 | Adventure Capital (for some)
2009-03-28, Queenstown, New Zealand. By: nunns | | Queenstown is dubbed the ‘Adventure Capital of the World’ – so we arrive with thoughts of White Water Rafting, Bungy Jumping, Paragliding, etc and leave having been Horse Riding and on Winery visits! ... |
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 | Missing some days
2009-03-14, Queenstown, New Zealand. By: inky2 | | We really need to get some pics up here. We have found a free internet place so tomorrow morning we want to get the last 5 days up. We climbed our glacier, drove down the coast, and have spent a cou... |
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 | The South Island Part Deaux
2009-02-22, Queenstown, New Zealand. By: alexvale | | Wow I really have been utterly rubbish at keeping upto date with my journal in New Zealand and now I've just arrived back in Oz I thought I better finish off with what I did for the second half of NZ.... |
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 | New Zealand - The South Island
2008-09-26, Queenstown, New Zealand. By: GBrownlie | | After our days in Franz Josef on the south Island our next destination was the beautiful little ski town of Queenstown! On the way there we stopped at Lake Matheson which was just stunning. The refl... |
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 | Dunedin to Queenstown
2008-09-23, Queenstown, New Zealand. By: siqueira | | Good news everyone!!! I've done the way from Dunedin to Queenstown by Train "Taieri Gorge Railway", was the best choice, the scenery is amanzing...you can see my pictures, but what I saw and felt...un... |
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 | Week twenty three - Queenstown
2008-07-21, Queenstown, New Zealand. By: rabbitts | | This week was a bit more social by New Zealand standards but Queenstown didn't really live up to its reputation as party central and I was left feeling slightly disappointed. Having said that I did e... |
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 | Ski,ski, ski, ski, ski, ski and oh yeah...ski :o)
2008-07-21, Queenstown, New Zealand. By: j2dewar | | Hello everyone!
Sorry it has been awhile! Not a lot is happening here lately just skiing and working most of the time but we are really enjoying it!I havent managed to fall over and kill myself yet... |
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| SNOW DAY!!!!
2008-07-05, Queenstown, New Zealand. By: j2dewar | | Wow,
We woke up this morning to a massive dump of snow (10cm) in Queens town which means the mountains had about 20!!!
Well, We have been skiing for about two weeks now. Not long after my last e... |
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| WHERES THE SNOW?
2008-06-22, Queenstown, New Zealand. By: j2dewar | | Hello everyone!
Sorry it has been awhile! Anyway here we go!
The next day we left Fairlie and headed to Mt Cook, the highest mountain in New Zealand. We stopped at the visitor information before... |
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 | Yet more luging...
2008-04-10, Queenstown, New Zealand. By: eme86 | | The other night we ended up going to a really nice place called Winney's, an American style restaurant with gourmet pizzas- they were delicious! We then went to an Irish pub for a couple of drinks ('D... |
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 | Queenstown...and bungy! ahhhhh
2008-04-09, Queenstown, New Zealand. By: lizzy86 | | We are now in Queenstown, we arrived yesterday evening after a long and very bendy drive from Mount Cook. On our way in we drove past the Kawarau bridge, one of the best bungy sites in New Zealand, to... |
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| Luuuuuuuuging in Queenstown!!
2008-04-09, Queenstown, New Zealand. By: eme86 | | We are now in Queenstown, a beautiful town clinging to the edge of an enormous lake surrounded by foothills and mountains... This morning we went to a bungy site where lizzy threw herself off the brid... |
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 | probably my favourite place on earth
2008-02-23, Queenstown, New Zealand. By: franandtom | | Queenstown is amazing! i love it! and the best part.....it has a shop, wait for it....that sells.....ENGLISH SWEETS!!!! woooooooooooooo! i went there 4 times throughout our visit :D but anyway. You'll... |
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 | Up bloody early, long walk, got wet, ate pizza.
2008-02-25, Queenstown, New Zealand. By: ronnieed | | The title kind of gives Monday away. We got up very early and drove to the start of the Routeburn track for a day hike. The great thing about going for a walk is that it’s free (other than the petrol ... |
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 | Hang gliding and luge they go together don’t they?
2008-02-24, Queenstown, New Zealand. By: ronnieed | | This morning’s activity also involves jumping off of something very high, tandem hang gliding (Ronnie) and Tandem paragliding (Ed). This is something that both of us had wanted to do for quite a while... |
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 | Oh my god I am going to die.
2008-02-23, Queenstown, New Zealand. By: ronnieed | | As a part of the old testament says, there really is nothing like throwing yourself off a cliff to wake you up in the morning. After a slightly nervous nights sleep we headed in to town to be collecte... |
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 | 22nd August
2007-08-22, Queenstown, New Zealand. By: amy4rory | | Hey Guys
Guess what???
Amy went bungee jumping with me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It was Awesome!! The Jump was 43 meters with the river below us!! The Bungee jump location was the first Bungee ... |
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 | Queenstown to Picton
2007-04-20, Queenstown, New Zealand. By: claire137 | | The day after that we had our bungy jump! This was the one that I really wasn't looking forward to and wasn't sure whether I really wanted to do it. It's the second highest bungy in the world at 134m.... |
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 | LOTR and Franz Josef Photos
2006-12-21, Queenstown, New Zealand. By: ajmartino | | Ican't afford to upload any more :( but hopefully these will suffice until we get home in three days time :)
Well today we went on a full day LOTR tour, Amazing. Touring a lot of Rohan and Where Is... |
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 | The tale of Kiwi the Sheep!
2007-05-25, Queenstown, New Zealand. By: gtontour | | Nelly and Denver now have a new addition to their crew in the form of Kiwi the New Zealand Sheep!!!
Once upon a time on a cold New Zealand day in the town of Queenstown, a poor discarded sheep lay ... |
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 | Queenstown and Milford Sound
2007-06-02, Queenstown, New Zealand. By: cmciver | | We drove down to Queenstown on the 31st of May and found ourselves passing by many great lakes and along many mountain roads providing yet more stunning scenary to gawp at including Kawarau gorge use... |
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 | Wooden spoon winners of the &Bar pub quiz!!
2007-05-27, Queenstown, New Zealand. By: gtontour | | Hello All - time for our latest update!
We have had a fantastic time in the South Island of NZ - It is so beautiful and we have taken so many photos of fantastic views! The beast is still fine and ... |
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 | Our favourite by far...
2007-04-02, Queenstown, New Zealand. By: cherryloo | | Following a relaxing time in Wanaka (minus the Redrock bar), we hop onto the Kiwi bus for another adventure. Today we are heading towards Queenstown - a favourite for most people. Although we've lef... |
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 | 12,000 Feet Up.
2007-01-09, Queenstown, New Zealand. By: AnitaS | | 12,000 feet up.
Falling out of a plane 12,000 feet up isn’t something you do everyday and have spent the last couple of days really nervous about the skydive but woke up this morning, feeling relat... |
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| Hitch Hikers
2007-01-06, Queenstown, New Zealand. By: AnitaS | | Had been driving for literally 2 minutes when we see a lonely figure on the side of the road with the thumb out. A brief 2 second meeting between the 4 of us decided that we would stop and offer a li... |
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 | A life of luxury
2007-01-12, Queenstown, New Zealand. By: gemandyoz | | We arrived very late in Queenstown and managed to score ourselves a five star room at The Mount Vista Boutique hotel- after sleeping in the van for two nights this was a great relief- we celebrated wi... |
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 | Summer by the Lakes
2007-01-18, Queenstown, New Zealand. By: gareth | | The day started with typical lethargy, as we rolled out of the tent, made breakfast, packed up and began calling campgrounds near Queenstown to see if they’d bend the rules and allow dogs. Began and ... |
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 | LOTR tour and Franz Josef Photo's
2006-12-21, Queenstown, New Zealand. By: jaamnz | | Ican't afford to upload any more :( but hopefully these will suffice until we get home in three days time :)
Well today we went on a full day LOTR tour, Amazing. Touring a lot of Rohan and Where I... |
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 | Leaving Queenstown:(
2006-12-03, Queenstown, New Zealand. By: mhollier | | Well, what a time in Queenstown! Have had the most fun yet! The weather was very wet and cold to begin with, but am now writing this in glorious sunshine:)
Have been up the gondola twice - for bot... |
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 | Queenstown
2006-12-03, Queenstown, New Zealand. By: emalyon | | Arrived in Queenstown on Wednesday evening after an 11 hour scenic coach trip via Mount Cook, lake tekipo etc. The weather in Queenstown was naff, frezing cold and wet - could not see a thing! Staying... |
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 | Sure to turn into an adrenaline-junkie!!
2006-11-30, Queenstown, New Zealand. By: mhollier | | Arrived here in Queenstown on Wednesday and it hasn't stopped raining:( The drive down was long but fantastic - stopped off at Lake Tekapo and Mount Cook to soak up the scenic views (amazing!!) Althou... |
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 | Day of fun and flying
2006-10-25, Queenstown, New Zealand. By: lizelliott | | Wednesday (today) is very busy. This morning I went to do the 'Fly-by-Wire', which is a flying machine suspended on a wire which you lie down in and control. It is hard to describe, but it is fun. I w... |
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 | Queenstown
2006-04-23, Queenstown, New Zealand. By: Francesca | | So, since my last email, I have done several things.
First of all, the helihike was incredible. I've never been in a helicopter before, so that experience in itself was awesome. We flew over the g... |
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 | Queenstown to Milford Sound
2006-05-14, Queenstown, New Zealand. By: archandfi | | From Wanaka we drove through miles of vineyards and stone-fruit orchards to Queenstown. We spent ages watching the bungy-jumpers at A J Hackett's original bridge, and were very glad we didn't have to ... |
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 | Faith Week: Day 5
2006-03-01, Queenstown, New Zealand. By: gmatero | | Day 5
Massive rain clouds. These are the only words to discribe this morning. It was a cold morning. Once we all woke up to have a worship time before we parted again. Max had come and joined us do... |
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 | Faith Week: Day 4
2006-02-28, Queenstown, New Zealand. By: gmatero | | Day 4
Sleepin' in! Ohhhh yeah! We didn't wake up until 10... Ahh the glory of it! Soon after we went up and had breakfast with Max, although it was quite late in the afternoon so it was more of a b... |
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 | Faith Week ~ Day 5
2006-03-01, Queenstown, New Zealand. By: krispy | | Well the morning started off with a blustery wind bringing in the rain clouds. It was a chilly morning, and we all woke up to have a worship time before we parted again. Max joined us down in the flat... |
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 | Faith Week ~ Day 4
2006-02-28, Queenstown, New Zealand. By: krispy | | Well this morning we actually got to sleep in! We didn't wake up until 10... Ahh the glory of it ;) We went up and had breakfast with Max, although it was quite late in the afternoon so it was more ... |
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 | The coolest place on earth
2005-11-12, Queenstown, New Zealand. By: thesuhs | | We woke up right on time at 5:45, and had a quick breakfast in the camper. We packed a small bag for the day, unplugged Trina, and drove into town. The free parking lot was practically empty at 6:30, ... |
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| Easy day in Queenstown
2005-11-11, Queenstown, New Zealand. By: thesuhs | | We were up just after 9 and had breakfast in our camper. To help us plan our day in Queenstown, Susan called her best friend Sarah, who had lived in Queenstown for 6 months. Full of ideas, we drove do... |
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 | New Zealand - In a Campervan!
2005-07-20, Queenstown, New Zealand. By: pucs_world | | The South Island was really fun, we rented a camper van which turned out to be this brand new motor home. Pretty flash, as they would say here. We headed out from Auckland and drove all the way down... |
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 | Fun times in Queenstown
2005-03-30, Queenstown, New Zealand. By: brooke | | It’s 8:50 am and I’m on a coach bus headed to Milford Sound. It is a long bus ride for a 2 hour cruise so I hope it is really good.
Yesterday was the best day yet. I got to skydive from 12,000 feet... |
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 | Skydiving!
2005-03-29, Queenstown, New Zealand. By: brooke | | I hope we get to skydive today! If not, we might go bungee jump or something.
Yesterday actually turned out to be pretty fun. We did a little shopping first. I bought another scroll to add to my co... |
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 | Not the best weather in Queenstown
2005-03-28, Queenstown, New Zealand. By: brooke | | I’m a little disappointed at the moment because we were supposed to go skydiving today and it got cancelled because of rain. We are going to try again tomorrow morning. I guess we are going to try an... |
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