Year: 2013

  • Korketrekkeren with Boban and Ivelina

    I had an absolute blast hooning down Korketrekkeren today with Boban and Ivelina. It’s a huge hill setup for sledding. You cruise down in the sled, then take the subway train back to the top 🙂

    Boban sledding at Korketrekkeren

    Boban and Ivelina sledding at Korketrekkeren

    Ivelina sledding at Korketrekkeren

    Ryan Hellyer and Ivelina sledding

    Thanks to Ivelina for providing the photo of us together.

  • Lake Pukaki

    Some nice views of Lake Pukaki near Mount Cook.

    Lake Pukaki

    Mount Cook with Lake Pukaki

  • My first plane (crash)

    I bought my first radio controlled air plane today, a Parkzone Mini-Vapor. Having never flew a plane in my life, and not being much into reading instructions, I promptly flew it, then crashed it! Thankfully it is a hardy little machine and seems to handle the knocks quite well and should live to fly another day 🙂

    mini-vapor1

    mini-vapor2

  • The Crown Range

    After escaping the people overflow in Wanaka, Melissa and I headed over the Crown Range enroute to the equally overflowing Queenstown. For future reference, I don’t recommend visiting tourist hot spots on new years eve 🙂

    Cardrona hotel

    Ryan Hellyer on the Crown Range

  • Norskurs ord

    Vi lært mange ord på norskurs!

    norskurss-words

  • Benmore dam

    I stopped off at Benmore hydro dam enroute to visiting Melissa in Oamaru.

    Benmore dam

  • Rafting down the Hawea river

    Melissa, myself and Ashley went rafting down the Hawea river on an airbed. Lots of fun had by all as we negotiated the mighty rapids of the Hawea.

    The song “Rafting on the Interislander” is now permanently etched in my mind 🙂

    Rafting with Melissa and Ashley

    Rafting with Melissa and Ashley

    Rafting with Melissa and Ashley

  • Norwegian story

    I need to write a story about the following picture for my Norwegian class. Any ideas on what the story should be about? Something humorous would be best 🙂

  • Mount Cook

    I had a few hours spare before meeting up with Melissa in Oamaru, so headed north to Mount Cook for the afternoon. Unfortunately the weather started to pack in badly as I arrived.

    Mount Cook

    Mount Cook

    Ryan Hellyer at Mount Cook