Category Archives: NZ – 2010

Now that the mountain is closed I get to clean out the toy closet and knock off some ‘spring time’ missions. I’ve been taking the mountain bike out a bit and I’m trying to spend as much time down at … Continue reading →

Dave the Sailor and Shazza are old friends.  We’ve skated the bus tunnels of Brissy (if I did that now they’d think I was a terrorist), skiing in Buller with absolutely no snow and a crazy week in Arrowtown a … Continue reading →

Some early season skiing before the troops start arriving. Here is as pic looking out the front/backyard… snow down to lake level. Not a bad 1st week for the remarks – still lots and lots and lots of snakes in … Continue reading →

I’ve been trying to get down for an exploration mission for weeks but 3 weeks of perma frost made an early start cold and slick on the drive to the trail head.  In the end I just had to sack … Continue reading →

I’ve had a couple of days on the hill and the Remarks opens up this weekend.  Still needs a bit of snow and I can’t get my new toy started so nothing too exciting to post. Big weekend with Tony … Continue reading →

Winter has arrived in Queenstown…. As a result the subi has started growing white hair…….  That is a ‘frostball’ not a ‘snowball’. Bugger the shade and its permafrost….  I wanted to get some sunshine and I asked some mates if they … Continue reading →

A couple of days ago I wanted to head down to the Routeburn and get some GPS points for a winter mission I have been planning. However, the ‘loosers’ from the ‘Biggest Looser’ TV show were on the track the day … Continue reading →

There are 8 weeks until opening day, so I wanna knock off 8 missions.  I’ll ski opening day, then I don’t want to ski until August when the snow is actually good – hahahahaha. First mission was the Brissy to … Continue reading →

A couple of weeks ago I was invited to crew on ‘Akimbo’, a 30 foot trimaran, in the Brissy to Gladstone Yacht Race (308 nautical miles).  The last time I was on a proper boat was 8yrs ago and my … Continue reading →