On to Queenstown

Today we drove through the rain forest in rain!  Passed on seeing the penquins because of the rain.  It finally  broke up a bit as we drove into a town calleed Wanaka.  We decided to stop there and enjoy a wine tour.  It was gorgeous with the Southern Alps right in front of us.  - The drive to Queenstown is one of the best in NZ. The snow capped Southern Alps, to the flowing rivers to beautiful blue lakes, to the deep and awesome gorges, to the one lane bridges - What a drive it was. We passed a number of places where they filmed Lord of the Rings.  Now we are in Queenstown which is basically a shoppers delight and adventure paradise- bungy jumping and the like.  We decided we have attempted enough with the hike.  Here are some pictures to prove we did it.  Pictures in reverse order are: Rippon Winery in Wanaka, Wanaka Lake and Southern Alps, J&D on top of Glacier, Group heading down from the top, Blue Ice Crevices. Tomorrow we get to see sheepshearing and have a BBQ at a farm and the next day it is off to Doubtful Sound for an overnight cruise.  Everyone says it is just beautiful.

Signing off here at the Global Gossip Internet Cafe......
D&J