Treble Cone South Island

(Rosh Chodesh Av) Friday July 20^th - Have you
ever jumped off a bridge? Well, most of Kanfei has. On Friday we spent the day
bungy jumping off a 43 meter bridge, after which we spent some time walking
around Queenstown, where many bought food and souvenirs. We then headed back to
camp to prepare for Shabbat.

It has been a very busy Xmas time and I barely had time to even sit still and have a think, let alone post blog updates!

My last entry talked about the Routeburn Track, and we must be up to 17th-19th December. These were another three days that I had off before a busy Xmas period of working 10 out of 13 days! Time had flown by so fast that …

June down under, means winter... So skiing time. Went down to the south Island to ski at some mountain Ranges around Queenstown. And to top it all off ,went one day heli skiing as well.. Nothing but endless down hills of virgin powder... :)

... and dig out the extra duvets. 11/8 We left the van park by 9am and headed for the slopes once more and to one of the South Island's most fabled ski fields, The Remarkables, and with a name like that we were in for a real treat . . . at least we ...

... was wonderful. On the way back we stopped constantly for more strange animal encounters and a brief meander at the entrance to the 'Treble Cone' ski fields (the third major one in the area), before heading back to Wanaka for a bite to eat. It was a ...

... and a full day on the mountain. This time over to Wanaka, to 'Treble Cone'. A word on Treble Cone: 'TC' is the largest ski resort in the South Island and boasts some of the longest and steepest runs available. Its huge, and the whole resort is ...

... site number 29 for a few more days in our favouritest and most perfectly proportioned and positioned town in all of New Zealand. That afternoon we dined early on burgers cooked outside in the park's sheltered barbie area while rain continued to fall ...

... his watch. I spun the car round to say hi. He was waiting for an associate who was almost a minute late. They were going up in to the mountains near the Treble Cone over towards Wanaka to perform some crazy manoeuvres. I told you. Dave is ...

... to spoil the view, but all we were getting were living postcards causing our mental-imaging equipment to go into overdrive. These South Island views are enough to make you go visually insane. Up the road we checked into the 'Aspiring Caravan Park', ...

... generally has no fear so is not a good control in any experiment. Got picked up in a mini bus and drove up towards treble cone mountain. The road was pretty steep and wound around switchbacks before we found a good spot. I was quickly corrected that we ...

... to go in search of another type of kiwi, the nations national bird. Stewart Island to the South of the South Island is the third largest Island in New Zealand and supposedly one of the best places in the country to see kiwis - apparently you're virtually ...

... . My next stop after dunedin (school and exams will be over June 19) will be Wanaka - it's a very small town nearest to the Treble Cone ski hill which i have a pass to. The snow isn't anything compared to B.C. but it's a decent height and the only mt ...

... next day wasn't too great so we decided to take a drive around the lake towards the mountains. We discovered where the treble cone ski area was, it looked quite impressive. We took lots of photographs, mainly of cows casually strolling across the road ...