Fortunately there weren’t many spots to pull off the road
along Lake Wakatipu from Queenstown to Te Anau or we might still be there
enjoying the sun, warmth and beautiful views. Although scenic views are plentiful here, sun and warmth are not, particularly
in this New Zealand summer that isn’t happening.
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| Te Anau is a small, scenic tourist town along the beautiful
Lake Te Anau. |
We
took a short hike across an easy swing bridge and walked along the Kepler Track. The
tracks that we have walked in the North Island are wonderful, but there is a
reason people come to the South Island. Kepler Track is refreshing, airy, but secluded, and is just nicer than the “bushy", jungle feel of the North Island, at least around Palmy.
Like so many towns, Queenstown is a lovely and scenic place (aren’t
they all?) on Lake Wakatipu. It is a ski and adventure town, with many shops
and restaurants-a fun place to spend some time and money and where one could
find just about any extreme adventure.
Our extreme adventure was an hour hike up to the top where we
could ride the gondola, the luge, the zip line, take a bungee jump, and enjoy the view.
Carolyn and Jeff took the six part, three hour zip line to the bottom, while
Rachel, Elizabeth, Jim and I enjoyed the view, the gondola ride down, some shopping, and
dinner.
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| Some people took the easy way-not us! |
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| This would be an extreme bungee experience-also not us. |
We
took a short hike across an easy swing bridge and walked along the Kepler Track. The
tracks that we have walked in the North Island are wonderful, but there is a
reason people come to the South Island. Kepler Track is refreshing, airy, but secluded, and is just nicer than the “bushy", jungle feel of the North Island, at least around Palmy. 
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