Week 8 - Wellington to Southern Alps of South Island

This week we are heading to the South Island.    We have friends from Equippers Church we are meeting in Invercargill.  It is about the southern-most city in NZ.

Zechariah's 9th Birthday Breakfast - Meat Pie and a Pastry

Chel, Hannah & Z at TePapa Museum

 We stopped in Wellington and went to the National Museum (TePapa) for Zechariah's Birthday on Oct. 23.

Ferry from Wellington to Picton

Then we took the ferry from Wellington on the North Island to Picton on the South Island.

Center of New Zealand

We drove from Picton to Nelson NZ - Center of New Zealand and where the 1st Rugby game was played.

Longest Swing Bridge in NZ

Driving from Nelson to Greymouth on the West Coast of the South Island we stopped at the Longest Swing Bridge in NZ.  Hannah & Z ran across it numerous times.

Pancake Rocks & Blowhole on west side of South Island

We stopped at the Pancake Rocks and Blowhole and the West Coast near Punakaiki.

Ron, John & Di Burnett, and Chel

 We met John & Di Burnett from Wales at the Franz Josef Glacier.  Great couple who are world travelers and missionaries.

 We were able to walk up to within 400 yards of the glacier.  There were waterfalls all around the walk up to the glacier.

Hannah & Z trying to put the tower back in place after knocking it over...

We stopped at Puzzling World and worked on some tough mind puzzles in Wanaka.

Lake Wakatipu between Queenstown and Kingston

 


 We decided to have our family church service at Lake Wakatipu in Kingston.  It was a beautiful serene place to take in the awe of God.

It was Avalanche "season" on Milford Sound Highway

Rocks across road from avalanche.

After we finished church - we drove to Milford Sound.  The drive there was beautiful - but a little scary.  There were still remains of previous avalanches alongside the road (and on it) and we couldn't stop due to possible avalanches.