Since I have been back
~Andy
This blog is to keep all of my family and friends updated about my trip to Australia.
The trip went like this:
Day1, Brisbane, Aus:
We got up and flew out first thing in the morning; we arrived in the afternoon in
Day 2,
Today we got up first thing in the morning and got on a train that would take across the country to the city of
Day 3,
Today again we got up first thing in the morning and headed to Franz Josef, we saw some cool stuff along the way. When we got there we signed up for our glacier hike that we were going to do the next day. After we got situated in our rooms, we took a hike to a cave nearby. When we got back we got some dinner and relaxed the rest of the night.
Day 4, Franz Josef, NZ:
Today we got up early and headed into town to go and climb the glacier, we signed up for a full day, 8 hour hike with 6 hours actually on the glacier. Today it rained a lot in the morning, but that is okay in this case because the waterfalls surrounding the glacier were pouring. It took about 1 hour to hike to the glacier after we got suited up. We spent the next 6 hours climbing the glacier, it was an amazing experience. When we got back to Franz Josef everyone was pretty tired so we relaxed in the hot tub for a while and then grab some dinner and called it a night.
Day 5, Franz Josef, NZ:
First thing in the morning we got on the bus and made our way to Wanaka. We saw some very cool sites along the way including
Day 6, Wanaka, NZ:
Today a lot of people went skydiving, I didn't, and I regret it now. The people who didn't went to breakfast and then went to Puzzling World; some little attraction that had some cool stuff in it like optical illusions, holograms . . . all in all it was a pretty lame place though. When the people were done skydiving we made our way to Queenstown. Along the way we stopped at the bridge where commercial bungee jumping started. Jake and Brendan went bungee jumping and we then finished our drive. We spent the rest of the night getting situated in our hostel and exploring the town.
Day 7, Queenstown, NZ:
Today we took a half day tour to see some of the sights around the area, mainly the locations where Lord of the Rings was filmed. It was really cool seeing the screenshots from the movies while we were standing at the location, but the tour wasn't all that good overall. The remainder of the day was spent catching up on some much needed sleep and exploring the town some more. For dinner we went up the mountain closest to Queenstown on a gondola and ate at the restraint on the top of the mountain. We got some great views of the town as well as a great meal.
Day 8, Queenstown, NZ:
Today was our Milford Sound trip; we had to be on the bus at 6:45 in the morning to leave. We spent the first half of the day driving across the country to get to Milford Sound; it was raining hard all morning so the waterfalls we saw along the way were spectacular. Milford Sound is said to be
Today the guys rented a car and drove across the country to
Today we got on the bus for our final leg of the trip, Queenstown to
Today we planned on visit the botanical gardens, but it was raining so we went to a modern art museum for a good chunk of the day. We spent the rest of the day buying souvenirs. We all went out for dinner that night at the restraint we ate at our first night of the trip, we then split up the girls went to bed and the guys went out. That night the guys decided we didn’t want to pay for a hostel since we had to leave for the airport at 3:30 am. Being that bars don’t close until around 3:00 there we decided to dump our stuff in the girls room and have one last night out.
Today we got up or were still up and headed to the airport and flew home.