tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49109929415671211932024-03-06T12:39:36.709+13:00RefocusedUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger193125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4910992941567121193.post-8459516110895124382016-09-12T14:34:00.000+12:002016-09-12T14:34:12.746+12:00Great BrittenGreat Britten is an exhibition currently showing at the Christchurch Art Gallery.<br />
The exhibition is the work of Billy Apple as a tribute to John Britten.<br />
Britten made this extraordinary motor bike, the Britten V1000, in his small workshop here in Christchurch. In 1992 it stunned the super bike world.<br />
John Britten modified almost everything he touched - he had a huge capacity for invention.<br />
His design for this bike was revolutionary.<br />
The bike was ridden by Andrew Stroud. He rode it in six races of the 1995 British European American Racing Series (BEARS) and won five of them. The trophy was rushed back to Christchurch for John Britten to see - sadly, a few days later John died from malignant melanoma.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4910992941567121193.post-7867423118670628432016-09-12T14:08:00.001+12:002016-09-12T14:16:14.194+12:00Karaitiana<span style="font-family: inherit;">Christchurch was named by the Canterbury Association which settled the surrounding province of Canterbury. The name of Christchurch was agreed at the first meeting of the association 27 March 1848. It was suggested by John Robert Godley, who attended Christ Church in Oxford.</span><br />
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The usual maori name for Christchurch is Otautahi ("the place of Tautahi"). This was originally the name of a specific site by the Avon River near present day Kilmore Street and the Christchurch Central Fire Station. The site was a seasonal dwelling of Ngaio Tahu chief Te Potiki Tautahi, whose main home was Port Levy on Banks Peninsula. The Otautahi name was adopted in the 1930s. Prior to that the Ngai Tahu generally referred to the Christchurch area as Karaitiana, a transliteration of the English word Christian.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I had no idea of this early Maori name until yesterday when we visited an exhibition at COCA.</span></span><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4910992941567121193.post-31153509222107512882016-09-08T10:29:00.006+12:002016-09-08T15:29:27.326+12:00On ReflectionMy Dad was a navigator during World War 2.<br />
I never knew much about what he got up to because he never spoke about it with me.<br />
Mum had the old family photos in an old grey square cardboard box (I think my sister Katie may still have the box). There were a number of photos in that box that I recall from days before I was born - but there was one that I remember well.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The original photo of Dad navigating</i></td></tr>
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My big brother is now in possession of this photo. Just recently we discussed this photo and wondered about Dad's wisdom of smoking whilst airborne in a bomber full of fuel. It is many, many moons since I'd dwelt on this photo of Dad. Big brother Barry queried whether it really was a cigarette in his mouth. So I asked him to send the photo down and I would have a close look on my iMac. The original photo, only measuring ~80mm x 50mm, is what you see above.<br />
So I rephotographed this original, loaded it onto the computer, and started work using Lightroom and Photoshop.<br />
Initially I simply zoomed in to view the offending fag in his mouth!<br />
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Dad was always a smoker to the best of my recollection, but he always rolled his own and never smoked tailor-mades. Viewing close up, the offending cigarette appeared too straight to be a 'roll your own'. As well, his lips didn't seem to be holding the smoke.<br />
And so, we started to think again. What is it? There is an axe and what seems to be a crank handle attached to the fuselage or bulkhead of the bomber. Was this too part of the plane?<br />
Finally we deduced that in fact the white 'cigarette' is the sun shining over his shoulder onto his left lapel of his flying jacket.<br />
So poor old Dad wasn't fagging on the fuel laden bomber at all - he was diligently navigating and keeping his crew on track. Sorry Dad - I certainly didn't give it much thought over all these years.<br />
And so, I did photoshop the offending item out of the image to remove any doubt, and give Dad due credit.<br />
RIP Dad.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Dad navigating clear of distractions!</i></td></tr>
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My brother Barry has also blogged on this same subject recently https://barrysinparadise.blogspot.co.nz<br />
I've taken the liberty of cut and pasting a little of his commentary (I'm sure he won't mind) to add to the story of Dad during WW2.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">From Barry's blog...........</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #666666; color: white;"><i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">So after all that and with the aid of Google I've managed to also solve another mystery about the end of my Dad's WW2 service.</span><br style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><br style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">We had understood that he had always (while based in eastern India and Rangoon with RAF 358 Squadron) had Ray Bullen from Christchurch as his pilot and was upset at the loss of Bullen in an air accident. It wasn't until very recently that I stumbled upon a report of the accident. The crew had been split up towards the end of their service and Bullen was flying another Liberator in a 'formation flying' exercise when two of the planes collided after they suddenly flew into monsoon cloud. Both Liberators came down and all fourteen crew died. Luckily Dad was not part of the exercise. The whole tragedy was recorded recently including communications with the families and some acrimony about the causes. It makes interesting reading and at one stage there is reference to my father and his other former crew members - all very interesting to discover about 73 years after the incident. The report can be read </span><a href="http://www.rquirk.com/amarda/26July45storyV6eb.pdf" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">here</a><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">.</span></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><span style="background-color: #666666; color: white;"><i>Interestingly, the accident occurred less than three weeks before the end of WW2. Dad ended up staying on in the Rangoon area for five months (flying out POWs from SE Asia etc) and arrived back in NZ to find all the housing gone and we ended up living in a couple of small army huts for two winters.</i></span></span><br />
<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">I discovered from Barry's research, that Ray Bullen's house was at 111 St Martin's Road - only a mile from home. The house is still there.</span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4910992941567121193.post-51195121285508867202016-08-25T15:01:00.004+12:002016-08-25T15:03:27.053+12:00Totara GraveyardIn the 19th Century, Banks Peninsula was largely covered in native bush, much of it Totara, but many other significant species as well.<br />
When the settlers arrived from UK in 1850 - and later, trees were immediately in demand for their wood to build houses, especially in the development of Christchurch. The trees in the Wairewa district - Little River as we know it better today, were particularly in demand because of the relatively easy access in getting the timber to Christchurch.<br />
At one stage there were seven sawmills in the area. Trees were felled up on the tops and with dragged down the hills or rolled - sometimes on flimsy rails. After milling, the timber was barged down Lake Forsyth, then towed on tracks across to Lake Ellesmere (Te Waihora) and barged again over the lake to Lakeside (Wairewa), where it was put on a train and taken to Christchurch. A laborious journey. Many of the original buildings still stand in the city today, most of them having survived the recent earthquakes.<br />
Back out on the peninsula the remains of these old trees still survive today. They have survived 150+ years of fires, farming, and savage weather. The trunks, some of them on their sides, are now silvered and stark against a blue sky.<br />
They are dotted over the whole of Banks Peninsula, but there is a concentration of them high above Little River within easy access of Port Levy Saddle, only a 50 minute walk from the car park. It is a regular place to go with family, friends, and photographers - and often on my own - always with a camera.<br />
For the adventurous, there is a walkway that traverses the ridges from Mt Herbert (the highest point on the peninsula) along to Hilltop, overlooking Akaroa. In fact it is a paper road - the Summit Road extension from Gebbies Pass. Never built - and probably never will now!<br />
And still today, if you discretely scrape away the silver lining, the rich red colour of totara wood is a fraction of a millimetre below the surface. Long may that last.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4910992941567121193.post-29716735527837510312016-08-23T08:42:00.000+12:002016-08-23T08:42:00.826+12:00KakanuiWe escape the city at regular intervals with our friends Graeme and Sue. A few days away together is good for the soul. We managed to find space in our diaries for three nights at Kakanui (or more correctly Taranui on the south bank of the Kakanui River) just south of Oamaru. This time we took Martin, a dear friend - raconteur, wine and single malt appreciater, and good cook.<br />
Not too much was achieved - good walks, Oamaru, Moeraki. All good fun.<br />
Highly recommend the holiday house we rented. A place to go back to.<br />
A bonus in Oamaru (apart from the whisky tasting 'shop') was finding the Adventure Book shop. Wow, what a place! I have it booked for a day when it is persisting down outside, and I have a good coffee and a comfy chair. Bliss!!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Kakanui Rivermouth</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Coastal platform</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>South towards Moeraki</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Sunset Reflection</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Sunset glow</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Pre dinner drinks!</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Reminder of the past</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Look carefully - Martin disappearing into Adventure Books</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Beach patterns</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Local shag posing</i></td></tr>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4910992941567121193.post-29531792601153643342016-08-15T11:32:00.000+12:002016-08-15T11:32:16.970+12:00The Bridge of RemembranceAnd another city icon, the Bridge of Remembrance has finally been completed after several failed promises to have the bridge refurbished for Anzac Day services - including the centennial service.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Repaired Bridge of Remembrance</i></td></tr>
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My memories of this bridge go back a long way, a very long way - although I didn't ride my tricycle through it when I was three years old!! I chose a different route that day!<br />
I used to go to town with my Mum on the bus at regular intervals. Back then traffic, including buses, used to drive across the bridge. Our bus route to Hornby did not cross the bridge however - it went past the bridge and down Oxford Terrace to the hospital.<br />
Incidentally, the best hamburger shop in the city used to be on the corner of Cashel St and Oxford Terrace directly behind the right abutment in the photo above.<br />
By coincidence, this image below appeared on Facebook a few weeks ago - which prompted me to post this blog.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Bridge of Remembrance circa 1959-1960</i></td></tr>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4910992941567121193.post-90813634502141790242016-08-15T10:55:00.003+12:002016-08-15T10:55:31.572+12:00Art Gallery Revisited - againA visit to the art gallery is so good for the soul.<br />
Always something new to see, good for people watching, restful.<br />
This recent visit was no exception.................<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>A symphony in yellow</i> </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Michael Parakowhai's 'Chapman's Homer' in good company</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>'Everything is going to be alright'</i></td></tr>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4910992941567121193.post-65072489574788885232016-08-15T10:32:00.001+12:002016-08-15T10:32:17.291+12:00The Great HallOn the same day we visited the Art Gallery and Quasi (previous post), the Great Hall at the Arts Centre had a reopening ceremony.<br />
After the earthquakes the Art Centre has been a hive of activity with repairs well ahead of schedule - a year at least. Just goes to show what can be done without political intervention, insurance arguments and petty personal agendas!<br />
The Great Hall has great memories for both of us - right back to school and university days with lectures - and more recently with concerts and recitals.<br />
The Hall is back to its former glory - even better now.<br />
And the rest of the Art Centre will also soon be finished. Well done.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The Great Hall</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Ceiling detail</i></td></tr>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4910992941567121193.post-21314780423599782372016-08-12T12:35:00.000+12:002016-08-12T12:35:13.841+12:00QuasiA few weeks ago we wandered about town to check on updates in the art scene.<br />
We spied this atop the Art Gallery - it has only recently been craned up there.<br />
It is a recent work by Ronnie van Hout. He describes this surreal piece of visual fun based on scans of his own body parts as 'the artist's hand made giant'.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Quasi</i></td></tr>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4910992941567121193.post-79687478577726472662016-07-29T14:25:00.001+12:002016-07-29T14:26:52.176+12:00Shag, Shags, and Shagged!<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times";">The South Brighton Spit is always an enjoyable walk
- especially if the tide is low, the day is clear with no wind, and you have
good company.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times";">Such was the case a few weeks ago. With all that is
currently going on in remediating the cliffs after the earthquakes and careful
removal of destroyed houses on the road to Sumner, there is always something to
watch from afar on the spit at 'morning tea time'!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times";">Rapanui</span></u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times";"> -
Shag Rock is certainly shagged. This sentinel (an old sea stack) has sat there
for tens of thousands of years - if not longer - until 22 February 2011 when in
an instant it was reduced to a pile of rocks</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Rapanui - Shag Rock</i></td></tr>
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<u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times";">An End of an Era </span></u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times";">-
perched above Rapanui is Ed Cotter's house.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times";">Ed was a mountaineer that I had the privilege
to know through the CMC that we both belong to, and Mountain Face Rescue
activities. Ed was at the forefront of mountaineering at the same time as
Ed Hillary - another Ed! An awesome man and personality - a man who never
hit the highlights like his namesake.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Sadly
this photo below is his house - very soon to be demolished. Wrecked in the
earthquake of February 2011. I don't know if he was in the house that day, but
if he was, it must have been one hell of a wild ride. Sadly Ed is now in
a rest home in Wanaka near his son, Guy Cotter.</span><!--EndFragment-->
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Ed Cotter's House - top right</i></td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times";"><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4910992941567121193.post-19239041774560459072016-07-28T10:15:00.000+12:002016-07-28T10:15:43.231+12:00Around the World in 16 MonthsSolar Impulse 2.<br />
For the past 16 months this completely solar powered plane has been carefully flying around the world. Two days ago it touched down before dawn at Abu Dhabi airport to complete its around the world journey.<br />
An amazing feat of engineering - something that has transfixed me throughout its journey.<br />
I've tried to share this with many people but somehow it didn't seem to resonate with them the same way it has for me. Maybe I am just a wannabe adventurer and pilot!!<br />
So I thought I would share these few images with my non existent followers. My apologies for the very poor quality of them - they were shot using my Lumix camera handheld during the live stream of the landing on my laptop.<br />
They have proved it can be done. So now we need to watch this space for developments in the solar engineering domain in the future.<br />
Google Solar Impulse to get the history, story, future, etc.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Solar Impulse about to touch down at Abu Dhabi airport</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Touch down - mission accomplished</i></td></tr>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4910992941567121193.post-76052680282701977362016-06-10T20:02:00.001+12:002016-06-10T20:13:10.169+12:00A Blast From the PastLet's go back to the 1960s - 1968 to be exact (or as exact as my ageing memory allows!)<br />
I was doing a lot of climbing and tramping back then - almost every second weekend.<br />
By chance we met up with two other climbers - Ray Calder and Graham Boddy. Can't recall exactly where - either the CMC's Kennedy hut or the Alpine Club hut at Arthur's Pass. I think they asked to join my group on a winter traverse of Cassidy - B'limit and on to Temple. It was then or in the Waimakariri at probably Carrington hut. Whichever it was, I struck up a friendship with Ray and we climbed together for a briefish period throughout 1968-69.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Ray Calder and Richard Plowright crossing the Waimakariri River</i></td></tr>
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Around New Year 1968-69, Ray and I drove up to Arthurs Pass to embark on an ambitious traverse of Mt Philistine, Mt Rolleston, Mt Armstrong, and Carrington Peak - all in a 24 hour period. After a few hours sleep on the Otira Valley track we were on the summit of Mt Philistine at 0500 - a good start. Sadly half way along to Mt Rolleston the weather turned to shite and we had to withdraw. We were back at my trusty Morris Minor about noon on the Saturday. Neither of us particularly wanted to return to the city so I suggested to Ray that we drive to Ross on the West Coast to visit Chris, whose boyfriend had recently died from cancer, and see how she was faring. I knew her boyfriend, having treated him, gotten to know him well, and shared many a pint at the Valley Inn in Heathcote with him. He asked me to look after her after he'd died, so thought this would be a good start.<br />
We didn't quite make it to Ross - a one way bridge just south of the Totara River had a bump a tad too much for my Morris which managed to stove the fan into the radiator. And so we walked the last few kilometres into Ross in our knickerbockers (my old school longs cut down by Mum) and long Norsewear socks and climbing boots. A great introduction to Chris's family!! The rest is history from the visit and the subject of maybe a future yarn. Soon after that I lost touch with Ray - work, developing relationship, marriage, family, and overseas - all got in the way.<br />
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........Until recently!!<br />
Last year, as briefly described in a previous blog, I visited China and Tibet on a photographic tour. I struck up a great friendship with a couple on the trip from Orari, just north of Temuka. God knows how the subject of Ray came up, but it turns out he and his wife were close friends with the Orari couple. Small world!!<br />
And so, two weeks ago we drove the 150kms down to Orari for the weekend where we finally caught up with Ray and his wife Kath. A great catch up and reunion after an absence of nearly 48 years. The old black and white photos appeared and lots of stories told. Nothing had changed - well not much!!<br />
A great evening over dinner. Thank you Heather and Alistair for making this happen. We were having so much fun that evening we completely forgot take any photographs.<br />
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And what about Graham Boddy? Ray had lost touch with him too. But by chance a few years ago, Chris and I were at a social dinner with our friends Doug and Rose (I used to tramp and kayak with Doug and Chris worked with Rose). Doug is the guy standing outside Greenlaw hut in a recent blog. Who should be there at this dinner but Graham, a good kayaking friend of theirs. He was asking about Ray too. Now I will soon be able to update him. Let's hope the next meeting will be less than 48 years!!<br />
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And whilst I was looking out the old photos I came across this old black and white image below.......<br />
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Stuart Hawker was part of the group doing that tramping and climbing back in 1968. Here he is about 17 years old. Stuart is now an International Captain with Air NZ and in a few months will relinquish his left hand seat and start collecting his pension like the rest of us. My how time flies - not just 777s!!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4910992941567121193.post-72511766809203773922016-05-20T06:31:00.001+12:002016-05-20T06:34:27.853+12:00Centennial, Heroes, and SurvivalSo today is 20th May 2016. What's so special about this date I hear you ask? Be patient and I will tell you - but first a story.<br />
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When I was a teenager I came across an adventure book called 'South' by Ernest Shackleton. It looked a good read, so went to bed early at 353 (no TV there to distract me then) and buried myself in the book. At 5am I finished it - totally mesmerised and spellbound by this amazing story of survival. To this day it remains the only book I have read from cover to cover without putting it down.<br />
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I speak of the Antarctic expedition lead by Ernest Shackleton and his ship Endurance, captained by Frank Worsley, a Kiwi from Akaroa, not far from home. The ship was crushed by pack ice in the Weddell Sea in the Antarctica. I'll leave you to read the story - it is well worth the effort, but in short they man-hauled several lifeboats for hundreds of miles to Elephant Island on the Antarctic Peninsula. They were on terra firma but no-one knew where they were or what had become of them - and no ships were likely to come their way.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Endurance stuck in the pack ice</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The iconic image of Endurance by expedition photographer Frank Hurley</td></tr>
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Shackleton was determined to rescue his men. One of his lifeboats was called 'The James Caird' - with the help of his carpenter this boat was modified and a mast and sails prepared. Six men, including Shackleton and Worsley, launched the boat and set sail for South Georgia, 800 miles distant, leaving the rest of the expedition members on Elephant Island, hopefully to be rescued later.</div>
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On the 18th May 1916, thanks to superb navigation skills by Worsley in terrible conditions, they arrived on the southern side of South Georgia at King Haakon Bay. At 3am on the 19th three of them - Shackleton, Worsley and Crean - started the daunting trek across the island to the nearest whaling station. At 3pm on the 20th they walked into the whaling station at Husvik near Stromness.</div>
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The crossing had taken 36 hours - an adventure worth reading in itself. Not without its moments!</div>
In modern times a number of climbing parties have tried to replicate the crossing - it has been done, but no-one has ever got close to the 36 hours.<br />
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The next day they returned by local boat to rescue the three members back at King Haakon Bay on the south side. Later, after several attempts to get to Elephant Island were thwarted by ice, the remainder of the expedition was rescued.<br />
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I have left huge gaps in the story, so you will have to read 'South' to complete the epic.<br />
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And so, about this date - the 20th May 2016. It is 100 years to the day since Shackleton, Worsley and Crean arrived to announce their survival to the world and commence the rescue.<br />
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How do I know this? Well by sheer coincidence, I happen to be reading 'Frank Worsley - Shackleton's Fearless Captain' by John Thomson, and I just happen to be at the arrival at Stromness. Quite the shock!<br />
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Not bad for an Akaroa boy!!<br />
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To finish off this epistle, see the advertisement that Shackleton put in the newspaper in London to attract applicants........................<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4910992941567121193.post-36891419915029469822016-05-10T09:07:00.000+12:002016-05-10T09:07:01.453+12:00Huts - 05OMG!!<br />
Maybe the Alzheimers really is setting in.<br />
My big brother Barry (I think the only person who reads these blogs) has recently reminded me that I have forgotten one hut in the Waimakariri Valley within the APNP - Greenlaw hut. And following the shock of that, I also remembered that I had also forgotten Bealey Spur hut. Now believe it or not, but both these huts were amongst my favourites. How could I forget them!!<br />
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<b><u>Greenlaw Hut</u></b><br />
Greenlaw hut was situated about 50 minutes walk downstream from Carrington hut a few hundred metres up Greenlaw Creek. This hut was invariably by-passed by trampers, preferring to get to either Carrington or Anti-Crow huts - or even out to Klondyke Corner.<br />
However I loved it - it was quiet, well appointed, light and in pretty good condition. The last time I stayed there was with Doug Rankin when we did the Three Pass trip from west to east in 1986. Sadly, not long after that the APNP saw fit to remove it as it was under-utilised.<br />
One challenge when walking down the Waimak riverbed from Carrington to Greenlaw was to search for the old car which was driven up the Waimak from the old Bealey pub way back in the 1920s. Sadly it never quite made it to Carrington - although it did get very close - only a few kilometres short. I saw it a few times on the true right side of the riverbed in the 1960s but never did get a photograph of it. I suspect it has gone forever now....... but you never know!<br />
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<b><u>Bealey Spur Hut</u></b><br />
This hut was an old musterer's hut - the oldest hut in the area built in 1925. A gentle uphill two hours from the Bealey Village at the foot of Bealey Spur will bring you to the hut door in a clearing. It has recently been renovated - now with foam mattresses rather than the old sacking bunks - but still retain the old beech supports internally. The views looking out across the Waimak are outstanding on the trek in, and at Happy Hour as short walk for two minutes with supplies will bring one to open tussocks overlooking Klondyke Corner and looking directly up the Mingha River to Mt Oates.<br />
Beyond the hut and maybe a 40 minute gentle climb - now in open country will bring you to the top of the ridge towards Jordan Saddle. The views from here both up and down the Waimakariri River are to die for! This would have to be one of my favourite places in the mountains. I've taken my wife, my granddaughter, overseas friends, etc up here on numerous occasions. It is a great place for a day trip, an overnight trip, or a launching spot for ventures beyond - Jordan Saddle and the Avoca, Lagoon Saddle to name two.<br />
And to think I forgot it!!<br />
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And just to prove the 40 minute ramble above the Bealey Spur hut is worthwhile............<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4910992941567121193.post-84379701191050279092016-05-09T09:29:00.000+12:002016-05-09T09:29:58.072+12:00CassI cannot talk of the reopening of the Art Gallery (previous post a few minutes ago) without mentioning Rita Angus (Rita cook as she was in the 1930s).<br />
As a Canterbury artist she was outstanding. They must have been very heady times back in the 1930s with all the known artists either living together - or coming together on a regular basis to discuss, paint, debate, etc.<br />
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Rita Angus did a number of paintings in the Cass area at Craigeburn. This is her most famous painting. The gallery reframed it not long before the earthquake - a big improvement I felt.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4910992941567121193.post-91463891093385791572016-05-09T09:20:00.000+12:002016-05-09T09:20:37.827+12:00Art GalleryChris and I have promised each other we will take time out from our busy lives and do something together each weekend. Hopefully this promise will last - and so far it has. 'Tis good for the soul.<br />
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Our Christchurch Art Gallery reopened just before Christmas, after all the repairs following the February 2011 earthquake were finally completed. Sadly I was away overseas at the time. Chris was here and was the first through the door on opening day. She was keen to escort me through the new exhibitions, most of which were based around local art and artists - and appropriately so. I have to admit it was quite an emotional moment walking back through those doors after over 5 years.<br />
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One of my favourite Canterbury paintings is this one below "Camp in the Kowai' by Austen Deans from Peel Forest.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4910992941567121193.post-62355535453564173372016-05-09T06:54:00.000+12:002016-05-09T06:54:06.966+12:00Anzac DayIt is an annual event for us to get up early on Anzac Day to attend the dawn service. This year was no exception. In recent years our granddaughter, Arna, being an air cadet, has marched in the parade. Sadly this year she was absent as she was away on a senior cadet course at Burnham military camp but she attended parade there.<br />
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The oldest veteran this was 103 years old - very spritely for his age -and long may he continue this way. He led the parade, driven in a WW2 Willys jeep.<br />
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In so much as I am against war, I am so grateful for what our forebears did to enable us to have the the freedom we experience today. Sadly though, the world does not learn. Memories are short!<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4910992941567121193.post-9135008040723867742016-05-09T06:38:00.004+12:002016-05-09T06:38:57.337+12:00Anzac ExhibitionLaurence Aberhart, a well known New Zealand photographer, has a distinctive style. He works mainly in black and white - and captures buildings, maori carvings, museum work, war memorials, plus some landscape. He is gathering together a contemporary history of New Zealand and overseas.<br />
His work is exhibited internationally and examples of his style can be found in many galleries.<br />
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The Christchurch museum recently exhibited his war memorial series (both New Zealand and Australia) prior to this year's 100th anniversary of Anzac remembrance parades.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4910992941567121193.post-49153894568840389212016-05-09T06:04:00.000+12:002016-05-09T06:04:30.158+12:00The Annual TrampIt all started in 1981with four of us, all keen trampers and mountaineers, deciding to come together for an annual event - and here we are in 2016 and just completed the 36th annual jaunt into the mountains.<br />
Four of us this year. Sadly Peter missed his first ever annual tramp due to house repairs. Graeme too - almost didn't attend due to urgent appendix surgery, but with the promise from the rest of us that we would carry his heavy gear, he managed to come along - and maintain his perfect annual attendance, now the only one with a 100% record.<br />
This year we drove down to Lake Ohau and with the 4WD managed to almost get up the Hopkins riverbed to the Huxley River. A pretty laid back trip this year - up as far as Broderick Pass - good food, good company, happy hours, etc - and the final night spent at Ohau Lodge, a dated but very pleasant place with views to die for, excellent food, good bar, and comfy beds.<br />
The 40th anniversary is only a few years away, we'll have to start planning something special. In the meantime a book is being prepared. Graeme has written up all the journeys and I've recorded most of them with my camera.<br />
Below are a few images from this year's tramp.......................<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Huxley River terraces from Huxley Forks hut</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mountain Beech tree on the edge of the bush - upper north branch of the Huxley River</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The four lads this year - Graeme, John, Adrian, Stuart</td></tr>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4910992941567121193.post-34303866871907786252016-04-07T08:59:00.001+12:002016-04-07T08:59:42.393+12:00Spectrum - Street Art 2016What do Urban Jungle, Soles, Icarus, Deow, Telmo and Miel, Seth, etc have in common?<br />
They are all street artists.<br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">Twelve months ago, I blogged several times regarding Spectrum 2015 and the display at the YMCA plus new street art around the city.</span><br />
Well, it's here again in 2016 - and if I understood correctly, this is going to be an annual event for at least the next five years and the venue at the YMCA is to be set up as a permanent home for street art displays. Great news.<br />
Below are some of the artworks at the YMCA this year.<br />
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As well, there are new street arts on various walls in the CBD. I haven't had the chance to bike around and view these yet, but I will - and soon.<br />
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As new ones are painted, others will disappear as new buildings are erected in rebuild of the city. Maybe in another 100 years - as happened after the earthquake a couple of years ago - these new buildings will be demolished and future generations will discover these artworks. I'll post the new ones in due course.<br />
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The first artwork you come to is a 3D display on clear perspex - ~4-5 layers of it. You zig zag your way through these layers and come to the front - to the right you see the top image (above), to the left you see the lower image (above).<br />
But...... if you carefully align yourself, you see this (below). Very clever!!<br />
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Other artworks ..............<br />
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There is one artist (a local - maybe Canterbury) whom I feel is worthy of mentioning. His work is on display year after year. Milton Springsteen - obviously his art name, but the way he takes examples of well known art and reproduces them with a twist is clever. Three examples are scattered in the above group.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4910992941567121193.post-62548607189350381462016-04-06T14:11:00.001+12:002016-04-06T14:11:05.337+12:00Huts 04 - The Crow ValleysIn the Canterbury region especially, every tramper serves his or her apprenticeship gaining obligatory blisters tramping up the Waimak from Klondyke Corner near Arthur's Pass.<br />
Back in the 1960s I used to tramp up to Carrington - and beyond - every two to three weeks. Easter was a classic time to be in the valley. Back the the CMC used to hold it's annual Easter Camp there. Invariably almost every mountain in the region was summited by at least several pairs of tricounied boots!<br />
I well remember finding myself walking alongside John Pascoe chatting away as we walked up the riverbed in the moonlight to Anti Crow hut. One afternoon I trekked back up to Temple Col to search for the bum strap off my Mountain Mule pack, then returning to the the Pass and walking down the railway line to Klondyke and then up to Anti Crow hut, arriving about 1am - only to return downriver first thing the next morning.<br />
Approximately 1.5 hours up river from Klondyke Corner, two major rivers enters the Waimak directly opposite each other - on the true left is the Crow River and on the true right, the Anti Crow river.<br />
This area was well huttted. The CMC hut at the Anti Crow, CMC's Gizeh Biv in the headwaters of the Anti Crow, the NZAC hut at the head of the Crow - and the six bunk NZFS hut on the Waimak flats 15 minutes downstream of the Anti Crow.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Anti Crow hut (circa late 1960s)</i></td></tr>
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Sometime in the 1970s the CMC relinquished ownership of the Anti Crow hut to the Arthurs Pass National Park. This was to take effect on 1st January. Sadly, on the evening of 31st December, the hut burned down after hot embers fell through a hole in the floor from the open fire. Purely an accident, but most unfortunate timing.<br />
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The Crow hut was owned by the New Zealand Alpine Club. It was replaced by a new hut in the 1980s.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The old Crow hut in the late 1970s - my daughter Rachael</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The new Crow hut</i></td></tr>
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Back over to the Anti Crow Valley, Gizeh Bivi at the head of the valley was always a favourite place of mine. On the edge of the bush line, the bivi was nestled into the bush right next to a large tree - a tree which was to be the bivi's demise. In a big storm the tree toppled a fell through the bivi, crushing it totally. Fortunately, no-one was inside at the time. It was never replaced. It was built of old tea cases - pressed tin. There were several of these bivis dotted around the APNP. Sadly none remain now. There were no bunks - just tussock on the floor.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Gizeh Bivouac</i></td></tr>
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So there you have it. In three blogs I've chatted about all the huts in the Waimakariri Valley, within the bounds of the APNP.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4910992941567121193.post-66033430139967832492016-04-04T09:39:00.003+12:002016-04-04T09:39:50.261+12:00Corrugated IronI've always had a love of corrugated iron. I don't recall when it all started, but I suspect it may have had something to do with old musterers huts in the mountains. Whilst modern huts are nice and comfortable, there is nothing to beat arriving at an old musterers hut after of day of slogging through Canterbury tussocks.<br />
On returning from overseas several weeks ago, I quickly learned that there was a Corrugations exhibition on at the museum, closing at the end of Easter. A no-brainer. We had to visit - and we were not disappointed.<br />
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The artist was Jeff Thompson and also his partner, Shona Cameron. The image above explains his background.<br />
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The first display on entering the exhibition was a Morris minor car. Now I have owned three of these vehicles and have an ongoing love of them - just like my fondness for corrugated iron.<br />
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Below are a few more of their artworks on display. There are far too many to show them all. If you get the opportunity, go see the exhibition if it comes to you. Or go see it at the Tauranga Art Gallery when the tour is completed.<br />
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We still dream of building a new home one day. Somewhere and somehow, we'll incorporate some corrugated iron into the design.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4910992941567121193.post-41519293647218240432016-03-09T15:30:00.000+13:002016-03-09T15:30:37.425+13:00Huts 03 - Waimak FallsWaimak Falls hut sits at the head of the Waimakariri River, about three hours walk above Carrington hut. It is just above the Waimak Falls themselves, accessible after a steep grunt up from the river just below the falls. Many people are unaware that there is a waterfall on the Waimakariri River. They are hidden from view, but well worth the scramble up the riverbed for ten minutes from where the track climbs steeply up and away from the riverbed before the hut.<br />
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Waimak Falls hut would arguably have one of the more commanding views in the mountains of NZ. The views up towards Mt Rolleston, Mt Armstrong and Waimakariri Col are awesome - and the views down valley to Mt Carrington and away to Mt Murchison at the head of the White River (the highest peak in Arthur's Pass National Park) are equally spectacular.<br />
The hut is a six bunker and has a chequered history. It was first built by the Canterbury mountaineering Club and then passed over to the Dept of Conservation (from memory in the late 1970s). More recently the CMC regained ownership of the hut and a dedicated team of CMC hut volunteers now look after it along with all the other CMC huts.<br />
My very first rescue as a member of mountain search and rescue in the 1960s was up to this hut when a tramper burned his face and hands after his cooking stove exploded and set alight to the tent he was in, pitched close to the hut.<br />
Finally, one of the best photographs I've ever seen of Waimak Falls hut is in the book 'Our Mountains - Journeys to New Zealand's High Places' by Paul Hersey and Mark Watson. See page 95. It is well worth looking at and will give you an inkling of just how well situated this hut really is.<br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4910992941567121193.post-76397999127926398322016-03-08T14:41:00.000+13:002016-03-08T14:41:43.969+13:00What a Difference a Day Makes!My lovely sister is currently crewing on a yacht sailing from Waikawa near Picton down to Stewart Island, then back up to D'urville Island and eventually back to Waikawa - just two of them in a 30' boat. Not bad for a young girl of 76!<br />
Last weekend they were in Akaroa to resupply and wait for some good weather. Sunday morning was relatively free for me so I set off for Akaroa at sparrowfart.<br />
For me, no trip to Akaroa - or anywhere on the peninsula for that matter - is complete without a quick side trip to Birdlings Flat. There are as many moods to that beach as there are days in the year - and more! Early Sunday morning I had the beach to myself. Absolute tranquility in more ways than one.<br />
I don't recall ever seeing the sea so flat and waveless.<br />
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Compare this to a day a few years ago at the end of a good Southerly blast. This image was posted here back in June 2014 in a post about Kaitoreti Spit, but thought it was worth airing again for comparison.<br />
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Oh and here is my lovely sister heading back out to the yacht on Sunday morning.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4910992941567121193.post-83213283805967640842016-02-26T13:08:00.000+13:002016-02-26T13:08:02.156+13:00Hut 02 - CarringtonThere would be very few trampers and mountaineers that have not spent at least one night at Carrington Hut.<br />
It is positioned at the junction of the Waimakariri and White rivers in Arthurs Pass National Park, and is a strategic hut for trampers and mountaineers alike. Further up valley is the Barker hut (see Huts 01) and Waimak Falls hut (a future blog) - both stepping off points for serious climbing and also remote tramping. Harrington hut is the first stopping place on the Three Pass Trip from Klondyke Corner to Hokitika.<br />
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This hut (above) is the hut I first remember. My first foray up the Waimak was about 1961-2 at the ripe old age of 13-14. It was the second hut at the junction. The first hut was located further out towards the Waimak riverbed and was washed away in a flood. It was built in 1929 and named after Gerard Carrington who was co-instumental in forming what was to become the Canterbury Mountaineering Club (which I joined in 1964 and have been a member ever since). Sadly he was drowned in the Waimak gorge before the hut was completed. The hut above replaced the original hut and sat up on a terrace well away from flooding.<br />
Below this second hut there was a small four bunk NZFS (New Zealand Forest Service) hut (see below) - a handy overflow hut, especially at Easter in the 1960s when there was always an Easter Climbing School run by the CMC. I have spent a night in this four bunk hut with eleven trampers crammed inside. My 'bunk' was up in the rafters lying on a climbing rope wrapped around the rafters. A very uncomfortable night!!<br />
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Sadly both these huts have long gone, and been replaced by the current Carrington hut, a Lockwood design, and capable of hosting many trampers and climbers.<div>
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Whilst this hut is perfect for large parties visiting the upper Waimak - and I have no doubt that some busy weekends it is full to capacity with tents pitched close by. For me, it is a soulless dwelling - it echoes with every footstep inside - and will never have that character that many remote and older back country huts have. The smell, the stories in the old hut books, the writing on the walls (not graffiti). But still, it does provide a refuge on a stormy night and it is a stepping stone to remoter places up valley.</div>
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In this hut's early days, it had a sign above the entrance saying 'Carrington Hilton'. Sadly, the Hilton hotel chain had no sense of humour and after a court case, the sign had to be removed!</div>
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