I spent the best part of a day at the Queenstown luge doing some filming for an insurance company who were defending a case against somebody who had a misfortune on a luge ride. It was amazing running down this hair-raising ride a number of times with somebody else picking up the tab. Queenstown is a nice place and I was fortunate to have spent a week in 1971 camped at the airport with my airforce flying course getting all around the bottom part of the South Island. It looks to have changed quite a bit in the intervening years.
Oh wow that would be nice! I really would have spent an entire day just going down that over and over again, Abbie on the other hand thought once was enough lol! Oh I bet Queenstown looks a LOT different now than in 1971 🤣
You guys are just the cutest! I watched your video at the starting leaving home and I was so happy for you guys, you were so excited. I don't know if you have, as I haven't seen all your NZ videos but I hope you went to Nelson and the Abel Tasman National Park. I've been everywhere in NZ and probably take those places for granted but the one place for me I feel is very special is the Abel Tasman. Its a piece of secluded, prehistoric feeling, coastal paradise. Really makes you feel like you've gone back in time and are emersed in nature.
Oh thank you so much! So we have already started a list of what we missed and Abel Tasman is at the top. We had originally planned to go there after taking the ferry from Wellington to Picton but for rental car reasons we ended up flying between the islands and didn't have enough time to go to the very north or south part of the South Island 😢 It looks stunning though, and definitely on the next NZ trip!
@@AbbieandWiebe @@AbbieandWiebe I've only ever taken the interislander ferry twice. Its quite expensive, but the views are nice on a summer's day sailing. A good site to check out for booking activities is bookme.co.nz - could help with planning ideas, too. It's not good for booking heaps in advance, but once you're on the road and heading to your next destination and want a discounted activity, it's good. Between Picton and Nelson is a small town called Havelock. They run a day trip called the Pelorus Mail Boat (themailboat.co.nz) and it was a lovely summers day out through the sounds. Be sure to check out the wineries in Blenhiem and the pick your own cherries on the road out of Blenhiem toward Nelson. Seems like international travel is so far in the future, but it gives us all time to plan our next trips 😊
@@user-oz7gc9bi7w Hey that is great info! We will def check that out if we can ever get back to that neck of the woods! Yes, it seems far away, but we can dream and plan! ❤
You can get plenty of great burgers in the USA. I recently had a Burger Fuel burger and Kumara (sweet potatoe fries) here in Auckland , and it was fantastic
It is very expensive to eat out here in New Zealand but that's alot due to we don't TIP staff here because wages here are government set at $22 hr minimum wage for all workers here. So it's a livingish pay structure and you don't have to rely on tips etc, not to say they don't accept tips if given but it is expensive to eat and our meat and veggies etc is mostly free range etc.
Hi Guys I have commented previously as you know. Fergburger needs to be the likes of the Rib Eye Steak burger (steak from you NZ super tender and others) local to NZ. :-)
@@AbbieandWiebe I am very lucky brother I can see yours video bro but my drem is my total life 1 day coming in your country my country India my small villege but all videos very nice and information good
That is incorrect. When Europeans arrived in New Zealand, six introduced cultigens (cultivated plants that have no known wild ancestor) were being grown by Māori. They were: kūmara (sweet potato, Ipomoea batatas) hue (bottle gourd, Lagenaria siceraria) aute (paper mulberry, Broussonetia papyrifera) taro (Colocasia esulenta) uwhi (yam, Dioscorea species) tī pore (Pacific cabbage tree, Cordyline fruticosa).
@@AbbieandWiebe You would have had a great time in Wellington. We have many LOTR filming locations (Rivendale) and the Weta Cave run by Peter Jackson and Ian Taylor where they have models and props from Lord of the ring films. The museum of NZ or Te Papa is located there as well entry is FREE.
@@AbbieandWiebe yeah the hype is always buildups when it comes to tourist places like queenstown, gisborne and so on... its always the market food or normal food places in small suburbs that are actually reaaaally good
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I spent the best part of a day at the Queenstown luge doing some filming for an insurance company who were defending a case against somebody who had a misfortune on a luge ride. It was amazing running down this hair-raising ride a number of times with somebody else picking up the tab. Queenstown is a nice place and I was fortunate to have spent a week in 1971 camped at the airport with my airforce flying course getting all around the bottom part of the South Island. It looks to have changed quite a bit in the intervening years.
Oh wow that would be nice! I really would have spent an entire day just going down that over and over again, Abbie on the other hand thought once was enough lol! Oh I bet Queenstown looks a LOT different now than in 1971 🤣
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Thanks! Well NZ is awesome and Queenstown is one of the best locations! I could do the Skyline cars ALL day lol!
OMG you guys are so much fun!! Love watching your videos.
Thank you Max! We try to enjoy every second we can away from work lol!
Such a fun video!!! I will have to show you the video of me crying on the gondola over the Royal Gorge!!!
Haha! Ok!!
You guys are just the cutest! I watched your video at the starting leaving home and I was so happy for you guys, you were so excited.
I don't know if you have, as I haven't seen all your NZ videos but I hope you went to Nelson and the Abel Tasman National Park. I've been everywhere in NZ and probably take those places for granted but the one place for me I feel is very special is the Abel Tasman. Its a piece of secluded, prehistoric feeling, coastal paradise. Really makes you feel like you've gone back in time and are emersed in nature.
Oh thank you so much!
So we have already started a list of what we missed and Abel Tasman is at the top. We had originally planned to go there after taking the ferry from Wellington to Picton but for rental car reasons we ended up flying between the islands and didn't have enough time to go to the very north or south part of the South Island 😢
It looks stunning though, and definitely on the next NZ trip!
@@AbbieandWiebe @@AbbieandWiebe I've only ever taken the interislander ferry twice. Its quite expensive, but the views are nice on a summer's day sailing.
A good site to check out for booking activities is bookme.co.nz - could help with planning ideas, too. It's not good for booking heaps in advance, but once you're on the road and heading to your next destination and want a discounted activity, it's good.
Between Picton and Nelson is a small town called Havelock. They run a day trip called the Pelorus Mail Boat (themailboat.co.nz) and it was a lovely summers day out through the sounds.
Be sure to check out the wineries in Blenhiem and the pick your own cherries on the road out of Blenhiem toward Nelson.
Seems like international travel is so far in the future, but it gives us all time to plan our next trips 😊
@@user-oz7gc9bi7w Hey that is great info! We will def check that out if we can ever get back to that neck of the woods! Yes, it seems far away, but we can dream and plan! ❤
You can get plenty of great burgers in the USA. I recently had a Burger Fuel burger and Kumara (sweet potatoe fries) here in Auckland , and it was fantastic
Abbie loves sweet potato fries! We should have tried that burger place when we went through Auckland.
Oh yeah they also have the luge in Rotorua as well but not as big...lol
Oh we should have tried that one! I could have spent all day there ❤
You came out of the wine tasting looking remarkably fresh. 😊
Hahaha! Yes! Good thing we walked lol
Does the coke taste the same?
I don't remember noticing any difference. I just remember I couldn't find Dr. Pepper anywhere 🤣
It is very expensive to eat out here in New Zealand but that's alot due to we don't TIP staff here because wages here are government set at $22 hr minimum wage for all workers here. So it's a livingish pay structure and you don't have to rely on tips etc, not to say they don't accept tips if given but it is expensive to eat and our meat and veggies etc is mostly free range etc.
It's not too bad if you come with the expectation of food being expensive. It was def the healthiest and best quality food we've had in awhile! 😍
The adult minimum wage is $18.90 an hour before tax if you're 16 years or older.
Queenstown is beautiful, but better in winter when there is snow on all the mountains.
Yes it is! Oh I bet that is breathtaking! Would love to get to see that!
Golden rule for the luge..., do not push forward
Yes push forward! Must go faster! haha
Hi Guys I have commented previously as you know. Fergburger needs to be the likes of the Rib Eye Steak burger (steak from you NZ super tender and others) local to NZ. :-)
I would have to agree, the couple times we had steak there it was REALLY good! Maybe we got the wrong burgers from Fergburger lol 🤣
Maybe wrong” but sweet potato, and kumara, are two different vegetables, totally different colour, taste,and texture.
Oh really? Interesting! I love them both then! Haha!
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Thank you for watching and for the support!
@@AbbieandWiebe I am very lucky brother I can see yours video bro but my drem is my total life 1 day coming in your country my country India my small villege but all videos very nice and information good
Capt Slow (Abbie)
HAHAHA! Well, to be fair, it feels a lot faster when your riding those things than it looks 🤣
Sweet potato is called kumara staple diet for Maori it is the only food we bought with us we like beetroot and a fried egg (runny) in our burgers
Yes we've had another comment calling sweet potato kumara. It's really interesting hearing the Maori culture :)
That is incorrect. When Europeans arrived in New Zealand, six introduced cultigens (cultivated plants that have no known wild ancestor) were being grown by Māori. They were:
kūmara (sweet potato, Ipomoea batatas) hue (bottle gourd, Lagenaria siceraria) aute (paper mulberry, Broussonetia papyrifera) taro (Colocasia esulenta) uwhi (yam, Dioscorea species) tī pore (Pacific cabbage tree, Cordyline fruticosa).
@@AbbieandWiebe did you lovely people miss out Rotorua, the lower North Island and Wellington?
@@mb68nz35 We did, unfortunately! I really want to come back and visit all the areas that we missed!
@@AbbieandWiebe You would have had a great time in Wellington. We have many LOTR filming locations (Rivendale) and the Weta Cave run by Peter Jackson and Ian Taylor where they have models and props from Lord of the ring films. The museum of NZ or Te Papa is located there as well entry is FREE.
every tourist place has yuck food in nz hands down
LOL, well I wouldn't say it wasn't good...it just wasn't worth all the hype we felt like. Now the taco place we ate at, that needs more hype! 😍
@@AbbieandWiebe yeah the hype is always buildups when it comes to tourist places like queenstown, gisborne and so on... its always the market food or normal food places in small suburbs that are actually reaaaally good
@@supervalour8620 Yes 100% agree!