Knight's Point Today we traveled the rain forests of the West Coast which get 200-300 inches of rain, but we got to see it in the sunshine. Most of the forest is covered in pine trees and ferns, all of them very tall. You feel that the dinosaurs should be lurking nearby. We stopped numerous times for the sights: Fox Glacier, Knights Point on the Tasman sea, Timber Creek Falls, and Lake Hawea. Our big stop was a jet boat ride up the Haast river with view of the 2000 foot Harris Falls and Joe Falls. We had fun jetting up the shallow river and doing a few 360's. While the river was shallow today, it only takes a few days of rain to turn it into a torrent from shore to shore.
We arrived in beautiful Queenstown at about 4:30. Our Novatel hotel is right along the water front. In the evening, we took the gondola up the mountain side for gorgeous views of the lake and its surrounding mountains. The buffet up there was quite delicious. We ended the day, celebrating St. Patrick's day at a local pub.
Queenstown from the gondula
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