First Snow
First Snow of the Winter for Stewart Island. And I hope the last. I do NOT like snow at all.
Paul Klemick & POHOS
Paul Klemick & the Polish Heritage of Otago & Southland (POHOS) An odd post from me this morning, as what on earth does Stewart Island and this posts heading have in common?? Like all the best stories it’s a bit complex but here goes. A good...
Moving into Winter
We are now a few days into winter at Sails Ashore, though apart from a handful of miserable days it does not really seem like winter.
Community Power on Stewart Island
Since we’ve commissioned our off grid power supply at Sails Ashore I’ve had several Islanders ask how it was going
A Morning Visitor
A Morning Visitor A couple of mornings ago Iris called me out to our back door, and there in our vegie garden was a White Tailed deer. Didn’t stay long as it had probably been startled when Iris called me. But I did manage to get a photo. Not a good one, but in...About Me
I arrived on Stewart Island in 1969 as Forest Ranger. Since then I've fished commercially both in Fiordland and around Stewart Island then skippered our charter yacht in the same waters, and also down into the Southern Ocean. More recently we now have "Sails Ashore" B&B, and I also guide our guests and others on Ulva Island, introducing them to the natural world of Stewart island