School Holiday Ski Week

First weekend of the school holidays saw us up at Ohakune. Weather was patchy during the week with a bit of time on the snow mixed in with some off-day activities.


On the Thursday we headed over to Taupo for some lakes, waterfalls and other touristy things the kids love.  The kids enjoyed Huka Falls but the feeling I got was the thing they enjoyed the most was the simple act of hanging out by the lake and playing with the pummice rocks.

Playing on the shore of Lake Taupo

Lucy at Lake Taupo

Huka Falls

The kids made good progress on skis. Lucy continued to find and improve her balance in her first year of skiing. Meanwhile Amelia has been well and truley bitten by the snow bug. On the Friday she cracked the Movenpick for the first time and skiied top to bottom successfully. Not to finish there, on the Sunday she had another go on the Movenpick once again and then cracked her first run down the Giant. Again top to bottom successfully. Good way to end the trip.