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Rest your head for a night or two though and you might just be willing to move here – or at least extend your stay. The last settlement on the Canterbury Plains before the main road west continues on its spectacular journey through the Southern Alps to the West Coast, Springfield couldn’t be more different from its fictional cartoon namesake – the big doughnut is a nod to the hometown of the famous Simpson family. While modest, it has a frontier vibe that inevitably inspires a sense of freedom – there’s a lot of fun to be had in them there hills. The unsung ski fields of the Selwyn District for a start.
Willamette Week Published April 19, 2016 The first Christmas after I turned 21, my grandfather offered me whiskey. This was a big deal my grandma only let him have two bottles of Crown Royal a year for health reasons, so he guarded the stuff with his life. When I said I wanted it only with a couple rocks, my grandma couldn t contain her joy and hugged me with tears in her eyes. You re becoming a man! she exclaimed. You sit down with Dad or Granddad for that first beer, or Mom for a martini up with a twist, and it s like you ve crossed through the looking glass. You ve joined them in a new, adult world where everything is slower, funnier and a little more stupid. Finally, you re equals.
The Jackson Town Council approved Monday the application process for retail and âbar and grillâ liquor licenses. The decision sets opening and deadline dates for applications for the coveted licenses.
Before Mondayâs vote, the applications had been temporarily suspended while staff updated the application packets and procedures.
Councilors instructed Town Clerk Sandy Birdyshaw and her staff to make the updated application packets available for the two types of licenses on May 3, with applications then being accepted from June 1 through June 15. Staff was directed not to accept any such applications after June 15 until further notice.
The town currently holds two retail liquor licenses â with a third pending appeal by Tastebuds LLC before the Wyoming Supreme Court â and one bar and grill license, according to Birdyshaw.
Kerr Bay campground is situated right beside the tranquil waters of Lake Rotoiti.
OPINION: Of all my teenage embarrassments, one of the most character-building was having to wear a plastic rubbish bag as a raincoat during a school camp at Nelson Lakes. I may have been a kid who went without, but, if there’s one thing I’ve learned over the years, it’s that outdoor adventure is a great leveller. For this seed of wisdom I can thank a particular Marlborough Girls’ College teacher, Mr Rees. On that school camp, he sparked a love of te taiao/the natural world that grows ever-stronger still. And maybe it’s just nostalgia, but Nelson Lakes is the place where I feel that mauri the most.