Today started quite averagely,apart from it was blazing hot and gorgeous, waking up at 8am, and getting ready...apart from Mum was booked into do a wacky adventure later on in the morning that she was a bit apprehensive about!!The Wacky adventure in Question...? The "Shotover Canyon Swing" (which sounds scary enough, before you even hear all the rest...!!) Stats: 109 metres high(to put it into perspective, thats the height of 3 whole Boeing 737-300...

We left Franz Joseph somewhat disappointed this morning, as the helicopter flight that we had arranged to do over Mount Cook, and the Franz Joseph and Fox Glaciers was cancelled, due to bad weather and poor visibility. Bummer. I was really looking forward to that! Especially because I have never been in a chopper before….and I still haven’t!! Oh, well. Theses things will happen I suppose…and coming from sunny old Blighty, I suppose I’m n...