Queenstown Travel Blogs

I could have had a sleep in this morning; however, I did not want to waste my last morning in Queenstown, in bed. So, I took myself off to the bus and into town. Today was the first overcast day we had. I was quite surprised by the clouds. I guess Queenstown was just as sad as I was that I was leav…

Having accomplished my mission in Wanaka, I can now die a happy man. Or not. Fortunately, the 'to do before I die' list is still long. Both for life and for this trip I'll happily continue ticking stuff off the list. Now that I arrived in Queenstown, there's one obvious challenge on the list t…

Today we set off for Kawarau Bridge so that Andrew can do his bunjy jump.  He was booked in early and spectators were starting to turn up. He jumped! What more can you say! We then went to the Shotover Jet boat and decided that we would have a go on that one. After all, what had I done! I'm no…

I finally found some time to sleep in. I'm still ill! In the afternoon I went outside to see something of Queenstown by day. I really thought negative about Queenstown in the beginning, because I was there just in the night and saw just one boring street. But by day it looks really pretty. I just w…

This was to be our last full day in Queenstown and we had gotten our fix of skiing out of our system and were ready for the tourist day trip out to Milford Sound.  There are numerous companies that offer day trips out to Milford Sound - some of them vary in price but they all seem to offer sim…

Vandaag heb ik mijn relaxdag. Ik wilde een helicoptervlucht boeken, maar dat lukte niet. Minimaal 4 personen of heel veel bijbetalen. Tja, dan maar niet. Ik ben maar naar de Starbucks gegaan om mijn "problemen" te overdenken. Ik vlieg binnenkort naar Sydney, maar heb nog geen hostel. In deze t…

Visited the south island of NZ in August 2004 for a snowboarding holiday. The snow was a bit lacking so I got out and about to see the sites.

actually a fjord and not a sound, milford is a beautiful place a few hours drive away from queenstown and a must do while here! the bus ride gets better as you get near milford sound: you drive through a deep valley with waterfalls left and right (if it was raining the days before as it d…

Today we went to Milford Sounds. It is a glacier water way (carved by glaciers). We had to get our bus at 6:30 (a.m.) to go out there. It is about a 5 hour drive to the sound. Then we take a 2 hour boat ride through the sound & out into the Tasmin Sea. It is so beautiful. There is waterfalls, h…

Dart River Safari: boat ride & walk in the woods .   Extreme sports enthusiasts knock this activity as being a bit on the tame side. But I think they must be missing the point. After all, this corner of the world is so awe-inspiring it was chosen as the setting for Lord Of the Rings; …

(another old entry out of the archives)December 16th 2004 At times life can be slow, relaxing; however, the past couple days have to be far from anything considered slow. My journey on the Intercity bus from Christchurch to Queenstown was filled with hazy semi-concious mirages of  p…

This was my first trip to New Zealand. And here is the adventures I had and the places I saw. Also I got to see some family of mine that I hadn't seen in years since they immigrated to New Zealand.

Well its been a week since I've updated my blog. I haven't stopped since then. All the days are getting hazy in  my head  it was total sensory and adreanaline pumping activty overload. I can't believe I did so much in such a short time but I'll do my best to remember. Acivity wise I did j…

Spent Simon's birthday celebrating in Queenstown and did an excellent job of eating some great grub (Speight's Ale House pub) and drank a worrying amount of booze courtesy of Winnie's 2-4-1 vouchers. Also spent 30 minutes in the very cold (funny that) Ice Bar, basically a room made of ice! The ro…

*****DAY FORTY-EIGHT (Monday, January 19th) -  PARTYING LIKE A ROCKSTAR IN QUEENSTOWN****** I woke up at 10am today!  Holy moly.  I definitely needed my sleep!  :)  I went upstairs and met some of the folks hanging around having breakfast.  I met Danny & Susan f…