The House of Pain

The rugby last night was fantastic! I have to say that the crowd at Dunedin is nothing if not as biased as hell! Booing the Springboks' every move, playing Crowded House every time the All Blacks scored etc, it was great! It was also very cold but worth the hours out in the cold night air to watch this closely fought match between two fantastic teams. Right at the last minute the All Blacks sprang ahead and walked away with the trophy- much the joy of the home crowd filling the Carisbrook stadium which has never seen the Springboks win in its ground.

This morning I went to Cadburyworld and later I am going on a wildlife tour. More on that another time though- now here are some photos



This is the last view of Sydney as the plane circled the city on its way East.

This was my first view of New Zealand as the clouds cleared a little



The very civilised centre of Christchurch with its cathedral and some ugly statue

The sheep room at Noah's Ark in Greymouth



A lake we stopped at on the way from Franz Josef to Queenstown

Mountains and lakes



AJ Hacketts- the original bungy jump near Queenstown- no, I wasn't even tempted.

And that is all for today as I have a lot on.