Month: January 2012
Mobile Manners
Call me old fashioned, but I am constantly astounded at the rudeness and lack of manners that people show when using their mobile phones. They seem to have forgotten a basic set of manners that apply when interacting with others. Recently, I was out with a salesman who was having a detailed discussion with […]
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Christmas in Australia
AN AUSTRALIAN CHRISTMAS Download our free book about Christmas in Australia. Our family really loves  Christmas. Here in Australia, it is a great celebration and a wonderful time for families to come together. Australia is a relatively young country and while we have our own ways of celebrating Christmas such as backyard cricket, beach […]
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Wanaka
This is the town that we were in last year when the famous Wanaka Challenge was being held. We actually became one of the few people to get lost in this little town when we were deviated away from the main street to avoid the finish of the marathon. Ts event is on again in […]
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Milford Sound
We are now in the bustling town of Wanaka having spent the last few days in the Fjordland region of Southern New Zealand and visiting Milford Sound. We stayed in the ‘frontier’ little town of Te Anau which seems to have as many hotel rooms as it does houses. It is very much a tourist […]
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Around The Lake to Glenorchy
We had reserved our final day in Queenstown for a trip to the top of the lake to the little town of Glenorchy. On the previous night, we had another spectacular sunset and I was able to take a relatively decent night photo of Queenstown. We had a leisurely start and left Queenstown at about […]
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Lake Cruising
Today was a very gentle day – not enough excitement to even increase our heart rate. a big change from our previous two days – but still very enjoyable. We spent the day travelling to Walter Peak Station at the other end of Lake Wakitipu on the vintage steamer, the TSS Earnslaw. The TSS Earnslaw […]
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Thrill Seeking- Day Two
Chris continued his adventures this morning with anoadventistarly start – the Nevis Swing.This is apparently the largest swing in the world. You start by being suspended 160m above the canyon floor and on your release, you find yourself accelerating through the canyon at a crazy speed of up to 150kph+ in a 300m arc. There […]
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Thrill Seeking – Day One
We began our list of adventure activities this morning with an early start on the 7:45 am Shotover Jet ride. This was the only time that we could book to enable Chris to do his combo experience of Jet Boating and White Water Rafting. It was very interesting being up so early. The long distance […]
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Exploring Queenstown
Tuesday was a busy day for us on our first full day in Queenstown. After breakfast, Chris, Audrey and I walked down the steep hill into town while Jill and Cathy took the car. After finding a parking spot, our first stop was at the most outstanding place in town – the AJ Hackett booking […]
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Entertaining Violet
iPads are a great piece of technology. At four, Audrey has been an adept user for some time. This time it was very useful for keeping little Violet entertained during our flight. I hope that the people in nearby seats were not too offended with all the animal noises.
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New Zealand with the Grandchildren
Well, here we are in Queenstown, NZ with our grandchildren and their parents. We were up early on Monday morning to catch an Air New Zealand flight direct into Queenstown. it was a very uneventful flight across a featureless Tasman Sea, however once we crossed the west coast of the South Island, we flew over […]
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