Queenstown is the adrenaline capital of NZ. We spent the morning walking round collecting info on sky diving, bungy jumping, off road biking, white water rafting etc. for a return trip.
We drove out via the Kawarau Bridge bungy jump and watched a few hearty souls throw themselves off the 47m oldest bungy jump. It costs NZ$ 5 to observe the victims, but there are plenty of free vantage points too.
This area is also renowned for it's wineries etc. so we stopped off at the Chard Valley winery, also the Gibbston Valley cheesery, a juicery and sampled some of the delights. We also had a stop off at the gold fields where you can pan for gold.
We stopped in Cromwell for no other reason than it had a giant peach, apple and pear above it's name. It claims to be 'The Centre of Attraction', well I don't know about that, but we did play mini golf.
The drive back to Christchurch just gets more breathtaking when Mount Cook appears across Lake Pukaki. You're going to get bored of reading about these moments, but it was another lucky bastard moment.
On arriving back in Christchurch we had covered 1800 kms in 4 days. We'd seen an awful lot and I think it'll take time to all sink in.
The day was also significant because I think for the first time in my life I had no meat. Now where was that Burger King drive thru.
