Hanmer Springs day 2 - Quad bikes and water rafting

We woke up to a sunny day in Hanmer Springs ready for some adventures. At 10am we headed down the river to do water rafting and to our surprise it was just us 2 and the guide on the boat which was pretty fun.
The actual river was pretty mellow but we did have a few fun tides. Whilst still rafting we stopped near a huge rock formation and were given the opportunity to jump off the rock into the river. Wayne was brave enough to do it from 3 metres high but I could only do it from about a metre! haha I chickened out in the end because I'm not such a confident swimmer especially because we had to swim back to base against the direction the tide was going.

Our guide was heaps of fun and we got to chat a bit during the slow tides and I got to jump off the boat and swim a bit in the water. It's really weird swimming in a moving river, you don't have to do anything but float on your back and let the water move you.
So after about an hour of rafting we got driven back to the base by a jet boat and we rested and had lunch and got ready for the quad bike.

The quad bike was a lot of fun, a very muddy and wet experience. I think Wayne enjoyed it quite a bit, he was showing off driving around heaps fast into corners. I was pretty good as well, I felt so confident at one stage that I nearly fell off my bike but I made it. We drove through rivers, lots of muddy puddles and gigantic rocks, and of course it was all backed up with the lovely scenery of Hanmer Springs.

So from 10am till 3pm we have been flat out! Tomorrow we're driving down to Christchurch and staying there for a few nights.

The internet here has been quite shocking and slowwww to the max and this is why we haven't been able to upload that many photos because it just takes forever and we'd have to try at least 3 times before one photo is uploaded.

We'll try and find better internet providers :P

Hope Melbourne is going well without us!


Lots of love,
Wayne and Farrah