The extreme and not so extreme

On the morning we were leaving Rotorua we had a couple of activities to get done first. First up we headed up to the Skyline Skyrides to go luging. We jumped in the gondolas and headed up the hill balancing precariously over the mountain side bright and early. The luge course offers 3 different tracks - scenic, intermediate and advanced. I just did the scenic but the kids did all 3 (a couple of times I think) and some of the bigger kids did too. Thanks for the recommendation Steven! If only you could hear Ben in these photos. As he was flying down the mountain all you could here was this huge "woo-hoo!!!!". You heard that, before you saw him. First up, a self portrait of myself and Ben on our way up the hill in the gondola. They couldn't have sat any further apart if they tried ;) Afterwards we made our way to the Agrodome for the next extreme sport of the day - The Zorb. It was something that Grant had wanted to do since we decided to come to NZ and Ben was able to do it aswell. Basically they throw you in a big clear ball, chuck in some water and then roll you down a hill. Ben has decided that we are all coming back to Rotorua for a week stay just so we can do all the adventure sports on offer. We have created a dare-devil! Yep - that's Grant in the Zorb. Next up - Taupo!