A late start to the day, the motor home looked like a bomb had hit it. We spent some time finally storing everything away and off we went in to Queenstown to head up the gondola. The views were fab on the way up and Rebecca was all excited saying wow all the time.

Tony talked me in to taking the plunge and go up in a paraglider (something unplanned but what the heck) eek! The good news was I weighed in less than I thought I was. The bad news was there was no wind in the usual spot they take off from and made me trek up a very steep mountain path to get to the top. Boy was I shattered by the time I got up there, which shortly followed by the guy Dean telling me to run off the edge! Hmmmm now why didn’t that appeal to me. Anyway went for it and the views were spectacular and the the experience was fab. Until Dean decided to do a few tricks which made my stomach turn which by then I think it was time to head down.

This was followed by 2.5 hours drive to Te Anau and we checked in to our camping grounds and took off for an evening trip to see some glow worms. A 25 minute boat ride took us across the lake (largest freshwater lake in Australasia). Unfortunately we weren’t allowed to take any photos but we did go into the glow worm caves and saw them all over the place. A short walk along a suspended platform (over a raging river) in the cave was followed by a peaceful boat trip in the caves in the dark. Expensive but worth doing.

Li