by Peter | Jul 22, 2020 | Blog Posts
Further from my last post about Port Pegasus with Flightless a couple of days ago Maria phone me and asked if I would guide their charter folks around Ulva, as Iris and I had done previously for them. So they picked me up from Golden Bay, and after one of Courtney’s superb lunches with the party, it was back onto Ulva.
It was an absolutely stunning day, glassy calm, and wall to wall blue sky, although later in the afternoon there was signs of a front approaching from the west, but a day or so away.
by admin | Jul 9, 2020 | Blog Posts
Some years ago Iris & I sold Sean & Maria of Pure Salt Charters our Fiordland and Stewart Island DoC Concessions and Environment Southland Consents to operate around Fiordland and Stewart Island. At the time I mentioned to Sean that if (when) they came down to the Island I would be happy to act as “Mud Pilot” for them. And that’s what I’ve been doing the last week.
by admin | Jun 30, 2020 | Blog Posts
Kiwi Alarm Clock
One of the good things about this time of year is that we can sleep in. But this morning around 0500 I was rudely awakened by a female Kiwi screaming outside our bedroom window.
by Peter | Jun 7, 2020 | Blog Posts
Garden Tidy Up, and Season Musing This is the season when Iris attacks her gardens … she has 4 she looks after. ….. Sails Ashore, Kowhai Lane, My late mothers home and the local Anglican Church. My Mother was a very keen gardener, and I remember her... 
by Peter | Jun 3, 2020 | Blog Posts
This post grew out of a recent project, and thinking back to timber cruising in my Forest Service career Rimu Timber When Maori first arrived in New Zealand however many centuries ago they found a land almost completely forest covered. And a “big player”... 
by Peter | Apr 13, 2020 | Blog Posts
Busy Busy A couple of days ago I remarked to a neighbor across the fence that when this lock down finally ends New Zealand will be DYI’d to within an inch of it’s life. I was busy with hedge trimmer and power saw trimming up our shrubbery, he had a digger... 
by Peter | Apr 1, 2020 | Blog Posts
We Still Live in Interesting Times It seems even the weather gods are getting with the program and enforcing social isolation. We woke this morning to a world restricted to our boundary fence Sails Ashore Web Cam But like many I guess we are powering through the... 
by Peter | Mar 26, 2020 | Blog Posts
We Live In Interesting Times Today dawns nice and sunny with about enough breeze to lay the moored boats to the west. And otherwise the village and the bay is completely deserted. No parked or moving vehicles visible, , and not a soul to be seen. And it’s... 
by Peter | Feb 2, 2020 | Blog Posts
A Day at Port AdventureA few days ago returning Guests decided to have a day at Port Adventure, and invited me to go along with them. And I’m always happy to enjoy a “Busman’s Holiday, and especially so as it was a Cruise Ship day, and thats a good... 
by Peter | Jan 6, 2020 | Blog Posts
Australian Bushfires 36 times larger than Stewart Island My last two trips to Ulva Island I’ve been a bit puzzled by the water in the cottage tanks… It’s tasted a bit smokey. I must be a bit slow, as it’s quite likely its from the Australian... 
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