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Subscribe to Events and Festivals BlogProving an excellent opportunity for all those in denial that the mountain biking season is over, the Mophie mountain bikes is a great race to witness. The race guarantees thrills and spills to the ardent and extreme sports fans and an adrenaline pumping adventure for the participants.
If you are in for some fascinating action when competitors take out some serious tyres, a killer attitude and some exciting downhill racing on mountain bikes, the Queenstown Winter Festival is the place to be this June. Part of a tradition that started back in 1975, the Queenstown Winter Festival is a hearty affair that marks the beginning of winter in great spirit. Now the festival is the southern hemisphere’s largest winter celebration with street parties, mardi gras festivals, fireworks, family fun and plenty of winter sports of course.
This year the festival will be held from the 21st to the 30th of June 2013. With entertainers from all over New Zealand it’s a brilliant way to welcome winter. Along with the Mophie Mountain Bikes Show, other sports that are practiced here include Vincent Holdings Jet Sprints, Quicksilver Paddle Board Race, Mophie Splash and Dash and the Jelly Belly Bean Boozled.
So if you are in for some exhilarating action, some time out with the family in freezing cold weather, the company of good friends and a host of crazy action, head over to this winter wonderland in Queenstown, New Zealand.
Looking for Queenstown hotel accommodation that will let you enjoy the festivities to your heart’s content? Stay at the Copthorne Hotel & Apartments Queenstown Lakeview and catch the best of the action, as you reside close to the festivities and hop in and out of the convenience of your hotel. This New Zealand Queenstown hotel is a heavenly place to reside in which is surrounded by old world charm and star class grandeur. The rooms are well appointed offering beautiful views of the surrounding lake and the hotel gardens. It is certainly a treat to anyone seeking reasonable accommodation while they explore this amazing city.
So whatever it is that you are waiting for, it can’t be the weather! To splurge in some great winter fun, you know where to be this year!