I love the new graphics on the Air New Zealand planes. It’s the New Zealand Silver Fern. Some people want to change the national flag to a black and white fern flag. Very minimalist. Very cool.

Looking out the window of my bedroom at Gill’s Airbnb. Slightly suburban Wanaka.

A little Alpenglow to remind you where you are.

Arrived on a weekend and took time to walk each day around Lake Wanaka.  (Skiing on weekends is something you can avoid if you are retired.)

[Rather than bore you with all my lake and mountain photos, I’m just going to stick them at the end– so if you are tired, you can leave off….]

Up to Cardrona (or Cardies as it is known locally) for a warm-up day.

This is looking toward Queenstown and Lake Wakatipu in the distance.

Then up to Treble Cone (or TC) which has the some of the great views and much more challenging skiing.

TC also has alpine parrots, the Keas. They are large, entertaining and, sadly, endangered, but recovering in numbers since my last trip. 

A kea inspecting the gear.

Another view of Lake Wanaka from TC.

Sunrise on my last day of skiing for this trip. Off to Queenstown and Doubtful Sound.

Lake Wanaka Scenes

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Views from Higher Up

From the top of the Crown Range

From Cardrona looking toward The Snow Farm (the twisty road you see is the road to The Snow Farm

Love you Wanaka,

Bye, bye for now…..

And off to

Doubtful Sound /Patea

It was foggy and overcast when we started out across Lake Manapouri.

 

Then over the mountains to the fjords.

And Doubtful Sound / Patea itself…