New Zealand -day 5

QUEENSTOWN - April 8
We watched the news coverage of the  beautiful Royals' arrival to New Zealand. It would be nice to see them but the only day our paths will cross is on our return to Christchurch at the end of our holiday. Unfortunately they're not coming to Melbourne. Victorians feel snubbed that they aren't coming to what we believe is the prettiest state in Australia. (It's true, we've only seen 3).
When we first arrived and colleagues found out we were going to visit New Zealand for the first holiday, they said 'wait till hear their accent!' Before we came Australia, Aussie,NZ and South African....even British, all sounded the same to me. Now that we've lived in Australia for more than 3 months, I found it hard to understand the Kiwi accent.
We're on the road for 260km to QUEENSTOWN. The sun is trying to break through the fog.We have seen herds of sheep grazing on the sides and base of the mountains. Several falcons were pecking at carrion on the road. We stopped on the road to take photos of cattle crossing the road. The mountains are majestic. The landscape looks like  sprawling Swiss alps or Colorado mountains.