11 Mar 2019

Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne in Southland

From Nine To Noon, 11:48 am on 11 March 2019

Kennedy talks to Kathryn about his recent time in Southland, including a visit to the marvellous E Hayes and Sons department store/motorcycle museum, a stroll through Seaward Bush, a look at the Awarua satellite ground station and a tramp in the Takitimu Mountains with backcountry specialist (and satellite station manager) Robin McNeill MNZM.

Tools from days gone by are lovingly presented in the vast and quirky E. Hayes and Sons store in downtown Invercargill

Remember these? Your morning cuppa at the moment you wake up

Did anyone ever use this ingenious device?

The ghost of Burt Munro strolls the aisles of Hayes. These spare parts were bought from Munro, along with all his motorbikes, in 1977.

In the homewares section of E. Hayes and Sons, what would you expect but more motor vehicles?

Antenna inside geodesic dome at Awarua Satellite Ground Station

New antenna dome under construction

Lunchtime runners in Seaward Bush

Hand-coloured stones placed beside the trails in Seaward Bush

Three types of track marker in the Takitimu Mountains (circular, triangular and blaze)

The ultimate vernacular track marker

Robin McNeill consults the map

Billy on the boil

Robin McNeill traverses a ridge in the Takitimu Mountains

Brockenspectre near McLean Peaks

Classic two-bunk ex-Forest Service hut in upper Wairaki Valley

Venerable stores in Upper Wairaki food cupboard

Trying out the 50-year-old golden syrup on my porridge

Sandflied embalmed in flyspray in Aparima Hut

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