Mountains, lakes, ocean, and rubber bands Leave a Comment / By jolecko / 2007-02-21 Queenstown, New Zealand Renting a friend’s cabin (w/o phone), at the north end of town, for 2 weeks. View from up-hill of our cottage View from our cottage View from our deckThank you Judy of Nowra (AUS) for setting us up with your vacation rental. More Hobbit hunting (Grant) More Hobbit hunting (Joanne) Trekking the land of the HobbitsLegend has it parts of the Lord of the Rings were filmed here Trekking the land of the Hobbits (2) Biking around QueentownWe keep finding ways to keep the gimp (Joanne) mobile (with her broken toe) Joanne giving her feet a rest Downhill go-carting Grant View from the top of the race track Joanne and Aimee, on boat ride to view the Fjiords Joanne and Grant, on boat ride to view the Fjiords Milford Sound, from a boatThe original plan had been to do some tramping in these hills. But did we mention Joanne broke her toe? Waterfall on Milford Sound Speedboat Joanne and Amiee Speed Boat GrantYes, we opted to try the crazy (often annoying) speedboat. This one was designed to just skim the surface of the water so it could get to some pretty tight places up river. Another trekk around Queenstown Vandals in the parking lotsThese guys will pick away at tires, windshield wipers, etc. No, it's not a Kiwi birdIt's a Takahe, another flightless swamphen indigenous to New Zealand (endangered - we saw it through a chain link fence, at a Zoo) Joanne Drops a few bricks and F-bombs JO’s a pro now – not quite Grant shows us how it’s done Yikes! Speeding up rivers Go-Karting down hill Pages: 1 2
