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Lower Manorburn dam

View of the middle basin. We didn't skate out into the middle here as it was thinning out too much unfortunately.

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

Posted on August 20, 2011 by ryanhellyer in New Zealand, Skating | Tagged ice, Manorburn, picsofme, Skating | Leave a comment

Jaimee, Larry and Krissi show

Larry with the puck

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

Posted on July 24, 2010 by ryanhellyer in New Zealand, Skating | Tagged ice, Manorburn, Skating | Leave a comment

Lake Tekapo road trip

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

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) […]

Posted on July 12, 2010 by ryanhellyer in New Zealand, Skating | Tagged hockey, Manorburn, picsofme, Poolburn, Skating | Leave a comment

Manorburn dam

View of the water fall at the lower basin of the Manorburn dam
Posted on July 6, 2010 by ryanhellyer in New Zealand, Skating | Tagged dam, ice, Manorburn, Skating, waterfall | Leave a comment

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.

Posted on April 6, 2010 by ryanhellyer in New Zealand, Skating | Tagged Manorburn, Skating | Leave a comment

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 […]

Posted on August 20, 2007 by ryanhellyer in New Zealand, Skating, Videos | Tagged Central Otago, Manorburn, Skating | 2 Comments
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Ryan Hellyer

A Kiwi living in wonderful Norway. I'm a former scientist, hockey player and generally geeky fella. Check out my about page for more info., my geek blog for nerdy stuff or visit my contact page to get in touch.

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