Still hanging out in Queenstown!

So we are all still in Queenstown- Wednesday we headed to a national park called Milford Sound- it was amazing! We got picked up at 8:15 (which was rough since we didn't get home until 4am that morning!) by our bus, and were on our way. We had a great driver, Karen, who was very knowledgeable on NZ and also had a great sense of humor! We got to see some beautiful landscape, and made various stops to see attractions along the way to Milford Sound. The whole park is made up of mountains and hundreds of waterfalls- its strange to see so much land with no large animals anywhere. NZ doesn't have an native mammals except the bat, so there are no bears, moose etc. There are deer, but they were imported in, and lots are farmed, rather than in the wild. There are lots of rabbits and possums, though that also means that there is a LOT of roadkill. NZ people aim for possums in their cars like Saskatchewan people aim for gophers! After the bus ride there, we went out on a boat to see waterfalls and seals, all of which were beautiful and so worth the long bus ride. The ride home was much quicker, though we did stop to take pics of the Kea- a parrot found in NZ- who like to land on cars and eat the weatherstripping- makes people agitated! We didn't get home until 9:30 that night, though the day was definitely worth it- a great time!
Yesterday we went lugging- what a rush! You get going so fast, and its so fun! There were 6 of us who went, so we all had chances to gain up on one another. Louise, a girl who stays in our room at the hostel works there, so we even got a free ride out of the deal. Perfect!
We are staying here for another night, then heading to Dunedin. I bus down to a town called Gore on Monday to my next farm, and I am really excited! If I don't post again before, I will post from Gore!