Welcome to Queenstown

Queenstown is a little mountain town on a glacier fed lake in the Southern Island of New Zealand. It actually reminded me quite a bit of home, in North Idaho, except some of the mountains were way, way bigger. This was a really fun place, they pride themselves on outdoor adventures and nightlife. Our Hotel was right downtown, so we could walk to anything within a matter of minutes. The south Island is also famous for their river fishing. Lots of trout!

We took the last working coal-powered boat in the southern hemisphere out to Walter Peak, an old sheep farm and plantation. It was beautiful but we couldn't help but laugh that we were the youngest passengers by at least thirty years. When we got there we had ,... a buffet dinner of course! I haven't met a grandparent yet that doesn't love buffets. If you don't watch any of the other videos, this is the one to watch...

You can't go to New Zealand and not hear about sheep, wool and other products from sheep are one of NZ 's largest industries along with farming and tourism. We got to see this sheep get sheared, it all came off in one big piece! She was much happier once her heavy coat was off.