First Snow

Great news for snow skiers. The first decent dump on Mt Ruapehu for the season. Ruapehu is officially open on 16th June. We'll neeed a lot more cold weather for this to happen...but this is a good start.

Picture taken standing on the tee at the Hole in One. 

Competition between mates

Pictured here is Thomas Rahui Hole in One winner 723.

Thomas's mate Tamati Carroll got a Hole in One on 1st May and Thomas was certain he could do the same....and he did. If Tamati checks this webpage he'll know it's true!!!

Tamati Carroll our latest winner

Well done Tamati.

It was a great weekend for golf at Taupo with a light onshore breeze holding up the ball and dropping it straight down on the pontoon.

Pontoon goes for annual maintenance

April and May are the two least windy months in the Lake Taupo area. 

We decided to take advantage of this and see what damage, if any, had been done over the past year to the pontoon.

Shown here the pontoon being lifted at the Nukuhau ramp with the Steiner and Moses 40 ton crane. The pontoon weighs 5.5 tons!

The tow home

Coming home. 

Not your usual backround view of the pontoon. Mighty River Power (who control the lake levels) decided to open one of the gates while we were still in the Waikato River channel - this slowed us down to about 1.5 knots on the way out but it wasn't a problem and we proved to be entertainment for those who managed to see us on route.  

The pontoon is now ship shape for another year. We made sure all the holes and surrounds were tidy, the matting on the top was water-blasted, we painted the upstands and renewed the flags.

We were safely moored and back in business by 1.0pm