No Adrenaline left!

Day 2 in Queenstown and it was once again time to get up early as we had a Thrill Combo to do today, namely:

• Canyon Swinging;
• Shotover Jetting; and
• White Water Rafting!

First on this list was the Canyon Swing, basically a massive swing that allows you to drop into a canyon at about one million miles an hour!

After I went first yesterday on the Bungee, Amanda was up first and I'm pleased she was as it meant I didn't have to deal with the guys straight up, who were very, very scary basically on the wind up!

This first photo shows the hut you drop from and the Canyon you swing into:

The Canyon Swing

There are various different poses you can pull too, with Amanda choosing Forwards and the Chair, with myself taking backwards and then Hollywood does Gimp Boy. It's all properly safe as the safety harness show here, but it's still horribly scary!

Amanda in Canyon Swing Safety Gear

I'm being safe too!

Well after all these thrills, it was back to Queenstown for lunch and a wee rest before taking on the other activities, so we decided to bed down in the sun down by the river, and it was lovely!

Amanda enjoying our lunch spot

Then, it was back in a van up to the Shotover river where we would be spending our afternoon mixing being on, it and in it!

First up the Shotover Jet! The Jet boat was designed in New Zealand and allows a boat to navigate quickly and precisely on very dry rivers. The first picture shows it in action:

The Shotover Jet

And we decided to slightly break the rules by taking photos of each other in the boat:

Neil in the Shotover Jet

Amanda in the Shotover Jet

It was an absolute blast. As was the White Water Rafting, but sadly no photos for you as the camera would of course got very wet. The best bit was saved for the end though when after rafting through a long tunnel, approximately 200m in length, we had to up our speed to get over a massive rapid where there was a whole bunch of danger from flipping over!

Luckily we didn't flip!

After all this, it was back to Queenstown to pick up the van, then head back on the road for a new place to spend the night. We decided Wanaka was our best bet a slowly growing Queenstown about an hours drive. We took the scenic route up near the ski areas and some old gold mines.

We made it just in time for the sunset over the lake and then headed into town for another big New Zealand pub meal!

Sunset over the Lake at Wanaka