Ryan Hellyer

Matukituki beach

An awesome little beach beside the Matukituki river that Chris Laing and I had lunch at on New Years Eve in Mount Aspiring National park.

Chris Laing and I camped at Pearl flat which sits below Mount Aspiring. Since no one else was stupid enough to go camping with the sand flies, we had the whole area to ourselves 🙂 The sand flies weren’t a major nuisance and seemed to avoid stinging us so long as we smothered ourselves in regular dollops of deet.

Poolburn dam face

Some photos from the face of the Poolburn dam. The ice was very thick right beside the dam face due to the shadow it cast.

Vintage Formula 1

Here are some vintage Formula 1 cars from the Te Papa Formula 1 exhibition.

1959 Cooper T51

Denny Hulme's McLaren M7A

I have no idea what car this is. Please leave a comment below if you know.

Coal pit dam

David Patchett and I headed up to Coalpit dam in the Naseby forest for some ice skating. There was excellent ice coverage on one side (100 mm +) but the other half was either very thin or non-existent.