WINTER
FESTIVAL
July 14th - 22nd
www.winterfestival.co.nz
Welcome to Queenstown Winter Festival 2001
-- a week of celebrities, parades, parties, events, races, and shows:
The Opening Day Parade
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The Southern Man -- Good on ya, mate!
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Jet boating
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We participated in the Peak to Park Team
Challenge: A multi-leg race from the top of Coronet Peak to town -- covering about
17km, followed by field events.
Team
Ultimate
Journey |
Wayne and Ashley in the human ski wheel barrel
race -- they came in First! |
Sally and Sharlene, ready to
start the 3-legged race
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James held 3rd in his 1.8km run
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Kris anxiously waiting to be tagged
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M/C tire clearly rolls over the competition!
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Tony bounces Sharlene to victory
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Part of the team challenge: Erin helps
Wayne, Hillary, and Pip for the sack race
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We clearly won the obstacle course, thanks to the lead provided
by Hanan and Ashley. 
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L to R: Erin, Tony, James, Wayne, Sharlene, Sally, Kris, and Chris
L to R (bottom): Hanan, Pip, Dave, Ashley, and Hillary
We finished 4th, out of 9 teams |
Of course, Tuesday night was the Mardi Gras
party, which would be incomplete without a parade -- these beautiful costumes were all
made by hand in nearby Oamaru.
Chris and Erin
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A King
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Jane from Auckland |
Queen
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Queen Bee
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Kay -- Event Organizer
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Jo from Wanaka
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We took a break on Thursday, and
participated in the Luge race up at the top of the gondola. Erin and Shaz made it to
the second round, while Dave and Chris crashed and burned early.
Representing the
Festival Staff Woman's Team:
Sharon & Erin |
HEY, they started without us!
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Go, Go, Go - Girls!
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Sunday night was the staff dinner party, and there were a
great many laughs, even before all the free food and drink came out!
Meet Vickie,
our fearless leader |
Reenactment of the Polynesian dance
from the Ball
performed by Deike, Chris, and Kay |
Dave and Vanessa find the karaoke
machine
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The whole FAMN
DAMILY -- Great new friends, one and all!
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Monday morning, 7:20, we got the call --
"Come on, we're going up!" We jumped out of bed, and headed out to the
farm....
Setting up
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Getting 'em ready
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Up you go
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Almost...
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There!  |
Chris, Erin, Megan, Charlotte,
Owen, Mei Lin, Darryl (pilot), and Jo
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There they go
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HEY, We're Lifting!
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Wooo  |
Beam me up,
Scotty! |
According to the GPS, we're really getting up there now!
(3,227 feet) |
Ahhh,
Life is good! |
Now we know why they invited so many of us -- it takes a lot of people to deflate
and pack up one of these things!
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And in the end, of course, there was champagne. To book a flight in NZ,
contact Diane at balexped@ihug.co.nz
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And so, Winter Festival 2001 has come to an
end. Now what to do with all our time? Guess we'll have to get out and hit the
slopes!
Winners in the Undy
500 Race
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