NZ

[Tobi]

Right so flights are booked.
Fly into Christchurch on August 13th @ 2pm.
Fly out of Christchurch on August 22nd @ 6am.
So the night of the 21st will be spent in Queenstown.

Have friends in town til the 18th, some flying over with me and some staying in Wanaka.

So far I've got one person with me the whole time but there are a couple of others thinking about it.

I'm thinking of driving to Queenstown and staying there. Simply cause it's easy, it's got a good night life.

From the 18th til the 21st it's anyone's game. For something different maybe some of the club fields or something else, do a little sight seeing along the way.

Ideas people.

[Billy]

I'd go to Queenstown... Last time I stayed in Methven and there's not much at all do do there!! Bloody boring..

Was going to go to NZ this year, but a friend pulled out... not good

[Tobi]

We will be in Queenstown for at least 5 days.

I've done Queenstown before. NZ is such an amazing country I was hoping people might have some ideas of other things to do while there as I wouldn't mind seeing more of the place.

[BlueHue]

I've heard the club fields are an experience in themselves if you don't mind things beeing basic. Good way of meeting skiing mates too. Stay in a lodge on the mtn with shared kitchens/living area and bunk bedrooms, no where else to go so you just hang out and have fun with who ever happens to be staying there as well. Oh and hardly any competition for first tracks on a powder apparently. Broken River and Craigeburn (side by side and I think can be skied on one pass??) has a reputation for some of the best skiing in NZ and some very serious terrain.

Not that I know from experience but from what others have told me after visting NZ seems to be the kind of place you could just jump in your car and start driving and it won't matter where you end up there will be some amazing places and things to see.

[Tobi]

I think I have a little more of a plan now.

Arrive August 13th - Drive to Queenstown.
14th - 18th ride resorts around Queenstown.
19th - Heli boarding, maybe bungy jumping.
20th - 22nd Club fields, Mt Hutt, maybe Milford Sound.

[Billy]

Originally posted by BlueHue:
NZ seems to be the kind of place you could just jump in your car and start driving and it won't matter where you end up there will be some amazing places and things to see.

true true!

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[KL.]

Originally posted by Tobi:
We will be in Queenstown for at least 5 days.

I've done Queenstown before. NZ is such an amazing country I was hoping people might have some ideas of other things to do while there as I wouldn't mind seeing more of the place.

Hi Tobi, if you don't mind nut cracker lifts you should definitely try Broken River, Craigieburn, Temple Basin ... there's 3 days. There's also TC, Porters and 1 or 2 others ... have fun [img]smile.gif[/img]

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[Tobi]

Thanks for the tips KL.

We are currently looking at leaving Queenstown on the Thursday morning driving to a club field riding the afternoon, staying overnight riding the morning then driving to Christchurch.

Any ideas of a club field that's between Queenstown and Christchurch that would be good to check out?

[ausi ski bum]

Here is a tip for flying to NZ. Always have a look at the tickets as one way flihgts, ie Sydney Christchurch then log on the Qantas New Zealand flight and look at the return flight in NZ$. I recently saved AU$120 doing this, ended up on the exact same flights and still got the FF Points

[KL.]

Hi Tobi
Broken River and Craigieburn are club fields about an 1.5 hrs from Christchurch and they both have on snow accommodation (you would need to check with them though). You can ski from BR to CB and visa versa on the one ticket (I believe). They aren't large fields, both have rope tows, both have good steeps but BR needs less snow than CB to be skiable, and they're lift ticket is NZ60/day (something like that) ... have fun [img]smile.gif[/img]