81year old to NZ south ...

Planning to take 81 year old father (fit and well and active!) to NZ south
Island for about 10 days. Any recommendations. Will be arriving and
departing from Christchurch. Will have car and using motels. Have thought
of the Whale watching, going to Wellington, Arthur's pass and onto
Queenstown etc. Any ideas...

"RaT" wrote in message
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Planning to take 81 year old father (fit and well and active!) to NZ south
Island for about 10 days. Any recommendations. Will be arriving and
departing from Christchurch. Will have car and using motels. Have thought
of the Whale watching, going to Wellington, Arthur's pass and onto
Queenstown etc. Any ideas...

All sound like good ideas, except Wellington is in North Island. The South
island is pretty free and easy to tour, nothing really needs to be booked in
advance - so with someone of that age I wouldn't plan rigidly ahead. Just
have a rough idea, pick up a pile of free maps and brochures at airport,
and see how you go.

Fred wrote:
"RaT" wrote in message
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Planning to take 81 year old father (fit and well and active!) to NZ south
Island for about 10 days. Any recommendations. Will be arriving and
departing from Christchurch. Will have car and using motels. Have thought
of the Whale watching, going to Wellington, Arthur's pass and onto
Queenstown etc. Any ideas...


My wife & I spent the month of February traveling both islands for our
honeymoon. The south island is much prettier. You need to see Nelson
and the Marlborough region. Simply stunning. Also, take a ride up to
Abel Tasman park which is near Nelson.

If you have time to go down to Te Anau which is a couple of hours from
Queensland, you can go see Milford Sound which is very beautiful.

If you want to spend a little money, I'd recommend taking a helicoptor
ride up to see Mt. Cook. The Southern Alps are amazing.

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Fred wrote:
"RaT" wrote in message
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Planning to take 81 year old father (fit and well and active!) to NZ
south
Island for about 10 days. Any recommendations. Will be arriving and
departing from Christchurch. Will have car and using motels. Have
thought
of the Whale watching, going to Wellington, Arthur's pass and onto
Queenstown etc. Any ideas...


My wife & I spent the month of February traveling both islands for our
honeymoon. The south island is much prettier. You need to see Nelson
and the Marlborough region. Simply stunning. Also, take a ride up to
Abel Tasman park which is near Nelson.

If you have time to go down to Te Anau which is a couple of hours from
Queensland, you can go see Milford Sound which is very beautiful.


Queensland in a couple of hours? I think this should be Queenstown.

Queenstown - Lake trip
Arrowtown
Kingston - for train ride
Wanaka - Mount Aspiring
Te Anau
Milford Sound - Fly in for best aerial experience, boat trip to mouth of
fiord, underwater museum
Manipouri - Doubtful Sound Trip
Mount Cook - take skiplane ride from adjacent airfield
Omarama - take a glider flight at the best soaring location in New
Zealand and possibly the world.
Dunedin - Museum, house, and castle
Taeri Peninsula - albatross and penguins
Taeri Gorge Railway
The Catlins
Invercargill - boat or plane to Stewart Island
Moeraki balls - easily accessible from car park and restaurant
Oamaru - Blue penguins at twilight
Christchurch - Arts Centre, Antarctic Centre,
Timaru - Pearse memorial to flight
Akaroa - boat trip
TranzAlpine Rail Trip
Hokitika
Franz Josef
Kaikoura - whale watching
Nelson
Tasman National Park - Take boat trip
Marlborough Sounds
And all the magnificent scenery in between



RaT wrote:
Planning to take 81 year old father (fit and well and active!) to NZ south
Island for about 10 days. Any recommendations. Will be arriving and
departing from Christchurch. Will have car and using motels. Have thought
of the Whale watching, going to Wellington, Arthur's pass and onto
Queenstown etc. Any ideas...

LOL. Yes, Queenstown.

In article . net,
Kernow writes
Oamaru - Blue penguins at twilight

Actually, Oamaru has some very interesting architecture as well. It is
being put forward as a UNESCO site by NZ.

The penguins are fab, too.
--
JohnM

RaT wrote:
Planning to take 81 year old father (fit and well and active!) to NZ south
Island for about 10 days. Any recommendations. Will be arriving and
departing from Christchurch. Will have car and using motels. Have thought
of the Whale watching, going to Wellington, Arthur's pass and onto
Queenstown etc. Any ideas...


Look for 80 year old women?

"Windcat" wrote in message
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RaT wrote:
Planning to take 81 year old father (fit and well and active!) to NZ
south Island for about 10 days. Any recommendations. Will be arriving and
departing from Christchurch. Will have car and using motels. Have
thought of the Whale watching, going to Wellington, Arthur's pass and
onto Queenstown etc. Any ideas...
Look for 80 year old women?

Or 18 year old perhaps.

"Fred" wrote in message
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"Windcat" wrote in message
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RaT wrote:
Planning to take 81 year old father (fit and well and active!) to NZ
south Island for about 10 days. Any recommendations. Will be arriving
and departing from Christchurch. Will have car and using motels. Have
thought of the Whale watching, going to Wellington, Arthur's pass and
onto Queenstown etc. Any ideas...
Look for 80 year old women?

Or 18 year old perhaps.

That might not work for either of them, from another NG:-
Derek.

"A study was carried out to determine if a drug was useful for erectile
dysfunction (ED). The study had two groups of 10 patients. A placebo
was given to Group A, whereas group B received the drug which promised
to be effective for ED. After several trials of the drug during a week,
all patients of Group A were not satisfied, they were not able to
sustain intercourse, and their counterparts were not satisfied either.
On the contrary, all patients in Group B were fully satisfied with the
drug, they were able to sustain intercourse, and counterparts were very
happy and surprised of the effect of this drug. In conclusion: Placebo
0% efficacy, Wonder drug 100% efficacy. This seemingly impressive
results are less impressive when you read the small letter in the
materials and methods section of the article. In group A, of patients
receiving placebo, all male subjects were older than 80 years, and
female counterparts were younger than 25. In group B, of patients
receiving the wonder drug, all male subjects were 25 years old, and
female counterparts were older than 70......