Leaving the wondrous Mountain district under Mt Cook we head down the trails towards Queenstown. This was after watching the local gang of parrotts systematically destroying someones car. Pulled into the Wrinkly Rams for coffee. Lots of Sheep ready for shearing. lucky that wasn’t one of Ron’s surprises lol. Rattling along at brake neck speed we stopped briefly in Twizel for a quick look at where they filmed The Battle of the pelenor fields for LOTR. Didn’t look like much but then everything has gone now. From here we stopped at Tarras for lunch where we saw Shrek the sheep, (well his wool anyway.) Apparently he holds the record for the biggest amount of wool off a merino sheep.

After lunch Rons surprise was revealed. A trip to Aurum wines WOOT. Tried 4 loverly wines, all organic. Not one of the bigger sellers (2500 cases a year) but very well regarded in the local area. Just the 4 of them run this 5000 vine winery…phew. But they enjoy it. Nice life.

We called by the bungy jumping bridge at Kawarau. Not something I would do myself but looks good from the view point. this one goes into water if you jump hard enough. Sorry to say they where to fast for my camera lol. From here onto Queenstown and a trip on the Gondala to the top of the mountain overlooking the town. Here was my first taste of cold. Wind was bitter. Dinner was a sad affair as we loose Lynn and Clive here. Both off to other respective tours before heading home. Good luck, keep in touch.