The last thing to do on Stewart Island on 27 December 2014 before heading back to Wellington was to watch “A Local’s Tail”, the “quirky 40-minute film about Stewart Island”. It was well worth it, and is the local attraction on the weekly community calendar. The Bunkhouse Theatre, the home of the movie, is a […]
Ok, so I should have done this research before I went on my trip, but I hadn’t realized that Stewart Island was prime sandfly territory, and only remembered that they were a complete nuisance in the Abel Tasman. Live and learn. There are a number of great sandfly resources online which is mind-boggling. To name […]
On 26 December 2014 I participated in a fishing expedition on a former commercial fishing boat. It was of the old kind: Small and suitable to bring in a day’s worth of catch. These boats are not used today anymore since the fishermen can fish against a quota. The boats are much bigger and more […]
Christmas Day did not start out with nice weather on Stewart Island. It was overcast, and there was a light rain in the morning. Having been here for a few days now, I suspected that it would clear up by late morning as it usually did. The 24th of December was an exception as it […]
On Stewart Island you don’t have to take off onto the Rakiura Great Walk or head out to sea, but can do a number of local tracks along the bays and through the forest. To complement the walk around a few of the bays south of Halfmoon Bay, I combined four local tracks into a […]