knights Point, where there was also a seal colony, Ship Cove. Stopped at a salmon farm for a break and then left the west coast and moved inland. We had lunch at a small place called...