Arrowtown
This was taken on the very very twisty road leading from Wanaka to Queenstown
Arrowtown
On the same road, at a lookout point much further down the mountain
Jet-boating
This is us all equipped to take a jetboat ride up the shot-over river. It was alot of fun, with some 360 degree spins and the walls of the canyon speeding past less than a meter away
Queenstown
We took this from the jet-boat while looking back at Queenstown
Cardrona
This was the view from Mount Cardrona, a skiing resort near Queenstown!
Snow-boarding
Watch as Oisín the daredevil speeds down the moutnain slope at 1 kph!
Snow-boarding
Of particular interest in this photo is the expression on Marie's face...she was an avid fan of snow-boarding...
Snow-boarding
The three of us in our kit, note that I finally bought sun-glasses which I lost 4 days later
Snow-boarding
The bastard at the ski-hire place 'accidentally' gave me and Ush matching ski gear...I'm not sure, but I suspect that we both fell over about 5 seconds after this picture was taken!
Bungy-jumping
This was our first view of the Kawarau bridge where we were going to do our 43 meter bungy jump...
Bungy-jumping
I just took this picture to finish my roll of film, so I could give Marie my camera with a full roll in it...
Bungy-jumping
The two of us, minutes before we jumped, negotiating who jump first! I was going 'no, no, let me' with all the sincerity of a politican...
Oisín bungy-jumping
Ush didn't bother waiting for the count-down to reach 'Go' and just went for it at about 3 while shouting like a good thing!
Me bungy-jumping
My last deep breath before launch...
Me bungy-jumping
Me going 'Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh!'
Me bungy-jumping
Me going 'Wuuuuuuuuuuuuuuh hoooooooooooooo!' in my best Homer impression!
Me bungy-jumping
Getting rescued by the guy in the dinghy...he managed to smack me in the face with his pole thing while telling me to grab hold of it, the fecker...! I was on such an adrenaline high at the time though, he probably could have severred some limbs and I wouldn't have noticed!
Me bungy-jumping
I reckon my heart rate about now was in the region of about 7 million beats a second...no joke!
Me bungy-jumping
I survived!!
Me and Ush
WE survived!!
Queenstown
This is the view from 'The Ledge', another bungy jumping site over-looking Queenstown. We weren't pushed about doing a second jump, and it was closed when we got there, so we went luging instead!
Queenstown
Same view, looking south-ish. That thing on the lake is a steam boat
Luging
This is me and Oisín on the way up the chair lift for another spin on the luge cars. As you might guess from the picture...it was cold!
Paradise
This is a place we drove to on our last day in Queenstown called 'Paradise' and is where the filmed the Lothlorien scenes in the Lord of the Rings. It doesn't really look it in this picture, but it was really beautiful!
Lothlorien
This is us on a real Lord of the Rings set!
Lothlorien
This is Marie on a real Lord of the Rings set! You can also see our wonderful car which carried us all over the south island of New Zealand...it was an automatic though, which is annoying when you're going around a hairpin bend with a sheer drop on one side and it suddenly decides to go down a gear...
Marie
This is Marie explaining to me where she hid my roll of film...
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