Tag: picsofme

  • Brooker Bunch

    Here’s a photo of the Brooker Bunch, the research group (which I’m a member of) of Prof. Sally Brooker. From left: Jason Price, Nick White, Andy Noble, Sally Brooker, Jon Kitchen and Ryan Hellyer (me).

    Brooker Bunch 2006

  • Yvette’s birthday bash

    We had yummy Chinese at the Golden Sun for Yvette’s birthday. We had a strange dish which had strange black thingies which made your mouth go numb when you ate them. If you know what those black thingies are called, please let me know in the comments as I’d love to try them again some time.

    Yvette and Ryan Hellyer (me)

  • Keg party in Calgary

    I had a key party at my flat in Calgary.

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  • Lake Louise

    Lake Louise is a spectacular area in the Rocky Mountains. From above, the water is an unbelievable blue colour.

    Me (Ryan Hellyer) hiking around Lake Louise

    Lake Louise from above

    Lake Louise from the hotel

  • Calgary Phantoms

    I’m back playing inline hockey again! I’ve joined the Calgary Phantoms πŸ™‚

    Me (Ryan Hellyer) in action for the Calgary Phantoms

    Kent Chow and Steven Pelser sitting on the bench during a Calgary Phantoms inline hockey game

    Me (Ryan Hellyer) wearing kitted out in my Calgary Phantoms gear

    Calgary Phantoms team

  • Bode in Calgary

    Bode and I at the University of Calgary.

  • Outdoor hockey in Tuscany

    I played in a social outdoor ice hockey tournament in Tuscany, Calgary with some guys I met at the Olympic Oval a while back. The event was great, ice wasn’t the best as a chinook (easterly wind) was blowing through, but it was a heap of fun and I hope to compete in an event like this again some time. We were called the Shabangs.

     

    Me (Ryan Hellyer) stopping in front of my own goalie in the Tuscany outdoor ice hockey tournament

  • Skating in the Rockies

    For Christmas, my friend Mike Boyle took me ice skating in the Rocky Mountains πŸ™‚ The weather was great, well as great as minus 20 degrees can be, and there was HEAPS of ice. Unfortunately there was a tad too much snow to make skating viable.

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    Mike Boyle and I (Ryan Hellyer) on Lake Johnson

    Me (Ryan Hellyer) on Back Swamp

    Gregor trying to shovel Lake Johnson

  • 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 πŸ™‚

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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 πŸ™‚

    Me (Ryan Hellyer) playing hockey on our front lawn

  • Toboganning

    My roommate (flatmate in Kiwi speak) and I went tobogganing. Of course those crazy Canadian kids decided it would be a good idea to build a nice ramp exactly where the natural flow of the hill goes so you end up going backwards at full speed over a ridiculously steep jump! We had a scary fast purple flying saucer style sled and a suicidal magic carpet to risk our lives and limbs on. We had lots of fun though, albeit we were the oldest kids on the hill πŸ˜›

    Ryan Hellyer on a sled

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