Ryan Hellyer

Tag: Animals

  • Royal Albatross colony

    I visited the Royal Albatross colony with a new flatmate. The colony is at the end of Otago Peninsula only 30 mins drive from Dunedin.

    Royal Albatross in flight #1

     

    Albatross far above

  • Catlins trip with Anna

    Anna and I headed down to the Catlins only a few days after we both arrived back in New Zealand. The scenery was great and the lighting was perfect for some decent photography.

    Creek near McLeans falls

    Matai Falls in the Catlins

    Sheep in the Catlins

    A small stream of water flowing near Matai Falls

    A famoous tree high up on a hill in the Catlins

  • Alcatraz

    There’s some great views of Alcatraz from the shore in San Francisco and from on the Golden Gate bridge.

    Alcatraz

     

    Seagull in the foreground, Alcatraz in the background

  • Seagull in Vancouver

    I kept wondering what these crazily bright coloured but very common birds were in Vancouver. It turns out they’re just Seagulls! I felt a little silly when I found out 😛 This particular shot took about 500 attempts to get. Those darn birds move way to fast!

    Seagull at Robson Square in Vancouver

  • Rocky Mountain wildlife

    There was lots of wildlife around Lake Louise in the Rocky Mountains. Including chipmunks, birds and although I didn’t see the bear itself, there were even bear droppings on the track I was walking on. Scarily they were fresh droppings!

    Chipmunk at Lake Agnes above Lake Loiuse

    Bird at Lake Louise

  • Princes Island Park in Calgary

    Princes Island Park is a small island which is separated from downtown Calgary by a small strip of water from the Bow river. There’s lots of wild life, greenery and picnic areas to enjoy.

    Princes Island Park and Bow river

    Canadian Goslings

    A Squirrel

    Canadian Geese

  • Christmas turkey

    Well what do you do when you’re stuck in a strange foreign land on Christmas day? You have a Christmas orphans dinner that’s what! Gregor and I bought a turkey, got a bunch of other foreigners (Gregor’s from Oz) and then we deep fried the little bugger – the turkey, not the foreigners!

    The locals seemed to think it was some sort of weird Aussie/Kiwi tradition to deep fry a turkey, but of course it’s not. It was just a crazy idea of Gregor’s which turned out to be lots of fun. We also deep fried brocoli, carrots, cauliflower, Moro bars and other assorted goodies 🙂

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    The photo below is of me standing on our rink with my Possum Bourne beanie and Speights T-shirt that my mum sent me. Of course the deep fryer was right in front of me so I couldn’t play hockey that day, but it made for a nice photo 🙂

    Me (Ryan Hellyer) playing hockey on our front lawn

  • Banff National park

    I’ve visited Banff township in Banff National park in the rocky mountains a few times now. It’s only an hour and a bit away from Calgary. It’s similar to Queenstown but without the lake. There’s lots of hiking (tramping) and site seeing to be down there.

    Tunnel Mountain at Banff

    The above photo is of Tunnel Mountain. It’s not much of a mountain, more like a steep hill. I walked to the top while there.

    Cascade Mountain near Banff township

    Cascade mountain (above) is out the other side of Banff township.

    Bear proof bin in Banff township

    Oh yeah, they have Bears in Banff! Even the rubbishi bins (see above) have to be made bear proof!

    An Elk, I took this photo on the outskirts of the Banff township.

    Elk in the area are allowed to wander free around the town. They’re huge beasts which look quite scary but are apparently quite harmless.

  • Orana Park

    Family trip to Orana Park in Christchurch some time in the 1980’s.

    The lions. You used to be able to drive in to the lion area during feeding time and the lions would walk around your car. Apparently they've stopped it these days due to safety concerns :(
    The lions. You used to be able to drive in to the lion area during feeding time and the lions would walk around your car. Apparently they've stopped it these days due to safety concerns 🙁
    My brother Scott trying to feed a giraffe a piece of stick.
    My brother Scott trying to feed a giraffe a piece of stick.

  • Fishing

    This was the last time I went fishing. As you can see, the last time I went fishing was quite successful 🙂 I caught 17 fish in total. Unfortunately the adults ate all of my fish, I never got to have any 🙁

    Mahinerangi fish

    My fish