So Mum Dad and Ben have left NZ this week after a stay of about 10 days with us here in Ohakune. On leaving Taupo they flew to Melbourne to catch up with some old friends, then I collected them from Wellington, had a night there where we visited Te Papa the national museum among other things, and drove back up to Ohakune.
Over their first weekend here we had a pretty nice mutton roast with locally sourced veggies, and the three of them tucked into their big sheep dinner with surprise at how tender it was.
The first part of their stay here was dominated by a once-in-50-years storm which left about 30cm of snow in our yard over two nights. Luckily during the day it was pretty sunny so we got out and about for a few walks, and had a drive round to Whakapapa village and did a nice walk to a waterfall.
Ben and Dad got up the mountain on the Friday for a half day of skiing, although the weather wasn't too flash. Neither of them has skied in a few years so they were both pretty chuffed to come back down the mountain having not fallen over too much.
On their second weekend here we took a trip to a friend's farm and had a ride out on the bike up to the top of the hills for some lovely views of the central north island and Mt Ruapehu and Mt Ngauruhoe (Mt Doom from LOTR). Dad had a shoot at a few goats, Mum looked down the barrel and Ben shot a huge hole in a tree, so good first experiences with a real gun really.
Luckily the weather was a cracker on the Monday and we all made it up the mountain when Robyn finished work. Ben and Dad showed us their moves on skied and Robyn and I replied with our slick snowboarding skills.
On Tuesday they had a bus booked back up to Auckland, and flew out to Hong Kong on Wednesday. Aparantly HK is very hot, loud and full of people, everything that a NZ winter isn't, especially in our little mountain town.
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