Beluga Methven

... although they failed to tell me on the 1st day that you can go down the "really hard slope" straight you have to go side to side, which i hadnt learned because i was only beginner, so i managed to ski into the side of the mountain and plow myself out of it and had to be sterchered down the slope, with torn ligments by a fellow irish man called Ronan who worked on the slopes. But dont panic guys by the 4th day (we had a rest day for my leg, plus the ...

... Centre where we had booked our shuttle and snowboard lessons. The shuttle up the mountain only did 2 runs 7:45 and 10:15 with returns at 3:15 and 4:00. We thought this was a little odd. We were then told that since we were taking lessons we had to take the 7:45 so that we would get there on time. We found out that night that there had been some major storms over the past few days and the mountain had been closed since Tuesday afternoon. They closed the ...

... to drive over to springfield (300km round trip) so that is indeed what i did.. :) It was soo nice to have the independence back again, no more relying on people to ferry me around just me and the open road.. What made it even better was the fact that the car i borrowed was an jap imported mazda mx3 with a 1.8 twin cam 16valve V6 engine... It was like a rocket.. So i set off on Friday the 13th (!!!!) to homer land to meet my fellow co workers and actually talk to ...

... dorp want het is een TOWN, maar het heeft maar 3 winkels) geweest. Daarna naar de bergen (southern Alps). fantastisch uitzicht!!! Gisterenavond was het kerstavond. Heerlijk gegeten en supergezellige avond gehad. Later op de avond (na heel veel spelletjes, door Tony bedacht: noem een bekend persoon, de volgende in de rij moet een ander bekend persoon noemen waarbij de eerste letter van de naam van die persoon begint met de eerste letter van de ...

Drove out of Oamaru into the town centre where we bought a new bag for Fi and I (Rich) also paid my speeding fine at the local Westpac bank. Only cash accepted (?). The staff were very sympathetic which made me feel better. Drove on through Timaru and Ashburton, both quite large towns relative to most we have been through lately. Went through a village called St Andrews - yes it had a golf course! Landed in ...

... not too windy so the lake was reflecting the mountains. It was so peaceful and calm...until another car came along - damn it! We walked along the track for a bit but decided to head further along the road to Mt Sunday (Edoras) as the other car's occupants were now having lunch. I recognised Mt Sunday immediately, though it was extremely ...

... angeschaut - gemeinsam mit fast allen Einwohnern. Die "All Blacks" haben natuerlich voll abgeraeumt (33:6 gegen Suedafrika). Die Nacht haben wir am Bahnhofsparkplatz verbracht, wir wollten ja am naechsten Tag die ersten Fans sein. Immerhin wurde der Zug mit Homer und Bart um 9.00 Uhr erwartet. Wir haben die Abgeschiedenheit Springfields unterschaetzt - in der Nacht sind 4 Gueterzuege hinter uns vorbeigedonnert ...

... fun (and learn about trust..) After the blindfolding we passed a ball in a circle and had to remember who we passed it to . Our group's goal was to see how fast we could get it around in order. After a few tries we got it passed around in to six people in 3.6 seconds. Next we had a relay. This wasn't an ordinary relay as we had to run about 10 feet away and spell out our names with our booties. After the bootie shaking we did a ...

... This one is accessed by a long road classed as four wheel drive, but the Department of Conservation in Twizel reckoned we would be ok due to the dry weather. So we were, although the gallant Bluesmobile has acquired one or two scrapes and was so dusty we could hardly see out of the windows. The walk took us up and down some steep slopes (it's called the five point technique - two feet, two hands and one backside) to viewpoints of a vertiginously narrow ...