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Photo of the Day #5 (Forgotten River Col)

Posted on November 20, 2012 by Ross

The Christmas after the Barrier Range stopped us getting to the Olivines (1973?), a more determined push via the Rockburn and Olivine rivers saw us at Forgotten River. Which is a river you don’t forget. [Once when the ODHB had … Continue reading →

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Photo of the Day #4 (Green Hut)

Posted on November 19, 2012 by Ross

Once upon a time this was the most important hut in my universe. It was called Green Hut because it was green. This avoided confusion with Red Hut or Yellow Hut. Imaginative lot weren’t we? Green Hut is in the … Continue reading →

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Photo of the Day #3 (Margaret Burn)

Posted on November 18, 2012 by Ross

This is a photo from a tramping trip many years ago, almost 40 years ago to be imprecise.  We were attempting to reach the Olivine Ice Plateau from the Dart Valley, via the Margaret Burn. The Margaret Burn drains the … Continue reading →

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Photo of the Day #2 (Chaweng Beach)

Posted on November 17, 2012 by Ross

Yesterday’s photo was one of Chaweng Beach in Thailand in 1977. Today’s are three taken on Chaweng Beach last year. Wyn and I returned to Koh Samui on our travels in South East Asia in August 2011. We were lucky … Continue reading →

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Photo of the Day #1 (Chaweng Beach 1977)

Posted on November 15, 2012 by Ross

Maybe I’ll try a Photo of the Day series. This should last me for the next couple of centuries 🙂 Anyway, today’s photo is an oldie, from 1976 – or was it 1977? It’s the only one I’ve got (I … Continue reading →

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Fun With Lightroom

Posted on November 14, 2012 by Ross

We’re still resting up in Blenheim after a hard week resting up down the Sounds. 🙂 We’ve managed a walk in the Wither Hills. [By the way 2Degrees, that’s the correct spelling of Wither Hills – not Whither as your … Continue reading →

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Back to Blenheim

Posted on November 9, 2012 by Ross

Finally we had to come back. From down the Sounds. We sort of overshot the DoC camp at Kenepuru Head on Tuesday and ended up at a free camping bay site called Totoradale. Windy and sunny and cloudy and lovely. … Continue reading →

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Resting Up Down the Sounds

Posted on November 6, 2012 by Ross

We’re still alive and well. We finished our burst at the motels in Blenheim 11 days ago. And then rested up in Blenheim for a few days. Then Wednesday last week we headed out of town in Suzi motorhome. We … Continue reading →

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Justice Jury and Judge Part 2

Posted on October 21, 2012 by Ross

So, to carry on from Part 1 a few days ago, I better conclude my story about my close encounter with the justice system in the 1980s. We, the jury, had done our job and been grateful for the defence … Continue reading →

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Justice Jury and Judge – Part 1

Posted on October 16, 2012 by Ross

This is a different sort of blog post from me. This is the thousand words that a picture might struggle to equal. This is a story about a crime in Christchurch in the 1980s. It gave me a view of … Continue reading →

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Hanging Out at Rarangi

Posted on October 15, 2012 by Ross

Back at the end of September when we finished our three weeks of motel minding in Blenheim we went beach. We started at Rarangi where there is a DoC camp at the far end. Rarangi Beach is a rocky one, … Continue reading →

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Learning Lightroom

Posted on October 14, 2012 by Ross

We’re back working at the motels in Blenheim – seems to be becoming a regular thing. Because it is. And busy-busy again, because it is. I managed a drive out to the airport yesterday – I guess that was getting … Continue reading →

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Back to the Wither Hills

Posted on October 10, 2012 by Ross

Yesterday we continued resting up. And did a few things around town in Blenheim. And finally headed out for a walk later in the afternoon. We were parked up not far from the Wither Hills, so off we went. Wyn … Continue reading →

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Whites Bay Weekend

Posted on October 9, 2012 by Ross

This last weekend we spent hanging out at Whites Bay, not far from Blenheim. Whites Bay is one of Marlborough’s best kept secrets, so I better not tell you where it is. It is a lovely Department of Conservation camping/picnic … Continue reading →

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Busy in Blenheim

Posted on October 7, 2012 by Ross

Just when I was doing so well…. We went and got busy working at the motels in Blenheim early in September and now it’s early in October! 21 days straight at the motels and busy busy. No time for blog. … Continue reading →

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