• Jo LoweThe let loose tourJo Lowe
    Queenstown airport
    View over the Queenstown south island alps from the planeView over the south island alps from the planeView from the planeView from the planeGreat bag with Nz humour,thankfully not neededView of Wellington from lookoutView of Wellington from the lookoutView of Wellington from the lookout

    Bye Queenstown, Hello Wellington

    June 11, 2025 in New Zealand ⋅ 🌧 14 °C

    An early start (6.30am) for a flight from Queenstown on the South island to Wellington on the North island to stay with Maura and Ian for 2days
    Maura is a British nurse, my age who is married to Ian .He is a New Zealander( kiwi).I met them a few weeks ago on the Sri Lanka bus tour. They invited me to stay and we kept in touch,which has resulted in actually staying
    Maura met me at the airport.I had had to check my case in,so needed to collect it .Rather unusually ,I was met by Maura and then we went together to collect my bag....different than M/c airport where you collect bags 1st and then meet family. We went for lunch ,and then up to a viewpoint over Wellington. It was raining so low cloud . However got an overall idea of the layout of the city.
    Returned to Maura's house and met Ian and their lovely golden labrador, Honey. We spent time chatting and catching up..Ian made a beautiful lamb dinner.    Read more