The Queenstown trip was absolutely amazing. We drove through the mountains for four hours and came out at lake Hayes just outside Queenstown, rigged boats, then went bungy jumping off a 130 foot bridge. While we were there we also went on a 9 mile hike up into the mountains on the Ben Lomond trail, saw Doubtful sound in Fiordland, and were taken by helicopter into the backcountry to hike around for an afternoon. We did all this plus training every day; either running around lake hayes or going for a row in a single or both. The heli-hike was up into the "Remarkables" range. Being in and around Queenstown was really weird because it seemed like we were on a ski trip out west in te US, even though its mid July. It was much colder than Dunedin and we were in snow most of the time we were there. In the Fiords we even came to a frozen part that the boat had trouble getting through. Coming back to mid forties in Dunedin was nice after below freezing temperatures for five days.
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