A town fit for Queens

And we don't mean the variety that you get around Brighton! Queenstown was our next port of call and this place has a global reputation of being THE place where you can do anything that requires taking your brain out for the day!

Hmmmm, what to do? The list of activities is endless with pretty much anything you can think of on offer. We both wanted to do slightly different things to a certain extent, so we saw a tour operator at the camp site we are staying at in the middle of Queenstown to explore the possibilties.... As we couldn't decide what to choose between we came to the decision that we would do EVERYTHING on the list instead!

Firstly, the jet boat ride which envolved roaring up and down the shotover river onboard a powerfull jet boat doing 360's and crazy twists and turns very close to rocks in as little as 10cm depth of water. On reflection (no river pun intended) it was a little tame and could have got away without doing it, but unless you try you dont know! So we are glad we did it first......



Secondly. the Bungy Jump. Not just any old Bungy, the highest one in New Zealand! Here is a little blurb from their webs site regarding the mighty Nevis Highwire Bungy with photos inserted.....

"With the Nevis Highwire Bungy, getting there is half the fun! The experience kicks off with a rugged 35 minute back-blocks 4x4 drive before you get harnessed up and board a shuttle which ferries you to the the Bungy Pod.

After arriving at the Bungy Pod you'll have time to come to grips with what you're about to do...Bungy 134 metres over the Nevis Valley.


Once off the edge it's simply a matter of basking in the glory of what you have achieved, as well as coming to grips with the 8 ½ seconds of freefall!"




Also....
"An expletive is the most common first comment made upon arrival"

"The Bungy is named in USA extreme-sport magazine 'Headrush' as the 2nd most out-there extreme activity in the world"

Matt reeling with adrenalin after his jump!

Thirdly the Canyon Swing. Which is the highest swing in the world.

Here is some blurb from their site to save us explaining:
"Upon departing from the platform you'll have a pure freefall of 60m/200ft into the canyon before the ropes smoothly pendulum you to a giant swing arc of 200m/650ft at 150kph. The freefall/swing journey is so smooth you'll barely notice when you've finished freefalling and begun your swing. After a number of swings across the canyon we'll winch you swiftly back up to the platform."

Wow, what fun this is! More fun than the terrifying bungy but scary none the less! The lads there really try and play with your head and mess you around right on the edge. They really tortured Dipi on her first fall by pretending to let go of her about 6 or 7 times before just dropping her off the edge! Bloody hilarious! We both did two jumps with varying launch methods!


She went off backwards on her first jump as you can see. We got some great video footage where you can hear Dipi screaming and wimpering! Ha ha.
It then came to my turn to do the backward drop.... they were a little kinder to me I think!


And now for the second jump and it was my turn first.... so what do i do? Well i did want to do a drop called "gimp boy goes to hollywood" which involves being suspended upside down and released head first, but then the fella suggested i try a hand stand instead! Could hardly say no eh?!
So I got on my hands and knees looking over the edge, the two guys lifted my legs and I pushed off head first down into the canyon! What a rush!!!! (I was the only one to do this by the way, get in!)


And then Dipi did her last fall and she opted for the gimp boy number, which was very brave! Although she said going backwards was worse for her...

This was so much fun its untrue, we would both do it again and again if we could!!! Grin factor 10+!!! As Paul Whitehouse would say.... Brilliaaaant!

We have got one more thing we want to do before we leave Queenstown which is the sky dive over the mountains. We have booked a 12000feet jump but its been cancelled today as the weather has turned a little. We need to see what tomorrow brings and fingers crossed we will be jumping from a plane at great height tomorrow! More to follow....... we hope!