As we have had a nice bit of snow over the past week and I am feeling pretty confident on my board, I thought it'd be rude to come all of this way without having a weeks skiing... It was an early start I headed into town to hire skis and I was queuing for the bus to Coronet by 8:05. Sam was catching the bus from the Kingsgate Hotel as normal and I was meeting her there. I got to Coronet by 9:20 only to be met by Sam, who had already got a run in for the mor...

We decided to give Coronet Peak a try today as we had heard that Coronet Peak holds the snow better than the Remarkables (something to do with it being North facing), and as they had 30cm of snow on Friday we were hoping the snow conditions would be pretty good. We got up at 7 and caught the early bus at 8:10. We weren't wrong - Coronet Peak was amazing!!! The best snow we've had so far this season. The whole mountain was covered in powder and there wasn't a...

Today we had a decision to make... a very tough one mind, after all the snow yesterday, where do we go? Coronet or The Remarks? Well after some careful deliberation we decided to head up to the Remarkables and then we'd go to Coronet Peak tomorrow. This turned out to be a good decision. When we got to the base station it was obvious that they'd had a nice covering of snow, and we were getting ourselves ready for a really good day on the slopes. We head...

Right, well, after two lazy days we decided it was time for some skiing!!!! Unfortunately, the weather didn't agree! We got up at 9 to get the bus up to the Remarkables, looked out the window and found about a foot of snow! Only the second time we've seen it snow in Queenstown (and the first time was about 7 in the morning and it was gone an hour later). The whole town was covered in a big white blanket. The lake, the mountains and the golf course looked so ...

Today the plan is to go and get a job!! After our massive episode of 24 yesterday we thought we'd make up for it by heading to town and finding a job... We started by walking into town via all of the hotels along the way. First the Kingsgate Hotel... nothing available... then the Millenium... nothing available... our next stop was the Copthorne Hotel, seems strange that 3 weeks ago we were staying here, and now we're asking for jobs... they obviously charge...