{"id":2919,"date":"2011-08-20T17:22:07","date_gmt":"2011-08-20T17:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/?p=2919"},"modified":"2025-07-12T21:58:46","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T20:58:46","slug":"lower-manorburn-dam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/2011\/lower-manorburn-dam\/","title":{"rendered":"Lower Manorburn dam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dave Patchett and I headed to the Lower Manorburn dam for some ice skating on July 10th. The ice was a bit thin in some areas, but we found enough to skate on \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2923\" style=\"width: 690px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/2011\/08\/20\/lower-manorburn-dam\/standing_on_hill\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2923\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2923\" src=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2011\/08\/standing_on_hill-680x906.avif\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"906\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2923\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yours truly (Ryan Hellyer) standing on the hill above Rushcutters bay. The channel is in the background.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2927\" style=\"width: 690px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/2011\/08\/20\/lower-manorburn-dam\/ryan-hellyer-1\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2927\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2927\" src=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2011\/08\/ryan-hellyer-1-680x906.avif\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"906\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2927\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yours truly on the ice. My arm was in a sling as my shoulder was quite munted due to dislocations.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2926\" style=\"width: 690px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/2011\/08\/20\/lower-manorburn-dam\/dave-patchett-1\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2926\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2926\" src=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2011\/08\/dave-patchett-1-680x510.avif\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"510\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2011\/08\/dave-patchett-1-680x510.avif 680w, https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2011\/08\/dave-patchett-1-768x576.avif 768w, https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2011\/08\/dave-patchett-1-900x675.avif 900w, https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2011\/08\/dave-patchett-1-250x188.avif 250w, https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2011\/08\/dave-patchett-1-1000x750.avif 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2926\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dave Patchett in the gorge<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2925\" style=\"width: 690px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/2011\/08\/20\/lower-manorburn-dam\/dave-patchett-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2925\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2925\" src=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2011\/08\/dave-patchett-2-680x906.avif\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"906\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2925\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dave Patchett checking out the ice in the channel<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2920\" style=\"width: 690px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/2011\/08\/20\/lower-manorburn-dam\/the-channel-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2920\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2920\" src=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2011\/08\/the-channel-2-680x906.avif\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"906\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2920\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">View of the channel.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2928\" style=\"width: 690px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/2011\/08\/20\/lower-manorburn-dam\/middlebasin1\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2928\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2928\" src=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2011\/08\/middlebasin1-680x510.avif\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"510\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2011\/08\/middlebasin1-680x510.avif 680w, https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2011\/08\/middlebasin1-768x576.avif 768w, https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2011\/08\/middlebasin1-900x675.avif 900w, https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2011\/08\/middlebasin1-250x188.avif 250w, https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2011\/08\/middlebasin1-1000x750.avif 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2928\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">View of the middle basin. We didn&#039;t skate out into the middle here as it was thinning out too much unfortunately.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2924\" style=\"width: 690px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/2011\/08\/20\/lower-manorburn-dam\/view-towards-channel\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2924\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2924\" src=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2011\/08\/view-towards-channel-680x906.avif\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"906\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2924\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">View towards the channel<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2922\" style=\"width: 690px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/2011\/08\/20\/lower-manorburn-dam\/rushcutters-bay-1\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2922\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2922\" src=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2011\/08\/rushcutters-bay-1-680x510.avif\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"510\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2011\/08\/rushcutters-bay-1-680x510.avif 680w, https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2011\/08\/rushcutters-bay-1-768x576.avif 768w, https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2011\/08\/rushcutters-bay-1-900x675.avif 900w, https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2011\/08\/rushcutters-bay-1-250x188.avif 250w, https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2011\/08\/rushcutters-bay-1-1000x750.avif 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2922\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">View of Rushcutters bay from above<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2921\" style=\"width: 690px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/2011\/08\/20\/lower-manorburn-dam\/the-channel-1\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2921\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2921\" src=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2011\/08\/the-channel-1-680x510.avif\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"510\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2011\/08\/the-channel-1-680x510.avif 680w, https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2011\/08\/the-channel-1-768x576.avif 768w, https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2011\/08\/the-channel-1-900x675.avif 900w, https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2011\/08\/the-channel-1-250x188.avif 250w, https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2011\/08\/the-channel-1-1000x750.avif 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2921\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">View of the channel, looking toward the bottom basin.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dave Patchett and I headed to the Lower Manorburn dam for some ice skating on July 10th. 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