Family Reunion and Skiing in NZ

We got to the flight in Concepcion with lots of time to spare. Carlos had his timetable perfect from their many visitors to Chequen Farm. We were very thankful for our great stay. We got into Santiago at 9:30 but our flight out to NZ was not until 23.05 so off to the Qantas One World lounge.
But alas on the one day we need it the most. Sorry we don’t have an agreement for Ruby level Qantas Club members. So we slumped around the airport for 14 hours but we got a fair bit of work done.
We got the flight to NZ and we met the boys, Henry and Sam later in the day and then Megan on Friday. It was great to see them and we were up to 5/6 of the family. It was now off to the snow for a family get together. What a great week no matter what we say about our cousins across the Tasman, they put on a great show of scenery. We have a cabin on Lake Hawea for $140 a night and it would cost $1000 anywhere in Europe a night for the view.

Morning View From Our Balcony
We got up to Cardrona with plenty of snow on show. It only took us 45 minutes. We all got into the skiing and snowboarding for 4 days, all in the sun. We went out to Albert Town for dinner and there was a quiz night and Team Wallabies cleaned up. $50 to help pay for dinner.

Nikki, Henry, Sam & Megan

Travel Companions Enjoying the Sun and Snow

Hoare Frost On The Way Back To Lake Hawea

It is now back to Christchurch for the flight home to return from a fantastic journey. We have met a lot of really nice people and learnt a lot along the way. The people, food and hospitality has been wonderful. Now we need to put some of the learning and practices in place on our farm. Also to open our home for others to visit.

I would like to thank NUFFIELD and GRDC for the opportunity.