Rimu tour Day 12

We started our day with a 20km bike ride from Manapouri to Te Anau.

It was so chilly outside and we even had frost on our bicycle seats!  We definitely warmed up after our ride though.  Our final destination was to be Braemar Station – as sheep shearing farm on the edge of lake Pukaki.  It’s about an hour outside Mt. Cook Village… so needless to say, it was going to be a long driving day.  We stopped in Queenstown again for some lunch and a few of us tried out Ferg Burger.  YUM, but i would advice you to split a burger – they’re HUGE!  Next, it was time to face my fears.  We had planned from the beginning of the trip to go bungy jumping as a group at the Kawarau Bridge (43m).  Of course, this bridge is nothing compared to the Nevis bungy jump that Wayne and Ben did in Queenstown.  That one is 134m high and Colin wants to do that one later.  I had decided i really wanted to give this thing a try so I went tandem with Colin (that way if i chickened out – Colin would jump which would make me fall as well!).  So here are some pictures of proof that, YES, I did bungy jump.

Russell ready to go.

Jamie

Stan

Then it was back in Frank for some more driving.  But before we got to Braemar, we had one more stop at a Salmon farm.  We each got to feed the fish and then our guides bought fresh salmon for dinner!

And thanks to Crispy for bringing the makings for S’mores (since they don’t have any of them here)!  So we had a delicious dessert.

And this is the view from Braemar Station that night….

By Colin and Andre’a Feldhaus