End of January 2015

The return trip back home after leaving Hayli at the Christchurch Airport presented an opportunity to make a diversion through Arthur's Pass to Hokitika and then to brother Marty and his partner Tricia's newly acquired patch of second-growth bush  near Lake Kanieri.

 He has acquired some small bits of machinery to assist with clearing some of the section.

He reports nearly 500 mm of rain in a recent week, and subsequently has managed to get the 'dozer stuck a couple of times. Those guys that live on the Coast would consider our annual rainfall here of about 1,250 mm merely as a light dew!