The Adventures Down Under: 2009

Sunday, December 6, 2009

Queenstown : Dane

Queenstown

Chairlift to the Luge

Lake Wakatipu

Lake Wakatipu / Queenstown at night

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Saturday, December 5, 2009

Friday, December 4, 2009

Hello Friends and Family! Were so sorry that the blog hasn't been updated in a few days, we've been without internet for a few days, but dont worry were still alive and safe, and quite possibly having the time of our lives. New Zealand is an amazing country and we're having many great experiences and taking hundreds of pictures. These last two days have been have some of the best experiences we've ever had.. Yesterday we rented a car and drove about two hours away to a place called Paradise, it was an amazing drive with beautiful scenery all the way there. It was extremely awesome and a great oportunity to see NZ in a whole new way, and very weird to drive on the LEFT side of the road.. Today was a whole other experience, we wanted to do something in NZ that we would remember for the rest of our lives, so we decided to go Bungy Jumping at New Zealands highest bungy jump, the Nevis Bungy. It was 134 Meters (about 420 feet) of pure insanity. It was one of the best and coolest adrenaline rushes we've ever had. Nothing that we've ever done has ever compared to that. Bungy Jumping especially in the Country that it was basically invented in was an amazing expirence. This trip is one that we will never forget especially with all these amazing experiences. We miss everyone and don't want this trip to end but, we will be home in 4 days! Wow this trip has gone by soooo fast! Cant wait to show you guys all of the pictures when we get home, LOVE YOU GUYS!
P.S. - We are postiong ALL of our pics from today and all of last week tomorrow, so please check back very soon and let us know what yo guys think!

Sunday, November 29, 2009

New Zealand

Hello friends! So we have have made it to NZ finally, here we have spent two days in the beautiful town of Queenstown, and then we headed to the Central Otago, in a town called Roxburgh, where we are now staying with an awesome family. We are working about 5 hours a day doing minor labor work, weeding the gardens, stripping wallpaper, and cleaning up after their recently renovated home. On their 30 acre property they have a lot of cows, a nice dog named Rosey (which Allie loves), and a oversized ginger cat named Frankie. They are very nice people and they are introducing us to a lot of very nice New Zealand traditional meals. We couldn't have asked for a better family for our first WWOOF-ing experience... WWOOF-ing is Willing Workers On Organic Farms. Which is what we are doing besides the fact it is not an organic farm, but a dairy farm. Supposedly WOOF-ing is pretty popular around NZ and Australia.. well hope all is well back home, we were sad to miss Thanksgiving with our families, but we are having an awesome time here, Love you guys and Happy Thanksgiving, hope you all had a good one...

-Dane and Allie

P.S. - Pictures of what were doing will be up soon, so please check back soon and let us know what you think!