Friday 13 October 2006 - River Surfing at Kawarau River After winning a trip to do River Surfing in The World Bar (thanks Sel) we spent Friday afternoon with Serious Fun getting thrown around in the Kawarau River! River Surfing being whitewater river boarding invented by Jon Imhoof in 1989.  Queenstown was the original home to river boarding, now their sister company in Zambia is the only other place where this can be done.  Met...

Sunday 8 - Thursday 12 October 2006 - QueenstownArrived in Queenstown in time to catch the replay of the England vs Macedonia match.  Although we knew the score and were told not to bother the 2 of us took ourselves off to the pub - First the Q Lounge, then The World Bar. Nice Sunday afternoon. Back to the hostel meeting up with Sel and Beth we went next door, Altitude Bar to watch a band. As it was raining for the first couple of days, we spe...

 Thursday 5 October 2006 - Wanaka to Te Anau After a little longer than planned, we left Wanaka and headed to Te Anau.  Driving past the  Remarkables - mountain range that was truly remarkable! Stopped in a layby for lunch sitting on rocks overlooking Wakatipu Lake with the mountains behind some snowcapped.  Views were amazing. Got to Te Anau early afternoon, sun was shining, walked along the lake. Visited Govan Drive ...

Monday 2 October 2006 Up early to check whether it was a good day for skiing. It was so got into our ski gear and waited for our pick up. Got taken up to Cardrona Alpine Resort. The drive up there was a little scary with a mad driver speeding up the mountain round the bends! Ski's and helmets on we went to have a little play on the snow before our lesson. Managed to amuse ourselves for about half an hour before ski school started! Good start considering Rita ...

Saturday 30 September 2006 - Wanaka Time to play! Off to Puzzling World! Started off in the Great Maze Labyrinth. A 2 storey adult sized maze 1.5km of confusing passages! Split into our 2's to race each other..... the winners being the first ones to go to all 4 coloured towers (getting photographic evidence!) then making their way to the exit! Sounds easy!!.... Average time being between 30mins and 1hour. Raced around (dodging Sel & Beth) - g...