At the end of March I headed off with a close photography friend to explore a small area of eastern Fiordland in the Lake Monowai and Green Lake areas. En-route we met Fiordland artist Wayne Edgerton of Tuatapere, and enjoyed a hour or two with him discussing “light” and art from the perspective of painting… Continue reading Wilderness verses Access, as it relates to Fiordland, and New Zealand’s largest landslide
Author: southernlight
‘Real community effort’ an owling success | Otago Daily Times Online News
The Ida Valley and the little town of Oturehua is one of my favourite places, so I was very thrilled to come across this nice story today… Four Ida Valley owls were once centimetres from disaster.Now, with the strength to fend for themselves, the birds have flown off into the wild.Yesterday the young little owls… Continue reading ‘Real community effort’ an owling success | Otago Daily Times Online News
The great New Zealand lupin debate and why it matters
First we need to talk about the lupin’s favoured environment being mainily the braided rivers which drain the Southern Alps – rivers that find it impossible to run in a straight line, and be anything other than dynamic. When in flood braided rivers carry sediment from the ever rising mountains [geologically speaking] and landslides that… Continue reading The great New Zealand lupin debate and why it matters
The News Central Otago interviewed me recently
The News, Central Otago interviewed me a couple of weeks ago because of this web site initiative. The paper and article will hit the streets today apparently. I’m wondering how it’ll present! Simon the interviewer steered me into aspects of my history in a very professional manner. Then sooner rather than later, since the web… Continue reading The News Central Otago interviewed me recently
Radio Interview with DOC’s Corey Mosen on Kea, and Ajax his Kea Conservation Dog
Corey and his dog Ajax have stayed with me a few times at Aspiring Hut in Mt Aspiring National Park, and this morning on National Radio he was interviewed by Kim HIll, where he gives an excellent 15 min. interview about where we’re at in saving our incredibly intelligent, loveable and witty alpine parrot Hear… Continue reading Radio Interview with DOC’s Corey Mosen on Kea, and Ajax his Kea Conservation Dog