It seems we are in the middle of the 2010 school holidays period of the winter season, this is always typically the busiest time of year for Queenstown. This year it seems busier than ever before as the Australian school holidays and New Zealand school holidays have all been condensed into a three week period, as opposed to 5 weeks last year. This has meant some pretty long lift cue waiting times and lots of the rental shops in town stretched for equipment, including the mountain. Surely it would make sense for the government to change the dates of the New Zealand school holidays so that they don't overlap with the Australian ones, and therefore businesses in town could enjoy a 5 week period of steady business as opposed to 3 weeks of bedlam!
Whatever happens, we are thankful for the Australians coming over and spending large in Queenstown. It is a great time for local business to flourish, but a bad time for locals to enjoy the mountain, but hey we have it for the other three and a half months of the season I guess!
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