Down Days not Frown Days

With the weather being a little poor today (this does mean snow though, so we’re not too worried), it’s made us consider the age old question posed by everyone at some point when the weather is particularly crappy:  What the hell do we do today?...

The ‘must-haves’ for an epic ski-trip

We get almost as many ‘first-timers’ staying with us in Winter as experienced snow-sliders, and that first Winter trip can always be a little daunting when it comes to packing.  The seasonaires have their process down-pat, but if it’s your first time...

Winter Winter Winter Winter!!!!!

It’s official – we have started our slow march into Winter.  For the sticklers of you, you’ll say “but we’re always marching towards Winter if it’s not Winter, right?”, but for a variety of reasons it always feels more...

Why not Autumn or Spring?

Summer and Winter tend to be the most popular periods to visit Queenstown for obvious reason.  However the Autumn and Spring periods often get overlooked for their warmer and colder counterparts.  Fair enough too.  Winter is there for the skiers and boarders (we don’t...

Dirt is the new snow…

In the last decade the world has watched the exponential rise of the Mountain Bike industry.  We believe this is partly because it’s pretty rad to watch the guys and girls ‘huck’ themselves of crazy cliffs/jumps/anything in their way, but also...

Best time for a Queenstown Holiday

We get a lot of questions about the best time to visit Queenstown or New Zealand in general.  Obviously this comes down to personal preference in most cases, and some activities are entirely dependent on a certain season – it wouldn’t be exactly ideal to...