Ryan Hellyer

Jetboating on the Shotover

Sarah and I went jetboating on the Shotover river near Queenstown.

Such an idyllic setting ...

... but throw in a jetboat and things become less idyllic and more action packed!

I took my camera onboard

My camera quickly got wet (but it still works fine)

Sarah got even wetter than my camera

Posted on 2009-04-25 by Ryan Tags: Tags: Central Otago, jet boat, Sarah, Shotover

Luging in Queenstown

Sarah and I went luging in Queenstown. It was lots of fun Unfortunately I didn’t get any photos of myself but here are some of Sarah’s steller driving skills.

The 'stop taking photos of me' look

The 'if I look serious I might go faster' look

The 'damnit, Ryan beat me by such a margin he has time to take photos of me' look :p

Posted on 2009-04-24 by Ryan Tags: Tags: luge, Queenstown, Sarah

Trip to Queenstown with Sarah

Sarah and I headed to Queenstown for the weekend. Here are some photos of us at the top of the Gondola.

View from inside the gondola

Posted on 2009-04-21 by Ryan Tags: Tags: picsofme, Queenstown, Sarah

McLean falls

Some photos from when Sarah I visited McLean falls in the Catlins.

Taken from directly below McLean falls

Shot of McLean falls from the track

Another small waterfall near McLeans falls

Sarah at McLean falls

Posted on 2009-04-10 by Ryan Tags: Tags: Catlins, Sarah, waterfall

Nugget Point

Sarah and I visited Nugget Point in the Catlins.

Sarah beside the Nugget Point lighthouse

The rockie outcrop as seen from the Nugget Point lighthouse

The Nugget Point lighthouse

Posted on 2009-04-06 by Ryan Tags: Tags: Catlins, Nugget Point, Sarah

Sarah and I at the crib

Sarah and I headed to my parents crib (holiday house) in Toko Mouth for the night, before heading south to the Catlins for some site seeing.

This photo was taken on top of the sand hill behind the crib

This photo was taken near Purakanui falls in the Catlins the next day.

More photos from the Catlins coming soon …

Posted on 2009-04-04 by Ryan Tags: Tags: Sarah, Toko Mouth

Bode Cave

Our uber awesome, wonderful and truly incredible professional ice hockey coach Jenel Bode is leaving Hopefully she’ll be back next year though

Rhyan McMillan and our uber awesome coach Jenel Bode

For her goodbye bash, she organised a goodbye party in a cave at Longbeach. It sounded boring, getting stuck in a cave all evening on a cold, wet, rainy day Luckilly Sarah was heading out to take Jane so I hitched a ride along so I could make an appearance and bail home early with Sarah. Darn glad I went though, coz it was totally awesome. The cave was wicked, the fire kept us all cosy warm, everyone had fun and there was loads of entertainment provided by my teammates who provided firebreathing, guitar and flame throwing demonstrations for us all. There were even baby blue penguins in the back of the cave hanging out with us!