Another long drive but also an abundance of awesome scenery. The GPS sent us down the scenic track which was pretty cool but it was also hella windy and a little unnerving on the final stretch where we went down this big mountainside with about 6 hairpin turns (like the ones you see in car ads (second gear all the way down - MW)). I think our pots and pans may have gotten a bit battered.
Queenstown was very much a tourist spot. All about who had the best and most expensive ski gear. The stores basically operate on a 'give us your wallet' scheme. In any case, we forked out the dinero to go bungee jumping (well, Mark jumped, I took a bungy swing ride instead). We had it pretty well timed so that Mark jumped then had enough time to get winched back up etc to see me do my drop, so yeah.
They also had this really cool luge track that we had a whole bunch of rides included in our bungee tickets for, so we spent a good part of the rest of the day getting a ski lift type thing up to the top of a hill and riding back down on these little luge pods, skidding out because the track was all icy from the snow. It was awesome :)
We have a heap of pictures to upload once we cull a few.
Tomorrow is the drive to Dunedin, Scottish historic region, or something like that. We are going on a tour of the Cadbury Factory then going to see giant albatross and penguins and a castle. Sounds reasonably Scottish to me.
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