Thursday, December 18, 2008

Queenstown adventures





Queenstown is in the Remarkable Mountains and is the center for outdoor adventure activities in New Zealand. It is where bungee jumping was invented by two NZ chaps, home to paragliding, rock climbing, luge running, high speed jet boating, long distance hiking, skiing, sailing, wine making and assorted other outdoor adventures. Unfortunately we passed on all the opportunities.

I am posting some pics of our visit to the AJ Hackett bungee jumping center where it was first developed and up the Queenstown gondola to Bob's Peak for a look at the city and the local para gliding.

3 comments:

  1. You "passed on all the opportunities," and yet I see polly getting the gear on. Or was she just legging herself into a Bungee Simulator? :*)

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  2. We were in a demonstration of how they prep for bungee jumping and a look at cord making and they selected Polly to illustrate the bindings. I then photoed another jumper at the bottom from the jump platform and put them in that way as a misleading representation for her family readers and it worked. We were all semi-tempted to do it but the herd instinct did not kick in.

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  3. Finally figured out the blog site.
    All is well with Dusty, Savannah & Sue.
    Photos are awesome.

    HAPPY NEW YEAR!

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