{"id":1728,"date":"2010-07-12T13:21:44","date_gmt":"2010-07-12T01:21:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/?p=1728"},"modified":"2025-07-27T14:59:51","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T13:59:51","slug":"lake-tekapo-road-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/2010\/lake-tekapo-road-trip\/","title":{"rendered":"Lake Tekapo road trip"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Anna, Harry and myself road-tripped from Dunedin to Alexandra to do a night skate on the Manorburn dam, then headed to Poolburn reservoir the next morning to skate on mega thick ice at Poolburn reservoir, then finished our journey by travelling through to Lake Tekapo for a hockey tournament between the Killer Keas (our team) and the Christchurch Rangers.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1736\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2010\/07\/anna_craw1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1736\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1736\" src=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2010\/07\/harry_fakir1-450x600.avif\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1736\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Harry on Poolburn reservoir<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1735\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2010\/07\/anna_craw1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1735\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1735\" src=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2010\/07\/harry_anna3-450x600.avif\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1735\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Harry and Anna at Lake Tekapo<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1734\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2010\/07\/anna_craw1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1734\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1734\" src=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2010\/07\/harry_anna1-450x599.avif\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"599\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1734\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Harry and Anna on Poolburn reservoir<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1733\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2010\/07\/anna_craw1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1733\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1733\" src=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2010\/07\/anna_harry_dave1-450x337.avif\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1733\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anna, Harry and Dave during a night skate on the Manorburn dam<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1732\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2010\/07\/anna_craw1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1732\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1732\" src=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2010\/07\/anna_harry3-450x600.avif\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1732\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anna and Harry on Mt John, Lake Tekapo in the background<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1731\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2010\/07\/anna_craw1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1731\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1731\" src=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2010\/07\/anna_harry1-450x600.avif\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1731\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anna and Harry heading towards the dam face at Poolburn reservoir<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1730\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2010\/07\/anna_craw1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1730\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1730\" src=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2010\/07\/anna_craw2-450x600.avif\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1730\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anna during a stopover at Lawrence<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1729\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2010\/07\/anna_craw1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1729\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1729\" src=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2010\/07\/anna_craw1-450x599.avif\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"599\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1729\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anna on Poolburn reservoir<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1751\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2010\/07\/anna_craw1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1751\" src=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2010\/11\/anna_ryan_harry1-450x337.avif\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1751\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1751\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anna, Ryan Hellyer (me) and Harry. Unfortunately the flash didn't work too well with my reflectors.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1737\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2010\/07\/anna_craw1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1737\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1737\" src=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2010\/07\/me_anna1-450x337.avif\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1737\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ryan Hellyer (me) and Anna struggling to keep our eyes open due the glare on Mt John. Lake Tekapo in the background.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anna, Harry and myself road-tripped from Dunedin to Alexandra to do a night skate on the Manorburn dam, then headed to Poolburn reservoir the next morning to skate on mega thick ice at Poolburn reservoir, then finished our journey by travelling through to Lake Tekapo for a hockey tournament between the Killer Keas (our team) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[221,293,385,393,13],"class_list":["post-1728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-hockey","tag-manorburn","tag-picsofme","tag-poolburn","tag-skating","last-post"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Lake Tekapo road trip - Ryan Hellyer<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/2010\/lake-tekapo-road-trip\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lake Tekapo road trip - Ryan Hellyer\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Anna, Harry and myself road-tripped from Dunedin to Alexandra to do a night skate on the Manorburn dam, then headed to Poolburn reservoir the next morning to skate on mega thick ice at Poolburn reservoir, then finished our journey by travelling through to Lake Tekapo for a hockey tournament between the Killer Keas (our team) [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/2010\/lake-tekapo-road-trip\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ryan Hellyer\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2010-07-12T01:21:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-27T13:59:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2010\/07\/harry_fakir1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1704\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"2272\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ryan Hellyer\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ryan Hellyer\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/2010\/lake-tekapo-road-trip\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/2010\/lake-tekapo-road-trip\/\",\"name\":\"Lake Tekapo road trip - Ryan Hellyer\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/2010\/lake-tekapo-road-trip\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/2010\/lake-tekapo-road-trip\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2010\/07\/harry_fakir1-450x600.avif\",\"datePublished\":\"2010-07-12T01:21:44+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-27T13:59:51+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/#\/schema\/person\/a2dbb3835ebf13f64495544ac7e2483d\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/2010\/lake-tekapo-road-trip\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-NZ\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/2010\/lake-tekapo-road-trip\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-NZ\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/2010\/lake-tekapo-road-trip\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2010\/07\/harry_fakir1-450x600.avif\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2010\/07\/harry_fakir1-450x600.avif\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/2010\/lake-tekapo-road-trip\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Lake Tekapo road trip\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/\",\"name\":\"Ryan Hellyer\",\"description\":\"One man. 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