Bayview Chateau, Whakapapa Village

We were feeling a little sorry for ourselves and decided we need a little tlc - off to the Chateau it was! This place was niiiice and as it was raining heavily we spent the first day playing snooker on a full sized table before filling ourselves with a 3 course meal!

The following day brought more heavy rain so we decided to head down to an indoor climbing wall. We spent half the time laughing as Nic would end up half way in the air when trying to anchor David. We also took a quick drive further up Mount Ruapehu to find a snow blizzard - ah well, we would have to spend the evening playing more snooker!

We awoke to silence - the rain had stopped........it was now snowing!

This place was 1250m up and at the base of an active volcano!