Visiting Mt Cook on our way to Christchurch

Yes,  it was quite cold 🥶  About 6 degrees C or 42 degrees F.

 

Hiking and Mountain eBiking

 

Mountain eBiking

 

Queenstown's famous Fergburger

 

Skyline gondola day

Visiting local residents at Kiwi Park 

Kaka bird

New Zealand wood pigeon. It's much bigger than the pigeons we know in the US. Used to be a food source for the Kiwis.  Now,  it's fully protected by the NZ government. 

View of Queenstown from the Skyline gondola 

(Left) Christine,  (right) Chris

Skyline Luge 

Luge track behind us

Dinner at Stratosfare restaurant

Yummy dinner

Dinner at Stratosfare restaurant 

 

Brunch with Chloé from Belgium

We met Chloe last December when we went to Auckland. She just happens to be in Queenstown this week so we met her for brunch.  She has been here in NZ on a work visa, and plans to return to Belgium around February 2025. 

 

Canyoning

 

Touring Doubtful Sound, NZ

Long but fun day...

Sheep!

Lunch or snack time

Twisty drive in our tour bus from Kingston to Queenstown. 

 

Trip to Walter Peak Farm

Aboard the TSS Earnslaw steamship