The day dawned clear again after a star filled night. Despite some strong winds, our tent had survived the night, but only just! The fabric flapped and pulled noisily all night long giving us a restless night. Clare took the brunt of it though as she was on the windward side and the tent would… Read more

Wow! Wow! Wow! Now we’re really getting to see what New Zealand has to offer! What a place! We drove up to Mt Cook village on what must be a contender for one of the best roads in the world! It’s 55km long and great white peak of Mt Cook is just sitting up there… Read more

Although Queenstown is far from famous for it’s rock climbing, we thought we ought experience what they’ve got before  we left town. After dismissing the Coronet Crags as really not worth the bother, we tried our luck at Gorge Road. Here we did a fun little two pitch climb, but had to agree with the… Read more

We made a leisurely start to the day after all the recent excursions. It was another beauty and we were keen to actually see the town. Susan had the morning off work so offered to show us the sights of downtown Queenstown. It really is a cool town, and we had a great morning soaking… Read more

Got the chance to Canyoning with some friends today! It was a scorcher of a day, so spending it in an ice cold river seemed like a pretty good option to us.  The photos of the canyon (deep narrow gorge, filled with waterfalls and drops) are on our friends waterproof camera, so we’ll have to… Read more

After an Al fresco breakfast, we drove straight back up to the crags at Hospital Flats again this morning. (Actually, we did stop off for a pie along the way). This time we parked up a little earlier and took a slightly longer hike into the ‘Little Big Cliff’. Temperatures were warming but, but it… Read more