Wonderful Wanaka

So even though it's winter up on the ski hill, Wanaka is warm and beautiful! We've had a lovely week of sunny days around 10 degrees, feels like some of the summer days back in Calgary :) I think the rain might be coming next week, but even then doesn't look like the town gets any/much snow (nighttime lows are only about -2).

We are really loving living in Wanaka. The town population is only about 5000, but it's a popular tourist destination so it feels a lot bigger. The downtown area is filled with shops and resturants and bars, but it's still got a bit of a small town feel which is nice. We've spent our non-ski days walking down to town and exploring, and taking Dexter swimming in the lake. I think he's happy to have freshwater to swim in again, it tastes much better!

Feels a bit strange to depart from a warm sunny home to go skiing, but it's pretty great! Definitely enjoying our kiwi-style winter :)

Looking down onto the town of Wanaka (We live a bit up the hill from this field area).

Great place for fetch with Dexter. The ball rolls so far downhill, haha. 

The town is usually pretty bustling, definitely much more than we were used to in Kaikoura. 

Lots of nice pathways along the lake

Dexter cools off after a big round of fetch. He lay down by himself, haha.

Fetch in the lake too

This is a really neat pathway, it has a scale timeline from year 0 to year 2000 (one tile per year).
Not all of the early years have events, but towards the 1800 and 1900s is pretty full 

Tille for 1999 on the far left, then 2000. Such a cool idea!