Jaimee Wood, Larry Martin and Krissi Wood joined David Patchett and I at the Lower Manorburn dam.
Year: 2010
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Jaimee, Larry and Krissi show
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 -
Lake Tekapo road trip
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. 
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Keas invade Poolburn
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. 
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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. 
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Poolburn reservoir
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. -
Skating Poolburn
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.
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Williams Renault
More Formula 1 photos. Nigel Mansell’s World Championship winning Williams Renault this time.
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Louis Pasteur: The Space of Life
A photo of mine from the Heidelberg Castle has been used in the documentary “Louis Pasteur: The Space of life“. The image used is from the chemistry laboratory at the castle and was used as the background for the laboratory of Jean Baptiste Biot, the man who discovered the chiral nature of tartaric acid.
As you can see below, they’ve zoomed in, then shrunk it, flipped it horizontally and used it as a background for scenes showing Louis Pasteur and Jean Baptiste Biot. It seems ironic to me that they used a mirror image for the background of a documentary about chirality :p
Louis Pasteur and Jean Baptiste Biot 
Jean Baptiste Biot 
Jean Baptiste Biot 
My original photo from Heidelberg Castle The documentary can be viewed on the LaRouche website:
My photo can be seen in the background between 6:20 – 7:46 and 19:58 and 22:02.
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Killer Keas
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.
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More from Cockles Creek
More photos from my trip Cockles Creek in 2007. You can see the first batch of photos on the original Cockles Creek post.
