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“the South<br />
Island of New<br />
Zealand is<br />
Disneyland for<br />
grown ups.”<br />
Tut, tut Jiff... Where’s the helmet?<br />
When the sun’s shining and the birds are<br />
singing there’s enough serenity out there for<br />
20 Darryl Kerrigans.<br />
And then there’s the kilometre after kilometre<br />
of winding roads and hills through the pine<br />
forest with barely a car to be seen, perfect<br />
for a bit of skating.<br />
Back in OZ we had the Castaways Beach<br />
Saturday Arvo Skate Crew, usually being<br />
followed around by an ambulance and a car<br />
full of lawyers.<br />
The main aim was not to break anything, main<br />
reward was a beer or five and hopefully watch<br />
the Ambo and lawyers head off into the sunset.<br />
Still holding up the great tradition here,<br />
the skating is sensational scenery and hills<br />
spectacular, main purpose is still not to break<br />
anything, because out in the forest no one<br />
can hear you scream.<br />
One of the other great things about this area<br />
is that I can go snow skiing for a day as we<br />
have the Rainbow Ski Field just 2 hours drive<br />
from here. Pretty well uncrowded especially<br />
mid week, not a big resort by any means, but<br />
you can really wear yourself out in a day as<br />
the t-bar is uncrowded and is situated well<br />
enough to cover a lot of terrain.<br />
There are around 20 ski fields, club fields<br />
and resorts on the South Island and we will<br />
be covering those in more depth in future<br />
editions, no doubt.<br />
may/jun <strong>2012</strong><br />
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