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FEATUREHOT SPOTSHOTPOOLS TREASURE MAPAotearoa is abundant with hot pools butyou need to know where to find them.We've pinpointed all the places you cantake a piping hot plunge. For map detailsand locations visit www.aadirections.co.nzWINTERMOTORING TIPBlack ice is the unseen terrorof our roads. Often, you won’tknow it’s there until you’re slippingand sliding all over the show.Our advice is to drive to theconditions and, if in an areawhere it regularly plummets tosub-zero temperatures, takeextra care when driving.24 AA Directions Winter 2013
FEATUREWINTERMOTORING TIPCold weather is tough onbatteries, so make sure yoursis up to snuff. Check page 86for our guide to getting yourbattery through the winter.If you do break down or yourcar won’t start, call theAA on 0800 500 222.----------------------------------------ON THIN ICEMy favourite spot ever: Mt Cook, taken by Mark Coote.WINTERMOTORING TIPTreat your car to a winterservice. Your mechanic willcheck things like brake padcondition, brake fluid andantifreeze levels, and will makean underbody inspection.Remember AA Members get adiscount and earn AA Smartfuelsavings at AA Auto Centres andAA Auto Service & Repair.BY MICHELE A’COURTIHATE WINTER. Always have.I envy other creatures who getfat during autumn harvest,then sleep their way throughthe bleak months, emerging whenthe world comes right again.I’ve tried to find an upsideto this brutal season. Living inQueenstown for a couple of years,I had a crack at snow skiing asa diversion. I’d been relativelyadept at the water version onsummer rivers behind a boat so,in theory, there was a chance Iwould take to it. But, I never gotover the clumsiness of the snowsuit, the boots made my feetclaustrophobic and the wholething hurt my knees.But, on a recent visit to theQueenstown Gardens, my husband– a Canadian with ice hockey inhis DNA – slipped out onto an icerink. Charmed initially just by thetiny white boots and shiny blades,I slipped out behind him.And it has been a revelation,this dancing on the ice. Though'dancing' may be too elaborate adescription. What I can manageowes less to the ballroom than itdoes to the school hall – hesitantand stumbly round the legs, painedconcentration on the face, like a12-year-old counting out a waltz.But, there are fleeting momentsof grace and joy, and a constantfeeling of surprise.I’ve been back several times,both there and to the outdoorrink they put down seasonally inChristchurch’s Hagley Park. Youtake off your coat and eventuallydiscard your hat, and pretendinside your head that you areTorvill to an imaginary Dean.You aren’t, but you discover theless you worry and the moreyou pretend, the longer thosemoments of grace and joy last.Like life, really.Also, it makes you warm.And there’s often a bar nearbywith mulled wine. And my husbandhas promised me a winter lakeholiday one day in Canada,so I need the practice.www.aadirections.co.nz 25
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