happy holidays

Here are some more photos from our holiday.....

this is a view from the road that goes up over the mountains out to Wanaka, looking back towards Qtn...

here are some farmed Deer in their paddock..... look at those mountains behind them...

and this is the lake at Wanaka about an hour's drive from Queenstown, beautiful with the snow topped mountains in the background

Victoria enjoying the sun and veiws out at Jack's Point.....(Qtn behind hill on the left)

we had a delicious lunch there.....

this is one of the ski runs at Coronet Peak, just 5 minutes from Qtn...

While we were over visiting Vic it was her birthday and she wanted to go horse riding so we drove out to Glenorchy about 1 hour from Qtn, it was a very pretty drive along beside Lake Wakatipu....

Here's our girl getting ready to get on her horse with some help....

Vic getting buckled up...

Off we go......that's my back....I don't really look like I'm holding on for dear life...do I???? we did this for two hours.... and yes it was interesting getting off...lol

 we rode along this track to the Willows in the distance then turned left and rode along the edge of the river for a while then we crossed the river a few times.... yes through the freezing water.... it was lots of fun but I am not sure I'd do it again...... think I'm over horses but where we rode was so beautiful it was at the foot of those mountains.....

Lastly these are some pictures of the gardens in Christchurch... it was a lovely place to visit....