Frisky Kiwis

We've had a great day in Queenstown today.  This morning we took the gondola up to the lookout over Queenstown.  The weather has been absolutely beautiful today.  So we had a great view of the area.

While up there Mom, LilliAnn, and I rode down the luge.  The luge is really a little cart with brakes and steering that we use to ride down a concrete track.  (Don't worry Heather, its not too dangerous.)  LilliAnn didn't like it much the first time, but we made her go on it a second time.  Of course then she loved it.  :)

After we rode the gondola back down, we went to the Kiwi bird park.  During my previous visits the Kiwis were pretty boring.  They didn't do much.  This time however they were feeling frisky.  We got to see the mating dance of the kiwis.  We even got to hear their call.  One of the care takers was in there with us , she thought we were even going to get to see them mate.  But they got out of the mood.  The female really did put on quite a show though.  It was pretty funny to watch her dance around.  We enjoyed the rest of the birds, but the kiwis were the highlight.

After lunch we headed out to the place where bungy jumping originated as an extreme sport.  We waited for awhile and about gave up.  But then we got to see two individuals jump and one tandem pair jump.

After the jumpers, we headed to Arrowtown which was originally a settlement during the gold rush.  Now there are lots of tourists shops in the old part of town.  After that we picked up dinner and came back to our hotel.

Tomorrow we head to Te Anau and the glow worm caves, then on down to Invercargill where we will be for the next week or so.