Ryan Hellyer | Manorburn

Lower Manorburn dam

Dave Patchett and I headed to the Lower Manorburn dam for some ice skating on July 10th. The ice was a bit thin in some areas, but we found enough to skate on

Yours truly (Ryan Hellyer) standing on the hill above Rushcutters bay. The channel is in the background.

Yours truly on the ice. My arm was in a sling as my shoulder was quite munted due to dislocations.

Dave Patchett in the gorge

Dave Patchett checking out the ice in the channel

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Posted on 2011-08-20 by Ryan Tags: Tags: Dave Patchett, ice, Manorburn, picsofme, Skating

Jaimee, Larry and Krissi show

Jaimee Wood, Larry Martin and Krissi Wood joined David Patchett and I at the Lower Manorburn dam.

Jaimee in front of the dam

Larry Martin at the dam

Larry and Jaimee playing hockey

Larry with the puck

Jaimee in the bottom basin

Jaimee passing the puck

Jaimee and Larry playing hockey

Krissi Wood

Krissi and Jaimee showing their charming side

Posted on 2010-07-24 by Ryan Tags: Tags: bottom basin, Dave Patchett, ice, jaimee wood, Krissi, larry martin, Manorburn, middle basin, natural, Skating

Anna, Harry and myself road-tripped from Dunedin to Alexandra to do a night skate on the Manorburn dam, then headed to Poolburn reservoir the next morning to skate on mega thick ice at Poolburn reservoir, then finished our journey by travelling through to Lake Tekapo for a hockey tournament between the Killer Keas (our team) and the Christchurch Rangers.

Harry on Poolburn reservoir

Harry and Anna at Lake Tekapo

Harry and Anna on Poolburn reservoir

Anna, Harry and Dave during a night skate on the Manorburn dam

Anna and Harry on Mt John, Lake Tekapo in the background

Anna and Harry heading towards the dam face at Poolburn reservoir

Anna during a stopover at Lawrence

Anna on Poolburn reservoir

Anna, Ryan Hellyer (me) and Harry. Unfortunately the flash didn't work too well with my reflectors.

Ryan Hellyer (me) and Anna struggling to keep our eyes open due the glare on Mt John. Lake Tekapo in the background.

Posted on 2010-07-12 by Ryan Tags: Tags: Anna, harry, hockey, keas, Manorburn, picsofme, Poolburn, rangers, Skating, Tekapo

Manorburn dam

View of the water fall at the lower basin of the Manorburn dam

Dave Young drilling down to 6 cm at the beginning of the channel between the middle and lower basins at the Manorburn dam

From left: Dave Young, Dave Patchett and Alan Knowles on the middle basin of the Manorburn dam

Dave Patchett playing hockey on the middle basin of the Manorburn dam

Dave Patchett posing with his home-made ice poking device

View of the middle basin of the Manorburn dam showing the moon still shining in the top right hand corner.

View of the middle basin of the Manorburn dam from upper channel.

Posted on 2010-07-06 by Ryan Tags: Tags: dam, Dave Patchett, Dave Young, drilling, ice, Manorburn, Skating, waterfall

Manorburn dam history

I’ve been fishing through my families old photo albums and found the following photos of the Manorburn dam from the past that some of you may find interesting.

From left: Lynn McArthur, Ronald Hellyer, Pamela Hopkins, John Hellyer, Ken Hellyer and Robyn Reid on the central basin of the Manorburn dam in 1954. The hand writing is courtesy of my Nana.

From left is Ronald Hellyer, Ken Hellyer, some random guy, Phylis Hellyer and John Hellyer on the Manorburn dam in 1952.

Ken Hellyer. I think this is the Manorburn dam, but I'm not entirely sure which part. It may have been somewhere else, but I'm not sure where that would be. I'm guessing this is some time around 1970.

Ken Hellyer on the Manorburn dam. I'm guessing this is some time around 1970.

This is my brother Scott Hellyer on the tiny ice cube they called a rink which sat beside the Manorburn dam. This would have been around 1984 I think.

And this is Scott demonstrating why I'm the one who's still skating!

Posted on 2010-04-06 by Ryan Tags: Tags: Auntie, Dad, Grandad, History, Manorburn, Nana, Scott, Skating, Uncle

Aardwolfs on/in Manorburn dam

During the Christchurch Aardwolfs Southern Migration we stopped off at the Manorburn dam to see what the ice was like. We expected to see nothing but water, but a slither of ice on the bottom basin was enough to give our resident

ice expert Clive the hope to have a crack at skating on the top basin. So we trudged up the valley and had a gander at the ice up there. Apparently there was enough ice in the middle to skate on, but getting their proved a tad treacherous!

Ted had a decent crack at standing on the ice but kept dipping his foot into the water. He even clambered over a branch like a monkey to reach the ice further toward the center which looked skateable, but couldn’t quite make it far enough from the shore.