Spent an action packed four days in Queenstown. We did the luge and gondola, Glenorchy, Wanaka and the Puzzling World, the gold fields (found two tiny specks), three restaurant meals and the steamship Earnslaw.

Rachael did a bungy! She'd been harping on about it all weekend, and on the last day we took her out to the Kawarau bridge. After one false start and a lot of emotion she finally did it in tandem with one of the staff. Now she's got the video, the photos, the T shirt and the USB stick that's shaped like a karabiner.

The Earnslaw was an eye opener. Now, it's certainly not for those of you who are in opposition to the burning of fossil fuels. It gets through a ton and a half each round trip. But it's certainly warm on a cold day. You can stand right above the engine room and watch the massive pistons working on three sides, and the enormous fires in front. Or you can hang out round the grand piano and enjoy a quiet chat.

Off to Rotorua shortly...

Brenda has got just a week left with us, and has been working hard on the garden and keeping our kitchen tidy. We've taken her to quite a few places around Auckland. Kelly Tarltons today. Apart from the gales in Ruakaka we've had really good weather for her.

Though not necessarily for the old apple tree. That fell over a few weeks ago, and we chopped it all up and stacked it for firewood, on top of the other couple of trees that we cut down late last year. Ross brought a load of earth to fill in the hole made by the tree, but it was too much, so I've been going round the garden looking for holes to fill...

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