NZ

well, i suppose i should stick to the interesting things, like the fun of our holiday. not the boring things, like how matt and i have to start organising his permanent visa which is complex and expensive... argh!

soooo... the holiday was awesome and i skied like a champ! pity we had poor visibility on some days but the view from the hotel was divine.
we had some excellent snow, and if i'd been able to see 5 feet in front of me, i'm sure i would've have spent all day on the slopes every single day.

matt and i thought we'd get the jump on everyone, and left while it was still dark on the first day. the road was very treacherous and we were sure we had gone up the mountain the wrong way. turns out we were about an hour and a half early for first chair. in fact we arrived before any of the staff did. plus we got to see a beautiful sunrise over the mountain ranges below.

the first day was the only one where we had clear skies for the whole day.

matt had a bit of a stack on the first day, but nothing serious. and the rest of the trip was pretty injury free.

cardrona was my favourite hill, and treble cone could have been fun on a clear day. but knee deep powder is impossible when you cant see where you're going... yes, that was the road up to cardrona -what an adventure!

i ended up not half bad on the slopes. matt was very proud of me. i was very proud of me.


this video was on the last day, and of course i had skied this run perfectly several times already but as soon as matt had the camera on me (and got in my way!) i couldnt do it in one go. matt was skiing backward while filming, hence the shaky camera work.... ok, it didnt load. sorry. it got almost there and then the connection must have dropped out cos it started all over again! grrrr.

so, now life is back to the grind. saving money for our trip at christmas, and the two and a half thousand dollars (at least) that its going to cost to get matt's visa sorted out.

he is away this weekend in macedon, painting his car. it should look pretty hot when its done. midnight blue, with his big spoke wheels...