Haven’t written in my blogg for 4 months mainly due to not having wi-fi in the bus where I was living. I moved out of the bus 2 weeks ago and now living at a friends house by the Hawea river and there is unlimited wi-fi here. It was a good winter with lots of… Continue reading Spring time in Wanaka
Author: Geoff Blackler
Winter in Wanaka
I arrived back in Wanaka on June 16th, arriving at Craig’s house which I have been building for the last three year’s. They moved into the house 18 months ago. They have an apartment on the end of their house which you can see at the back of the bus below. A few days after… Continue reading Winter in Wanaka
Back in Christchurch
After 3 weeks at my brother Bill’s at Lake Rotoma I’m now back in Christchurh for a week or two, depending on when and where the snow arrives. The ski fields have very little on the mountains at the moment but there is snow in the forecast for this coming week, Mt Hutt and Cardrona… Continue reading Back in Christchurch
Back in NZ.
Been back in NZ for 5 weeks, spent the first 4 weeks at Kirsten’s house in Redcliffs, Christchurch. Last saturday I arrived at my Brother Bill’s in Rotoma for a 3 week working holiday mostly work with some Fly fishing when the conditions are good. At Kirsten’s I mainly worked on the Pergola removing all… Continue reading Back in NZ.
Last week in the UK
I’m now back in New Zealand after a nice 4 week trip to the UK, it was GR8 spending time with family who I havent seen for 4 years. Most of the trip was with my son Steven and daughter Michelle, a week at both of them in turns and at the weekends I spent… Continue reading Last week in the UK
Back in the UK
Since I last wrote my lap top has had issues and has been out of action and will hopefully be up and running by the end of the week so
Two weeks to go at Red
We broke trail from the skin up point to the top of Roberts, after skiing the Gun barrel we went back up and no one else had been up the trail. When we got to the Gun Barrel we went further along the peak and went down a run called the Y chute which was… Continue reading Two weeks to go at Red
Below average winter
That 9cm in 24 hours was on the 15th and we haven’t had any new snow till last night its now the 20th. We got 2cm, which we believe is not worth reporting on the snow report but because its the worst winter I have experienced we’re happy to take anything :), it was a… Continue reading Below average winter
Rossland and Red Mountain
Above is the Kootney sea from the top of Sally’s alley a run on Red mountain. You can see Salley’s alley from town in photo below, which I took earlier in the season. Below is a view from the same spot with no Kootney sea (inversion fog) of the town Rossland and 9 K’s further… Continue reading Rossland and Red Mountain
Sunrise to Sunset
Last time I wrote I said there was snow in the forecast and in the morning there was a nice sunrise ( taken from the front door) the sunrise and sunset to me normally means the weather is changing and there is a front on the way, which it did but unfortunately we only got… Continue reading Sunrise to Sunset