Bob Minchin :
SWMBO & I are planning a trip to NZ sometime next year and in an
attempt to balance out her choice of scenic locations to visit, I'd
welcome suggestions of 'must see' locations for an
engineer/scientist/woodbutcher like myself and like most readers of
this NG.


Suggestions please (polite or at least humourous naturally!)

Weblinks to events too would be good. visit is possible next November
or just maybe sooner - next February.

Are you interesting in hiking ("tramping" as they call it there)? I can
vouch for the Tongariro Crossing, Queen Charlotte Walkway, and Milford
Track. Queenstown is great for all sorts of activities.

I wouldn't bother with the famous glass floor at the top of the
skyscraper in Auckland. The glass was so dirty when we visited you could
hardly see through it. Nor with the glaciers on S Island - if you've
been to a glacier anywhere else, it was probably more impressive.

The vineyard lunches are a great tradition.

You can see brief plans for our four-week holiday in 2003 he
http://thedowerhouse.com/hols/nz.html

--
Mike Barnes