Wong Way?
Whilst looking for somewhere to park, I found a rather confusing sign post!
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Leaving Queenstown
Before leaving Queenstown we decided on spending the morning at the local bird / wildlife center. Again, it was great to see the local wildlife captured and on display, so that no effort is required on behalf of the tourist. What has been amazing to me is that most of the wildlife parks we have visited in both Australia and New Zealand have been privately ran affairs. It is also most endearing to see that the local population taking both care and pride in their native flora and fauna.
A cruise and then dinner
So you may think I broke my promise about not going on another dinner cruise, but I think what we did tonight was a cruise, and then dinner.
We took a steam boat out into the lake, and cruised along for about 40 minutes to a farm at the other side of the lake, where we had a lovely meal. Read the rest of this entry »
Queenstown
As I have mentioned before Queenstown is the adventure capital of the world. It is probably most famous for Bungee jumping, and boasts some quite awesome heights from which to jump from. There is also Jet boat tours along the river bank that look insane. The boats do 360 spins at 50 mph… There is skiing, parasailing, hangliding, skydiving, stunt plane flying… Imagine anything that you should only do with good life insurance, and before you are 40.
