A Christmas Collection – 2012 & Life in the South of NZ

It has been a busy year of work and life in the South. Here is a sample of some of the pics taken over the last 12 months. Wishing all a happy and safe Christmas and a happy New Year. Thanks for reading the blog and interacting. Enjoy some pics.

Sumner beach, Christchurch. A winters afternoon.
I just love this article. Bad guy who needs a slap gets one!

The Hill Block….South Canterbury. Hunter Hills.

A favourite spot. South Beach, Kaikoura, NZ…..dusk.

Army Reserve jungle training. Navigation check.

Harley riding. Mt Manganui, NZ

Lyttleton Farmers Market.

Captain Morgan visits. A fine drop!

Target shooting from 300 metres. NZ army.

Dusk, Redcliffs, Christchurch

The Estuary. Redcliffs, CHCH, Early morning.

Living the dream. Freedom on the open road.

Snow in Redcliffs Village.

A quiet rum. Nelson and Golden bay right on dusk.
An icon…..the turn off to Waimate, South Canterbury

South Otago. The beach between Hamden and Palmerston.

The bloody cat is an alien!

Farmers yarning!
The cat racked out mid winter in front of the fire.

Pet lambs for spring.

Army tucker. Feeding the troops, Dunedin.

Stanford University……learning new stuff.

The Hunter Hills provides some venison.

The out house on the farm. A quiet place to think!

Tahuna Beach, Nelson

Giving it some noise….Harley time.

The shearers quarters on the farm.

A quiet rum at home.

Christchurch humour. A Hotel is demolished.

Dawn ANZAC service, Christchurch. Because it is what we do & who we are!

Horse riding in the south.

Moving cattle on the farm.

Queenstown. Ben Loman Station.

Arrowtown, Autumn, 2012

Mt Cook and Lake Pukaki. The McKenzie country. Southern gold!

The Remarkables, Queenstown, Jan 12

Dawn, West Melton. A blistering early morning frost!

Full moon.

A New Years bonfire.

Arthurs Pass. The viaduct and the main road to the West Coast.

A southern icon. Cadrona pub, Wanaka. Jan 12

Otaio Gorge…..swimming on hot days.

Lest we forget. Otago, NZ

Calling it a day.

At home. A Southern Man!

Some Pics of My Life in the South 2012

Mum feeding out to sheep. Heavy snow, South Canterbury. A few years back!

A farmer and her dog.

A new family of ducks…..The duck pond at the drive gate to our farm.
Out Harley riding. Freedom!

Backyard family soccer game! Serious stuff

Evening shot, Sumner, Christchurch…..home Sept 12

So true…….do something that scares you on a regular basis!
The farm 2012: A Southern man.

A friend of mine biking around Christchurch to Board meetings. An asian tourist took this pic of him at the lights and text it to him. Random!

I love this story from a US local newspaper. You need to try not to fall!

Navigating in the bush, Oxford, Canterbury. The Army Reserve jungle training.
A Harley “Ride for the Fallen”. President of the Patriots, a military charitable club is one of the riders raising money for the families of servicemen & women killed or injured serving their country.

The family cat is an alien….evidence in this pic curled up on the couch.

Can’t beat an army dinner. Dunedin Oct 12

A view from our Auckland office taken during a visit. A long way from the south!

Pet lambs. Rosey (junior) and George hoover some milk.

The road to Dunedin. The beach that parallels the Main Highway North of Palmerston.

Oh joy…..finding my seat at the primary schools 2 hour musical is right behind the woman with an enormous head = missed a lot of the action!

Ride for the Fallen. At Burnham military camp taking kids for rides and raising money for the fallen.
A cold spring morning……sunrise in Christchurch on a frosty morning as kids head off to the school bus. Aug 12

Walking on Sumner beach…..a chilly evening in Aug 12

Farmers yearning by the ute. South Canterbury.

A pic taken a number of years ago of the “hut”. An old (1880’s) cottage then shearers quarters at our wool shed on the farm. South Canterbury.

Feeding out on the farm after weeks of rain in August 12. A muddy job.

Leaving a few footprints on the beach south of Kaikoura. An early morning walk Sep 12

Brothers in arms about to go into action. Dunedin, Oct 2012. Inter Battalion rugby for the Army Reserve.
“Taking to his scrapers.” A soldier of the NZ Army Reserve moving fast. Arthurs pass training area.

A random lone sheep hanging out in the middle of a river bed. Lake Lyndon area, Arthurs Pass.

A soldier of the 2nd Battalion, NZ Army Reserve takes a breather. Canterbury.

Like these pics of life in the south of NZ. Check these other posting out;

Time out: Recent pics from the Beautiful south of NZ

The Blast ANZAC collection: 2011: A few memories

A South Island Autumn. May of 2012

Summer Holidays in the South & Other Places

A South Island Autumn: May of 2012

May was a fantastic month in the south. Some pictures and things that amused or made us think about things. Winter is coming and with it some colder weather.

Limestone formations on the cliffs of Govenors Bay, Canterbury

Tide out on Sumner Beach

Family Monopoly game: Tensions rise

Sumner beach

Traffic jam: Tarris Otago

Autumn trees: Arrowtown, New Zealand

Mt Cook. Taken over Lake Pukaki, South Canterbury

We all think it!

The farm: Hunter Hills, South Canterbury

Morning run: Queenstown

The Remarkables: Queenstown…….quite remarkable!

Angus Pure steak being made.

Very effective

Horesback….the way to see big country.

Arrowtown

Hidden santuary: Queenstown

Early morning sunshine

This brought a smile!

Lake Wakatipu

Vet humour: Pregnancy testing cows

Loved this cartoon courtesy of the press after the great mountain biking rage incident!

Good reminder to live life a bit!

A quierter pace of life.