Thursday 17 August 2023 Mid-morning I picked up my good mate Dave from the Queenstown Airport. With Dave was Jim from Ireland. Both ex-military, they had met through work some years ago. Jim was wanting to come to NZ to go thar hunting and here he was absorbed in the great scenery surrounding Queenstown. We […]
The sun sets at Glentanner Station, near Mt Cook Reflections on Lake Pukaki Once arid land with irrigation now runs thousands of cows just south of Twizel Ahuriri River running from the Lewis Pass past Omarama The Clay Cliffs, created out of layers of silt and gravel deposited by glaciers some 20 million years ago […]
1 November 2020 It’s been a while since we have been anywhere to write about, having being locked up in NZ since March. Sylvia headed off to Singapore in early October to spend some time with her team there. I have taken the opportunity to head down and visit our good friends, Ross and Helen, […]
Saturday 4 May 2019 After an easy drive up from Wellington yesterday we settled into the shearer’s quarters at the MacDonnell farm, not far from Ohakune. With its 3 bedroom house and several single rooms in a row to one side, sheets on the beds, heaters in the rooms and even electric blankets, it is […]
April 2019 I was privileged to be asked by my good, long-time friend, Dave, to help out in the making of a hunting movie to be filmed in both the south and north islands of New Zealand. The company making the movie is Swedish based and makes red dot sights for rifles, pistols and shotguns. Aimpoint.com […]
Kisbee Bay Fiordland NZ Sunday 31 December 2017: Roger Around 20 years ago friends Alister and Vanya bought a share in Preservation Lodge at what was once the town of Cromarty. For years Alister, a keen hunter, entrepreneur, former helicopter pilot and karate exponent, has been encouraging me to spend a few days at the […]
Friday 6 January 2017 As Sylvia headed off to Singapore to hunt out an apartment for us I was very privileged to be invited to Kaiteriteri, in the north of the South Island, by Karl and Rachel and their son Sam. We stayed in an apartment overlooking the beach. Rachel’s extended family, mainly from Christchurch, were camped […]
Glentanner Station, Mt Cook, New Zealand Every year I have the privilege of spending a few weeks down south at Glentanner Station. Owned by Ross and Helen, the station runs around ten thousand merino sheep and a few steers. It also encompasses Glentanner Park, a tourist centre with accommodation, and the Helicopter Line flights into the surrounding mountains. Driving up […]
Sylvia – 17-19 June 2016 We have often talked about how we should also blog about our travels in New Zealand and having just returned from a quick weekend visit to Takaka I was again struck by the incredible beauty of this country and decided to actually do it! I left Roger in Auckland for […]