We stayed at Shear-Vue as a stopover between Wanaka and Christchurch and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. Julie is truly the hostess with the mostest, with lovely personal touches that we truly appreciated. The tour of her farm was a definite highlight. Our boys are older (14 and 18) and got just as much of a kick out of interacting with and feeding the animals as I imagine younger children would. I highly recommend staying here.