The Wild West (NZ)

Below are some of the pics from our adventures in western NZ. How do you like the weather? I don't think we actually saw the sun (below picture of the coast was pretty standard stuff... Here is Jillene in Queenstown by Lake Wakatipu (the adventure/extreme sports capital of NZ). Our health insurance wouldn't cover half of the 'sporting' options given in this well touristed town, so we opted to remain with both feet on the ground.

Whats that... Blue sky? But just for a moment!

And some more mountains as we near Milford Sound. Weather was a bit better here, but only for brief moments. Yet the strange winter/spring lead to the demise of our 5 day hike we had planned. The route we were going to hike was closed due to Avalanche concerns by the Department of Conservation.