After Timaru we headed off toward the farm stay were we have envisaged to sleep with the sheep. We knocked on the door, no reply. Eventually we found the owner in the garden and made sure we were at the right place. Yes you are but I haven't accepted any bookings for tonight, I have family here over christmas. We showed our printed confirmation and she got very embarrassed. "Ohh I'm really sorry I'll have to shuffle the people around and make up a room for you.
We didn't feel really comfortable stepping into their xmas festivities so decided to try to find something else which we knew would be a challenge at this time of year. We were lucky and got the last little cabin at the camping site in Geraldine. So in the end everything turned out well and we got the opportunity to try some holiday camp life as well.
Next morning the trip went on to Queenstown, the adventure capital of NZ. On the way we passed a couple of beautiful lakes, Tekapu and Putaki, both with the turquoise water that is so specific to NZ.
They say it's because of minerals that comes down with the water from the mountains.
In Queenstown you can do a lot of various activities like skydiving, white water rafting, jetboating in the rivers and of course bungy jumping. Here you find the bridge where it all started or at least became popular, Kawarau bridge. (The native people on the pacific island Vanuatu is said to be the ones that were first).
I've never seen so many backpackers gathered in one spot as in Queenstown. They were literally everywhere and I wonder what the residents would live from if it wasn't for the tourist. Anyway a beautiful town located at the side of big lake, a must to visit if you go to the south island.
Ah you wonder if I did the bungy?? No, none of us did but I plagued the others in the car when leaving by mumbling: I should have... I will never get this chance again...
Looking down from Kawarau bridge
Cheers
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