Queenstown - NZ Adventure Capital

Next on the agenda was Queenstown where we planned to spend a few days doing some adventure activities and visiting friends of Susanne's who had emigrated from the UK. After dropping Susanne off at Lara and Lee's we found our holiday park (which is what they call camper parks here) and rested up...for adventure. As far as holiday parks go we had a pretty sweet view.



First adventure - jetboating through Shotover Canyon. These boats can go in 2 inches of water and can accelerate to 100/kmh in 2 seconds. Read Michael's blog for the full account and video but suffice to say it's incredibly scary, fast, and somewhat wet.

Next adventure - bungy jumping. This was too scary for me so I decided to just watch. But I have to say that even watching was scary. This particular jump hangs from cables over a 450 foot high canyon. So once you arrive at the very remote canyon, you ride a cable car out to the jump site. To illustrate how serious this is, even spectators like myself have to get all geared up and clamp on to the safety wire to get out to the jump site.



Again, read Michael's blog for accounts of the jump. It was unbelievable to watch him (and everyone else for that matter) jump literally into the abyss. Just a little beyond my reach I think but it did look amazing.