So last night went pretty much as I said it would. We got to the lodge around 6ish, found a room and cooked dinner. After dinner Lauren, Beth, Sophie and I went to look at the river. There was a trolley to take you over the river, which was basically a wooden platform that worked on a pulley rope system type thing. Lauren and I decided to have a go and the second we sat down we went shooting across the river. Lauren was screaming and we could hear the other two laughing at us from across the river. We got about 3/4 of the way and then had to pull ourselves across the rest of the way. Getting off was quite a precarious task as you just sort of had to jump off and hope you didn't slip or overbalance into the river. We managed to get off, before promptly getting back on and crossing back over much to the amusement of Beth and Sophie. It was quite funny to be fair to them.
We also had a game of volleyball/kicking the ball over the net. It wasn't very successful. The highest rally we managed to get was about 3 but it was quite amusing. The rest of the evening was spent playing cards and we eventually went to bed around 11:30.
This morning we got up and opted to get the earlier bus to Wellington as there wasn't much point in us hanging around with nothing to do so the bus left at about half 10 with around 15 people on board.
The area around the lodge we stayed in was really scenic. The drive in and out of the area was on wonderfully windy roads and the landscape was just so hilly. It was just up and down for miles. And there was loads of sheep (obviously).
We arrived in Wellington around 3 and checked into the hostel, doing some washing and showering etc. We had a free dinner from the hostel and we plan to climb Mt Victoria this evening. Despite being a mountain it doesn't look very tall and is only supposed to take 25 minutes. I'll let you know how it goes.
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