Boys and their Toys
Some many months ago an advert touting laser engravers showed up.
Solar and Generator Back Up
Solar Power and Back Up Generator
We realised from day one we would need a back up generator for those dark days. And so purchased a Hyundai 5 kw diesel plant from Trade Tested.
SIESA Renegs
SIESA Reneg on Previous Agreement over Grid Tied Solar Power Installations.
Ulva Island Rat Re Eradication
Ulva Island Rat Infestation In the early 1990’s Department of Conservation successfully eradicated rats from Ulva Island. The strategy used then was hand poisoning, using Warfarin . The Island was parallel tracked at 50 m centres with stations every 50 metres....
Solar Update
On Monday Shane from Tansley Electrical arrived to install our final 3 kw of solar panels to bring both inverter arrays up to full capacity.
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