Bungy Jumping , Ugh !

The start of a new month and a change in the weather, we woke to torrential rain and set off across country northwards, aiming to get to Kaikora in two days. On route we passed a wonderful fishing shop, “Stu’s Fly Shop2 quite orgasmic for a fisherman as you can see from the photo, but sadly closed as Stu left a note on the door “Gone guiding!” We stopped next at Queenstown, a lovely town by Lake Wakatipu. In the sun it would have been wonderful, reminiscent of Lake Garda in Italy, beautiful shops to interest Sue and very nice cafes and restaurants. We bought a few souvenirs then on the way came across a “Cheesery” by some vineyards and enjoyed a baked brie with lovely French bread. We also stumbled by accident on the birthplace of “Bungy Jumping, at Arrow Junction where mad people throw themselves off a very high bridge with only an elastic band for support! You wouldn’t get me doing it for a million pounds but they seemed to enjoy it at 125 NZ$ a time. We drove on in the rain and stopped at the oddly named Twizle for an overnight, as we had supper the rain stopped and there was a rather good sunset.