Posts by julie from nz

Last weekend I had an amazing day Heliskiing in Mt Aspiring National Park, near Wanaka, New Zealand. Its getting late but I thought you are probably more interetsed in the photos than read my waffle, so here is a link to an unlisted...

What a fateful comment, and yes the avalanche warnings were as high as you could get. The company I went with did o fly on the Friday, they spent the whole day bombing the slopes for us. Matt should enjoy TC. It might be snowing this...

CanuckInstructorJust spent last Sunday at Treble Cone and the conditions are great. All runs are open, coverage is great. Can ski off-piste from top to bottom. But after looking at the date of your posting you are probably...

This was very tragic, they dug him out within 7 minutes, he was 61, so maybe had had trauma injuries, have not heard yet.  Another guy was buried longer but was okay and went skiing the next day at a commerical ski area. Heli-ski...

Everything is fine, the tsunami was 17 cm (6 inches?) when it hit the Dunedin coastline about 11 pm - needless to say we didn't notice. Was the longest earthquake I've ever felt, it was 7.8 at its epicentre, and it went for over a...

I have swum with the dolphins in New Zealand and the instructions we were given were the opposite in some respects to the Red Sea. The dolphins you swim with off Kaikoura are 'Dusky' dolphins and they are there all year round, so we were...

SpindriftThats about right at current exchange rates, it is $995 NZD  per day. I'm sure thats cheaper than in the past, I thought it was about $1100 NZD per day for max vert - maybe they are trying to...

Paul, I'll keep you informed. How exciting,  I hope he doesn't get an initial bad impression of Dunedin, weather is awful today. Wet, low cloud, pretty chilly. It has snowed heaps inland, Lots of the main roads the roads...

Its taken me a while, but how about we have a Gathering in New Zealand, for those New Zealanders who post and lurk, or for those looking for an excuse to come down under and enjoy some of-season skiing. Oh, and of course, any...

We have had some early falls and May has been cooler than normal so some ski areas have been able to open early. A small club area, Manganui opened first(club field in North Island, I've never been there) , and then Mt...