Category Archives: NZ – 2011

When I first started running (because I was fat) I heard about marathons…..  to start I signed up for a half marathon.  I didn’t finish.  On my second attempt, I did finish. Then I signed up for a marathon.  Yeah, … Continue reading →

For two and a half years now I have been a prisoner in Australia…. the worlds biggest island.  My Alcatraz. As an Aussie, who hasn’t lived here for 20 years, I wasn’t allowed to leave.  I had to submit paperwork, … Continue reading →

Everyone said I was crazy for spending Xmas in Canberra….now that I’ve experienced it, I think everyone else is CRAZY for not being in Canberra for Xmas. Who here has had a photo with a unicorn and a rhino (they … Continue reading →

Last weekend was a holiday weekend here in Queensland.  Historically it was when I’d go skiing in Australia, because it is the middle of winter. No skiing this year because of the COVID.  The state borders here are closed and … Continue reading →

The darn ‘Rona is breaking all sorts of records. My least days skiing in a single winter out of 27. Least days skiing in probably two calendar years back to back. But, my second winter in Fernie, has been my … Continue reading →

For the last 12 years or so a bunch of Queenstown Kunts have gone over to the West Coast on a fishing trip.  I was part of the original trip, I have missed a couple recently,  but as I’m back … Continue reading →

Fi and I have been ski buddies for more than twenty years.  On a few occasions we have celebrated my birthday (end of Jan) but I’ve never been around for Fi’s birthday (September).  Since this was the big five-owwww it … Continue reading →

Last Monday, I arrived in Maple Ridge (a suburb of Vancouver) and surprised my old skiing buddy Joe.  We first skied together 16 years ago!!!  Joe is 81yo, he went to elementary school with Joseph and Mary.  I was warned … Continue reading →

After 13 years, I’m wintering in Canada again…..  I’ve grabbed this winter, and my new home town of Fernie, by the gangoolies….. My old skiing mate Bob wanted me to winter in Fernie.  Bob and I have hung out a … Continue reading →

It has been two days since one of the biggest scares of my life….. Let me set the scene, it is a Monday afternoon, hasn’t snowed for a few days and I take young Charlie out of bounds.  We walk … Continue reading →

The last night I was on PEI, I was in the hottub with my old skiing buddy Paul having a little debrief (no we kept out shorts on…. the other kind of debrief).  We both came to the conclusion that … Continue reading →