*Mount Cook 5.5.-6.5.-12*

Mount Cook 3754m: Was be eus s Matterhorn esch, esch in Neuseeland de Mount Cook. Notürlech hemmer eus das ned loh entgoh ond norscho d fahrt zom Bärg esch atemberaubend gse. / What the Matterhorn is in Switzerland, is in New Zealand the Mount Cook. And of course we took our chance to go there. And even the ride out there was worth while and breathtaking.

Of de Fahrt chond mer a mehrere See ond au Stausee verbii met ere wonderschöne Bärgkulisse im Hentergrond. / During the ride we passed lots of lakes and even some dams

Ofem wäg zom Tasman-Gletscher hed sech die Ebeni ufto, wonderschön. / On the walk to the Tasman-Glacier we saw this beautiful plaine

Vom Gletscher gsed mer ned wörkli vell, nor en schmale wiise Strech oberhalb vode Wasseroberflächi, das esch, wel alles vo Stei bedeckt esch, zomendest de ondersti Teil. In wörklechkeit esches de grössti Gletscher in Neuseeland. Zom verglech: de Aletschgletscher (grössti ide Schwiiz) esch 23km lang, de Tasman Gletscher esch 27km lang ond bes zo 3km breit. / You cannot see a lot of the glacier from here, but the thin white line above the waterlevel is it. The last bit of the glacier is covered with stones. It is the largest glacier in Newzealand, 27km long and up to 3km wide.

Iisbärge im See grad onderhalb vom Gletscher/ Icebergs in the lake just below the glacier

Monschein öber de Bärge/ Moonlight over the mountains

Ond do escher den ändlech gse, womer den so dete gstande send hemmer mösse säge, naja. Hed chli öbis vom Pilatus aber so spektakulär esches ned gse (Warschindli send mer Schwiizer wens om Bärge god eifach chli verwöhnt :-) ) Trotzdem esches en wonderbare Tag gse ond met allne Bärge rondome semmer glich no es Ziitli höckle blobe ond hend s ganze of eus lo werke
And there it was, Mt. Cook. When we stood there it was not that special, I guess we are a little bit spoilt with beautiful mountains in Switzerland. But still it was a beautiful day and we sat down and let the landscape seek in.

Church of the good shepherd. En süessi chlini Chele met wonderschönem Usbleck of e Lake Tekapo / A beautiful little church with a magnificant view over the lake Tekapo

*Ost-Küste/ East-Coast*

Dunedin

Moeraki Boulders

 Moeraki Boulders send en Azahl grossi chogelrondi Mineralablagrige wo a de Koekhoe Beach a de Köste vo Otago leged. Meh weiss nonig gnau wieso die det send.


Moeraki Boulders are  a number of big round mineral sediments which lay at Koekhoe Beach at the coast of Otago. Till now it's unknown why they are there.

Hed sech rechtig toll agfühlt weder zrogg am Meer zsii/ Felt so good to be back at the ocean

*Milford Sound 3.5.-4.5.12

Au noch Milford Sound hemmer einisch meh wonderschöns Wätter gha. Mer send guet 5h vo Queenstown bes Milford Sound gfahre.


On the way to Milford,  again we had beautfiul weather. We drove approx. 5hours from Queenstown to Milford Sound.

Mirror Lake

Chum chond mer usem ongheimleche Homer-Tunnel use, gseht mer wonderbar is Tal abe ond fahrt en sehr korvegi Stross rechtig Milford.
Do semmer s'erschtmol de fräche Keas, Gebirgspapageie begägnet. Die wartet det ufem Ussechtsponkt uf Touriste. Wenn mer usstiigt chömed die grad azhööbsle ond hoffed uf öbis zässe.
After we left the creepy Homer-Tunel we had a great view over the valley and drove a twisty road down to Milford.
Here we first met the cheeky Keas, mountain-parrots. They wait on the viewing-point for the tourists. So when you get off the car they hop to you and hope for some food.

Am zwöite Tag hemmer eini vo dene bekannte Cruise gmacht. Guet ipackt semmer am Morge uf das Cruise-Boot. Dos no rächt frösch gseh esch, eschs grad allne rächt gseh as mer gratis Tee ond Kaffe met Muffin becho hed ond de erschti Teil no em warme absetze hed chönne.


On the second day we went on one of these famous cruises. Because it was very chilly in the morning everyone was very glad to get some free coffe, tea and muffin and could stay inside in the warmth.

*Queenstown 1.5.-3.5.12*

Wiiter esches uf eusere Fahrt noch Queenstown gange. Mer send noch dem mer s'Gletschterdörfli verloh hend e paar mol om d'Korve gfahre ond taaadaaa am Meet aglangt. Uf dere Fahrt hemmer wedermol ganz vell verschedni Landschafte atroffe.
We went on on our trip to Queenstown.  After we left the glacier-village and a few corners later we were at the coast again. During this drive we again saw a lot of different landscapes.

De bekannti Fergburger!!! Jaammii




The famous Fergburger!!!yaammii

Queenstown esch es chliises wondergmüetlechs Dörfli vo Bärge omrengt. Meh hed so rechtig s'Skiort-feeling becho.


Queenstown is a pretty small village and surrounded by mountains. We really got the skiplace-feeling as we know it from switzerland.

Shot Over Jet

Shot Over Jet: Es chliises Speedboat wo kei Tiefgang hed. Med dem semmer den dor en Flosskanal döregsaused ond hend eus au ab ond zue mol 360° dreiht..hammer geil gseh!


Shot Over Jet: E small speedboat without draft. With that we sped trough a river canyon and did some 360° twists..was awesome!

°Franz Josef Glacier + Fox Glacier 29.4.-1.5.12°

Do om die Gletscher ome hemmer den s'erscht mol de chalti Herbst en Neuseeland zgspröre becho ond au s'allerersti mol Schnee uf eusem Trip gseh. Zom eus am Obe ame chli ufzwärme hemmer die "Ovaltine" kauft, die esch aber leider nome halb so guet wie die orginial Ovi! 
Near the glaciers we first got to know the cold autumn in New-Zealand and saw snow for the  first time on our trip. To warm up in the cold evernings we bought "Ovaltine" but unfortunately it tastes not even close as good as the original one from switzerland.

 Om zom Gletscher zcho hemer zerscht mösse dor en Wald laufe ond send den aschliessend ufen grossi Flächi volle met Stei cho. Ahand vo de "Moräne" hed mer gseh wie wiit sech de Gletsche scho zrogg beldet hed.
To get to the glacier we had to walk through forest to get to this huge plane full of rocks. Because of the moraine you could see how much the glacier melt back over the last decades.

Trotz em ned so tolle Wätter esches gliich wonderschön gseh/ Even tough the weather wasnt that good  it still was very beautiful.

 Fox Glacier: De wältwiit einizgi Gletscher wo grad a Rägewald gränzt.


Fox Glacier: The worlds only glacier which is next to the rainforest