Hi. Today is Saturday and we've arrived in Christchurch for the last couple of days before returning home. I can't believe the time has gone so fast.

On Thursday we were still in Queenstown and I had a quiet day. I spent the morning relaxing and then did a cruise on a steamer to a place called Walter's Peak Homestead where we had a wine tasting session. On our return to Queenstown we met up with a few others in the Irish pub and relaxed some more.

On Friday we travelled slowly to a place called Omaramu. we stopped at a few places on the way for coffee and lunch including a place called Arrowtown where they experienced a goldrush in the late 19th century. We also stopped to look at the bridge where "bungy" jumping was invented. People were in fact jumping but I managed to resist the impulse to have a go. We then had a night in a lovely hotel in Omaramu which is a small place with only a few shops, a pub, 2 garages and 2 hotels. One of the shops was amazing. The owner has collected load of stuff from the past which is for sale and he also has original costumes and things from the TV programme "Xena. Warrior Princess". Pretty weird. So we all had a quiet night in the hotel/pub.

Taday has seen us drive to Christchurch. On the way we stopped at a place to see Mt Cook which is the highest mountain in new Zealand. I hope it comes out on the attached photo.We arrived at about 4.20 and I popped out to do this blog.

I'm setting off for home on Monday and going via Hong Kong so I'm not sure when that means I'll be back in Manchester but it will be early next week. There is a plan to visit a place called the Antarctic Museum tomorrow where on of the attractions is to go in a room for a few seconds to sample the sort of temperatures they experience in the Antarctic. I think I'll wait until I'm back home.

So this will probably be my last entry on the blog and I hope you've enjoyed it. See you soon.

Ray