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 and Jaimee playing hockey
Larry and Jaimee playing hockey
Larry with the puck
Jaimee in the bottom basin
Jaimee in the bottom basin
Jaimee passing the puck
Jaimee and Larry playing hockey
Krissi Wood
Krissi and Jaimee showing their charming side
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.
The Killer Keas hockey team took to the ice at Poolburn reservoir to brush up their skating skills before heading north to Lake Tekapo. Skating conditions were a little average due to the snow, but there was no shortage of ice (up to 15 cm thick in some parts) and lots of fun to be had enjoying the scenery.
The Killer Keas squad heading towards the face of Poolburn dam. Download high resolution version.
Lunch break
Dave Patchett measuring the depth of the water on Poolburn reservoir
Ed and Pip
The two Daves, David Patchett and David Richards
Killer Keas goal tender Peter Wallis
Panorama showing how massive Poolburn reservoir really is. Download high resolution version.
Ben Wallis
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.
Some photos showing the beauty of the frozen Poolburn reservoir this winter.
Alan Knowles and Dave Patchett skating through the maze of jagged rocks on Poolburn reservoir.
View of the rocks at Poolburn reservoir. This photo is result of merging three different photos to create a wider angle view.
A light snow dusting on the rocks created a stunning backdrop for the ultra-smooth near-black ice
Wide panorama showing how beautiful Poolburn reservoir is on a good day. Full resolution Panorama available here. If you look closely you will see Dave Patchett and Alan Knowles skating.
Thanks to Dave Young, Alan Knowles and Dave Patchett for taking me along on their ice skating trip to Central Otago. We had beautiful ice, up to 10 cm thick, at Poolburn Dam. We circumnavigated the entire lake (~20 km), most of which was beautifully smooth near-black ice. There are a lot more photos to come, but here’s a few quick snapshots from the weekends activities until I find the time to process the rest of them.
Here you can see the "crazy squares" effect in the ice. The rocks you can see in the background are common throughout the lake and make for a terrific view across the huge expanse of ice.
There were a lot of Canadian Geese in the area. Their droppings are somewhat of a hazard on the ice as not only are they large and gross, but they ice tends to melt wherever they land.
Dave Patchett striding across the ice after we made a quick jaunt over to the dam face around lunch time.
For more information about the trip, check out Dave Young’s blog post.
The Killer Keas ice hockey team, bronze medalists in the Dunedin Ice Hockey League Autumn season.
Clockwise from top left: Ben Wallis, Edward Waite, David Richards, Peter Wallis, Ryan Hellyer, Bret Dougherty, Señorita León de la Barra, Elizabeth Roberts, Jaydee Cabral, Hernisha Fakir, Sonja Woods,
Thanks to Jaydee Cabral for providing the photo and Anna Craw for taking it.
I’ve gotten a lot of questions about GimpCam and NetCam recently. To save me feeling like a broken record, here’s a selection of pre-prepared answers …
Thanks to Abby for the excellent video work. I’m number 98 with the black helmet and white gloves.
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The New Zealand National Ice Hockey Championships are on in Dunedin at the moment. I’ll be videoing a few of the games to post on here. I’m not bothering to play as I object to the ~$200/game fee!
