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Round the storm I flew into calm air under a weak hazy sun. I took out the sextant and got two shots. It took me thirty minutes to work …
At three hours out, heavy rain stung my face. The drift to the south was becoming alarming; the wind had backed till it was now right in the north. …
RETURN TO AUSTRALIA It was 9.30 a.m. local time. I could not get back to salute the people on the jetty – I just felt burnt out. A stiff …
The seaplane ploughed through the water, throwing up a deluge of spray, but soddenly refused to leave the surface. I throttled back, and tried to turn downwind, but it …
On waking in the morning I was surprised to find that I had slept all night without a stir or a dream. I felt that I was in the …
New Zealand Map Outline Central Otago’s vine climates The decision in the 1970s to dam the Clutha River and build a hydroelectric power station near Clyde was highly controversial. …
Map Of New Zealand Wine Regions Fine wines and fine wools Fine wines are woven into the story of fine wools. The homesteads of high-country runs (stations) nestle into …
Queenstown New Zealand Map Quartz Reef When Rudi Bauer arrived in New Zealand in 1985 he was probably the best-qualified vigneron in the country. He had already spent nine …
Map Of Christchurch New Zealand John Belsham made the first wine for the Roses under their Wairau Valley label in 1990 in the Rapaura winery. Not surprisingly, it was …
New Zealand Political Map Nick Mills, who took over the viticulture and winemaking at Rippon from 2002 (his father died in 2000), attributes his own commitment to the vine …