Screech went the huge tires as the plane landed at Christchurch Airport. My Dad, Mum, my two brothers Elliott and Oscar and I all went down to the South Island for a holiday. First we went to pick up our rental car. We hopped on a mini bus taking us to Omega Rentals. Our car was a Subaru Legacy 4WD with plenty of scratches. We found a map and drove to my Uncles and Aunties place we were staying there for two nights until we left to Mount Cook. As we pulled into my Uncles drive way. WOOF! WOOF! WOOF! As my Uncles dog Saphie raced out to meet us. We parked in a little gap next to their garage. After we had taken our stuff inside we had sausages and barbecued veggies for dinner.
The next day we went into Christchurch city centre. We went up the Cathedral Tower. It was a spiral stair case right to the top. I saw the doors leading to the viewing platforms I went out first. It was a very long way down! Afterwards we went and saw a Busker. He was on a unicycle while getting out of strait jacket.
The next day we left for Mount Cook. We drove to Ashburton first and went to the supermarket and bought some lunch. About 4 hours later we arrived at Glenntanner Park. It was overcast so we could not see Mount Cook. As we drove to our camping site we looked at the spots we could stay. We finally found a camp site and started pitching our tent. Then we went and had a look at the other parts of the camp ground. We found the kitchen and the toilets. Over the other side of the drive way there was an outdoor patio with one side open. It had picnic tables, 5 barbecues, also a sink and a huge extractor fan over top. My mum and dad made dinner and after we had finished eating we went back and got ready to go to bed.
The next morning we set off to the Mount Cook Village. We had a look at the information centre. There was old climbing gear, journals, big woolly jumpers. There was also a rocks, a replica of a hut and a movie about a man who died on Mount Cook playing on a projector. Then we went outside and started a walk. We started down the track, it was gravel and pretty thin. After about 15 minutes we came to a huge swing bridge it was hanging across a big river that was flowing really fast. We started going over it, it was very windy so we had to hold onto our hats or else they would blow away. After we had gone over the bridge the track turned into a stream with stepping stones going over it until the path started again. About 30 minutes later we came to a second swing bridge. The path after that was a wooden board walk until we came to our destination a lake. It had small ice bergs compared to the ones in Antarctica. My Dad and I had a competition to see who could hit the iceberg first, I WON! Then we had lunch next to a big rock to shelter the wind. Then we started to go back. When we got back to Glentanner Park we bought an ice block, then we went back to our camp site and got dinner ready. The next day we packed up and went home.
By Kieran R
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