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Lake Waihola

The weather was good so I headed out to Lake Waihola (about 25 mins from Dunedin) and took some snaps.

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Lake Waihola #1

Catlins trip with Anna

Anna and I headed down to the Catlins only a few days after we both arrived back in New Zealand. The scenery was great and the lighting was perfect for some decent photography.

Creek near McLeans falls

Matai Falls in the Catlins

Sheep in the Catlins

A small stream of water flowing near Matai Falls

A famoous tree high up on a hill in the Catlins

Downtown Calgary

Downtown Calgary is a very picturesque place. All the major buildings in the downtown area are connected by bridges, tunnels and walkways to allow people to move between buildings without getting chilly in the winter.

Downtown Calgary at night

Panorama of the Calgary skyline

The Calgary Tower.

Vancouver

Vancouver is a wonderful place I highly recommend visiting if you get the chance. The weather was awesome while I was there. Stanley Park is a huge park area right beside the city center which I skated around while there. I hope to go back to Vancouver some day, might even consider getting a job there if I can.

Panorama of Vancouver

Beach on the side of Stanley Park in Vancouver

The shore on the side of Stanley Park in Vancouver

Lake Louise

Lake Louise is a spectacular area in the Rocky Mountains. From above, the water is an unbelievable blue colour.

Me (Ryan Hellyer) hiking around Lake Louise

Lake Louise from above

Lake Louise from the hotel

Princes Island Park in Calgary

Princes Island Park is a small island which is separated from downtown Calgary by a small strip of water from the Bow river. There’s lots of wild life, greenery and picnic areas to enjoy.

Princes Island Park and Bow river

Canadian Goslings

A Squirrel

Canadian Geese

Skating in the Rockies

For Christmas, my friend Mike Boyle took me ice skating in the Rocky Mountains :) The weather was great, well as great as minus 20 degrees can be, and there was HEAPS of ice. Unfortunately there was a tad too much snow to make skating viable.

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Mike Boyle and I (Ryan Hellyer) on Lake Johnson

Me (Ryan Hellyer) on Back Swamp

Gregor trying to shovel Lake Johnson

Videos of George St school

Check out the video footage from the mighty home of both the Dunedin Aces and Otago University Falcons inline hockey teams. Note the high quality gravel smooth flesh tearing surface :P

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An interview with John Thomsen who is world famous (within Dunedin Aces members) for scoring us a goal against the mighty Nelson Whalers.

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Avalanche boulder

This is a good lesson in why not to trust your elders! Dad and I saw this avalanche above the Hermitage at Mount Cook so we decided to go climb up on it and take some photos. Dad picked me up and dumped me on top of this giant snow ball. I said “Dad, I don’t think this thing is stable, if it rolls over I’m going to die”, to which he responded “don’t be stupid, this avalanche has been here for months and there is no way that thing is going to fall over”. Once I got off, I gave it a shove and it proceeded to roll about 200 m down the hill!!!
Me on an avalanche

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