The Sea Kayak Company

Whales at play

2010-11-16T18:34:00.000-08:00

Check out what the whales are up to on a hot day up in the North Island of NZ

cooL!!!!!!!!!!!111

Thanks Megan for kayaking with SKC

2010-11-13T14:46:00.001-08:00

Have a read of this article by Megan
http://megankalmoe.com/2010/11/10/wednesday-abel-tasman-national-park/
Megan Kalmoe in the Abel Tasman having some R.R after the world Championships in NZ

The big beach cleanup by Ruth Copeland

2010-11-12T18:42:00.000-08:00

Ruth Copeland looks at the new-found enthusiasm for helping clean up the region's coastline.

Good news stories are always welcome, and this one in particular speaks well of the community in which we live.

Next week, on Saturday, November 20, the Department of Conservation is co-ordinating a big beach cleanup and nearly 1000 people have volunteered to help.

The call for community groups to sign up for the job has received overwhelming support and all 50 coastal sections were allocated within about six weeks.

This is the first Tasman Bay Big Beach Cleanup and covers an astounding 291 kilometres of coast from Abel Tasman National Park to Cable Bay.

When the beaches had all been taken but groups still wanted to take part, the community cleaning effort was extended to the region's rivers and streams. Five groups are to clean the banks of waterways including Nelson's Maitai River, Brook Stream, Poorman's Creek and Saltwater Creek, and Reservoir Creek in Richmond.

I spoke to Rudy Tetteroo, of DOC, about the project.

"The idea really came about by thinking about how we could raise the profile of our coastline. People are attracted to this region for its beaches so it made good sense to focus on them," Rudy said.

"We thought that maybe we could motivate people to join us in a pre-Christmas cleanup. It would seem we really struck a chord with people, with the tremendous uptake that we have had.

"Sharing the responsibility of conservation has been identified as a strategic direction by DOC," Rudy told me.

"We have identified that there is so much more work to do than what DOC can handle. There are people in this region who are passionate about our environment and we wanted to harness the enthusiasm and commitment that we find in our everyday connections with people in our community."

The process of getting the cleanup organised has taken about a year since its inception, and has been jointly organised by the Department of Conservation, Tasman District Council, Nelson City Council and Nelmac.

"I was reasonably confident that it would work out well, but as soon as our partners came on board, the project really started to take off," Rudy said.

"It's big picture stuff that inspires us. The coasts are so important to our ecosystems, they are the interface between land and sea. The estuaries we have in Tasman Bay are some of the biggest in New Zealand.

The coast has flat productive land and access to sea transport and that's where we have built our settlements.

As a result of coastal settlement we've already lost a lot of the natural habitats of our wetlands and coastline.
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It's my hope that this Big Beach Cleanup will help draw attention to our precious coastline and assist our efforts to preserve and protect it".

The cleanup not only aims to make our beaches more pleasant for people but also, importantly, will help save marine wildlife from being harmed by our litter.

Carelessly discarded rubbish like plastic bags or rope can have grave consequences for seabirds, marine mammals and other sea life.

It is estimated that more than seven billion tonnes of debris gets into the world's oceans each year, taking a heavy toll on marine life. Much of it comes from the land.

We all enjoy beaches for play and relaxation but for coastal wildlife they are even more essential, being where they live, feed and breed.

Big Beach Cleanup participants will be giving our coast a thorough tidy-up in time for summer but an ongoing effort is needed to keep beaches and the sea litter-free.

* Going Green is a fortnightly column by members of the Nelson Environment Group

Starting young as a kayak guide!

2010-11-12T13:54:00.001-08:00

If your lucky enough to have a kayak guide as a parent you get to do lots of fun stuff!

Kayak guides start their offspring young

Nayland college in the Abel Tasman

2010-11-05T15:38:00.001-07:00

Paradise

Even the teachers surviving the trip with smiles still on there faces

Fun on the Beach

Picnics on th beach
Campfire sing songs.

And lots of other gorgeous days in between

Nayland college was just so lucky with the weather from the first day!

To the last day

Project Crimson in the Abel Tasman

2010-10-23T20:13:00.000-07:00

Abel Tasman Birdsong Trust volunteers joined staff of the Department of Conservation (DoC) to plant native rata trees around the Pitt Head Loop track in the Abel Tasman National Park, to mark the start of Conservation Week. Most of the trees were northern rata, their crimson flowers once commonly seen during summer along the Abel Tasman Park's coastline.

where is this?

2010-10-09T20:04:00.001-07:00

Who took this pic and where is it?
You will win...... if you can tell!

Bare Kiwi Rocks in the Abel Tasman

2010-10-02T01:10:00.000-07:00

This is Kyle The one and only Bare Kiwi doing his stuff in the Abel Tasman National Park

Check out www.barekiwi.com it rocks And most particularly check out The Sea kayak Company video .
Created by Kyle our now famous and clever kayak guide alias Bare Kiwi .......
Staring..... The Abel Tasman National Park with its attendant cast of cute NZ fur seals, golden sand beaches, pretty girls and amazing guides.
Music compsed and performed by Leigh Sutherland also amazing and talented SKC guide
I love my Sea Kayak family
Thanks boys

The Sea Kayak Company is Opening on the 1st of October!

2010-09-20T17:30:00.000-07:00

It's not long now and we can look forward to monrings like this at Anchorage.!

Abel Tasman in Winter

2010-07-17T19:41:00.001-07:00

How gorgeous is the Abel Tasman National Park in Winter!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The National Rugby Refs wth the Sea Kayak Company

2010-07-05T20:08:00.000-07:00

23 Rugby refs spent the day with The Sea Kayak Company in the Abel Tasman National Park.
The aim was team building!

Our mission was to have fun!

And as you can see fun was certainly had by all.

The Entirely World Famous New Zealand Tour

2010-05-05T20:12:00.001-07:00

Greetings from Entirely Kiwi!We have some exciting news for you. On Monday 10th May at 8.50am Nicquel is due to be interviewed on Breakfast (TV1). Nicquel will get to speak about her experience on the Entirely World Famous New Zealand tour.We hope you can manage to view it, but if you miss out please email us and we will send you a link for viewing at a later date.Again, we thank you for your participation in the Entirely World Famous New Zealand tour and look forward to the ongoing promotion of New Zealand!Kind regardsVanessa and LizEntirely Kiwi

Orca in the Abel Tasman with Mary from The Sea Kayak Company close at hand

2010-04-26T20:16:00.003-07:00

Wow the water is clear!

This Orca is very close to the Abel Tasman coast.

Orca are certainly big!

Pretty girls, seals and sun and fun in the Abel Tasman

2010-04-19T17:54:00.000-07:00

Look at that water!

Harly the Human and Sebastian the Seal . Who is prettier?

Lovely words from Toshie after kayaking with The Sea Kayak Company

2010-04-15T13:13:00.000-07:00

Toshie loved little blue penguins!

For The Sea Kayak Company

Hi .Thank you very much for your help,
I wanted to convey the feeling of thanks, I was able to have a very happy experience.

That was my first kayak and I cannot speak English so much, so I was uneasy at first.
However,Stef of the guide helped me, I was able to make a kayak happy.
I could watch fur seals and penguins which I loved, and the kayak was pleasant, and the lunch was very delicious.

I wanted to convey the feeling of thanks,but didn't know how to say in English
so I sent this e-mail

I want to participate in a tour again sometime.

From Toshie Matsushima

The Clinton-Baker cousins going kayaking in the Abel Tasman National Park

2010-04-14T17:58:00.000-07:00

Sally the Seal being very brave jumping on Harry's kayak. Go Sally!

Kit,Harry, Tess and Maureen up Falls River. but the boys not brave enough to jump off the bridge the water was TOOOO cold!

Tessa with a baby seal on her kayak

Lucy and Kit went kayaking in the Abel Tasman

2010-04-10T15:16:00.000-07:00

Our Lucy!

This one is cute

Is this even cuter!

The kids went kayaking with Kyle on his Bare Kiwi film shoot and had baby seal pups everwhere .
Doing all the cute baby seal tricks!
April is So the best time to kayak in the Abel Tasman National Park!!!!

The Entirely World Famous Tour with Rowie at Abel Tasman's Famous Split Apple Rock

2010-04-06T21:42:00.000-07:00

Niquel's Kayaking day

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An early start today, we departed the Grand Mercure Monaco at around 7am. We met Rohan our guide for the day at the depo in Motueka before heading out to Marahau for our half-day Split Apple Rock Tour or as we renamed it, the Cake and Cave on High Tide Tour.

We put our spray skirts and life jackets on and set out to explore the mysteries of the Abel Tasman Sea. Paddling south to Split Apple Rock, we were able to experirence the rugged bush coastline and the beauties that lie below the water's surface. Unfortunately, we didn't encounter any marine animals but we did see an abundance of bird life.

When we reached Split Apple Rock (hence the name of the tour) I attempted to mimic the infamous post card and climbed on the rock for a photo opportunity.

After paddling through magnificent caves and climbing big rocks we anchored our Kayaks on a beautiful golden sand beach, for a picnic lunch. Taking in the picture perfect day we lazed on the beach and devoured Rohan's yummy carrot cake (tea, coffee and juice also provided). Recharched and ready to work off the carrot cake, we paddled offshore and headed back the same way we came.

The Sea Kayaking Company offers many different kayaking tours from half-day to three days. For more information visit their website: www.seakayaknz.co.nz

Bare Kiwi Comes to Town !!!!!

2010-04-01T19:30:00.000-07:00

Bare Kiwi is in town and filming next week, ready to podcast our piece of Paradise to the world.

Look out for the very cool van, with the cute presenter, kyle doing his 'thing' in our neck of the world.

The Entirely famous world tour comes to the Abel Tasman

2010-04-01T19:23:00.000-07:00

Niquel Rhoden and The entirely famous world Tour had a great day in the Abel Tasman

The weather was perfect! Just like today.
Come kayaking with us soon before winter arrives and skiing starts.

Check Niquels blog out!

www.entirelyworldfamous.com

Words of a kayaking guest speaking of the Abel Tasman National Park

2010-03-29T13:24:00.000-07:00

The weather could not have been more perfect that day, and the water was amazingly clear. Within 5 minutes of kayaking we could see sting rays swimming around us in the water…I thought about jabbing them with my paddle (hmm is that thing a paddle or an oar? Now I can’t remember, but I’m going to stick with paddle even though that sounds like something you beat people with!) in honor of Steve Irwin, but I figured the kayak guide might get pretty upset by that! There’s an island off the coast of Abel Tasman called Tonga Island, and it is where a lot of NZ fur seals live. We were going to kayak around there since we were doing the seal kayak tour, but Dave decided to take us kayaking around the coast first. Surprisingly, there were a lot of seals just hanging out on the rocks around the coast, and there were even quite a few swimming in the water. We couldn’t get TOO close because we would have scared them off, but we did get pretty close to them. The guide said it was a good time to be there because the pups are just old enough that they’re able to start getting in the water and exploring things on their own. They were swimming and splashing around together, which, of course, was adorable. There are a few paths in Abel Tasman so people can walk through, but some of the beaches and areas we visited in the kayak are only reachable by boat. One of those places was an area called Shag Harbour (Da If you were just kayaking by, it wouldn’t look like much, but when we kayaked into it, it was actually a massive lagoon/beach/sandy/rocky area. Hmmm, not the best description, but I’m sure you get the idea! When it’s high tide, people can kayak through Shag Harbour, but since the tide was low, we got out and walked. When we first swam into the harbour there was a seal pup playing in the water. He swam around, climbed up on a rock, stared at us, and then proceeded to run away. The guide said sometimes seals play in that area because it’s so private and quiet, so he told us to keep an eye out for more. I have to say Shag Harbour was incredible. It was so quiet except for the sound of the water moving around and birds chirping in the trees. It literally felt like we were the only people in the world at that moment. It seemed so cut off from civilization, and it was just the 5 of us out there in the park. We came across this area pretty far back in the harbour. It was dead silent except for one small seal pup swimming around all by himself. It was one of the coolest things I have ever witnessed. We werein the middle of this gorgeous place, and there was this one little seal pup just playing by himself in the water. No disturbances, no interruptions, nobody bothering him. You don’t get to see stuff like that in St. Louis, that’s for sure! I’ve seen seals at the zoo, but to see them exploring, playing and swimming in their natural habitat was amazing. Of course, I had left my camera in the kayak so I didn’t get any pictures of that seal. Go figure!

It really is autumn

2010-03-24T17:26:00.000-07:00

The mornings are cool and the days beautiful
It is surely Autumn in the Abel Tasman.
Guess What!
Just this morning we saw the Easter Bunny hoping around the base as SKC
Yes I did say the Easter Bunny and he had Hot Cross Buns for breakfast with him.
Yum! Yum!
And next week at Easter I thiniinnnkkkk the Easter Bunny will have Chocolate for ALL the Kayakers

Abel Tasman Gorgeous pics

2010-03-20T11:56:00.000-07:00

Kayak Dancers

The water is so clear!

Very cute little seal Pups at the back of Adele Island

Rea's lovely Abel Tasman pics

Bare Kiwi is on it's way to the Abel Tasman National Park

2010-03-19T14:29:00.000-07:00

This is the unfeathered 'Bare Kiwi' we are going to be seeing in the Abel Tasman.
Watch out for a fantastic pimped up van, with a little nude Maori boy having his pants stolen by a naughty kiwi!

A real feathered kiwi

Kyle's 'Bare Kiwi' won't look like this cute little fellow

Abel Tasman National Park and it's gorgeous inhabitants

2010-03-17T13:38:00.001-07:00

Don't you just love Tui's

Don't forget to quote that you read my Blog when booking a Ab Fab Marine Reserve Tour and we will give you the trip for the price of $185.00 per person.

The Sea Kayak Company Abel Tasman National Park

2010-03-13T12:23:00.000-08:00

One of the views you get from the Coastal Track

Pete and Lucy at Tonga Island

Pete and Maureen at the Sea Kayak company do the most popular half day kayak half day walk tour into the Abel Tasman National Park Marine Reserve area of the Park!
See seals at Tonga Island and walk the Bark Bay to Torrent Bay part of the Abel Tasman National Park track,(said by Lonely Planet to be the most scenic part of the track to walk.
Tell us at the Sea Kayak company office that you read about this on Maureen's blog and you can have the trip for $185.00 per person.

Mammal watching Permit

2010-03-12T16:26:00.000-08:00

We see may kinds of marine wildlife in the park, seals, dolphins, and even orca if we are lucky

The Sea Kayak Company is one of only three comapnies that has a Department of Conservation Mammal watching Permeit for the Tonga Island Marine Reserve area of the Abel Tasman National Park

Harley and the little Blue Penguin in the Abel Tasman National Park

2010-03-09T19:31:00.000-08:00

Such a gorgeous pic. Little blue penguins are so special!

March is the time for Seal Pups in the Abel Tasman national park

2010-03-05T17:02:00.001-08:00

He is going to jump on?

Teenagers at play

The days are still long, the water warm and the baby seals are turning into teenagers and getting brave enough to explore the world. Even though their Mum says " don't go near those kayakers!' Typical teenagers they disobey, up to the kayks they go even jumping up on them sometimes. Naughty Teenage Seals!

Robbie the Sea Kayak guide now a Dad

2010-03-03T15:56:00.000-08:00

Summer in the Abel Tasman is Winter in Switzerland

Liam and Robbie !!!!1

A gorgeous little cottage in the Abel Tasman National Park

2010-03-02T13:04:00.001-08:00

Beautiful Anchorage Beach in the Abel Tasman National Park

A cute little love nest!

Sunrise in the Abel Tasman

2010-02-28T20:04:00.000-08:00

A sunrise in the Abel Tasman is so gorgeous and now that it is Autumn it is not to early to enjoy!

This is Mary our guide at work in the Abel Tasman National Park

2010-02-27T19:57:00.001-08:00

Can you believe the kayak guides call this WORK!

Harley The Sea Kayak Guide of the moment

2010-02-25T15:46:00.000-08:00

So what if there is a spot of 'Irish rain' in the Abel Tasman!

Thanks from Todd and Ron to The Sea Kayak company

2010-02-24T21:51:00.000-08:00

Dear Maureen and Peter,

Just wanted to let you know how awesome our 5-day freedom sea kayaking trip in Able Tasman National Park was.

Your staff, Jo, Kyle and Rorhr were both personally friendly and displayed excellent technical and interpersonal skills during our experience with them.

The Sea Kayak Company really is a great example of high quality eco/adventure tourism at work.

We will be passing along the recommendation that all our adventursome friends choose The Sea Kayak Company when visiting Able-Tasman National Park.

Thanks so much for helping our summer 2010 holiday in New Zealand be a fantastic memory!

Warmest Regards and Cheers,

Ron Eachus
Todd Trautner
Salem, Oregon. USA

A real Abel Tasman Baby

2010-02-24T16:45:00.001-08:00

Liam Nevis-Kelly.

Dad (Robby) is Irish (Otilla) Mum is Portugese.
They meet when Otilla came kayaking with the Sea Kayak Company and while Robbie was her kayak guide in the Abel Tasman.
They married in Switzerland.
Now they have gorgeous Liam, the first S.K.C baby.
what is his destiny I wonder
Cute as a button just like is parents.

Happy Birthday to Rohan Haskell Sea kayak guide

2010-02-23T15:43:00.000-08:00

Rowie is not on the beach in a howling wind
Yah (21st birthday location)
He is not cleaning or lifting boats (18th birthday.)
what is he doing
In the pool teaching kayaking Nope
He is in the office being a office chic Go Rowie

Absolutely Fabulous in the Abel Tasman

2010-02-22T14:58:00.000-08:00

Able Tasman National Park - Not to be missed
We are headed for the Nelson area and Able Tasman National Park. Just about everybody has told us it needs to be on our must do list and we are not disappointed! The camp site, the Barn is at the start of the Able Tasman track and we park up overlooking the sea. We have arranged two trips. For Caro and Benji a day of kayaking along the coast, a night at a DOC walker's hut and a day walking, returning by water taxi at the end of the second day. Mary and I have opted for a half day's kayak and a half day walking, using water taxi's at both ends of the day. I am glad to have opted for only half a day in the kayak! We see seals and seal pups up close off Tonga Island. Brilliant; but the nine km of kayak are far too demanding!

The walk back down the coast is full of scenic wonders! We are picked up by water taxi from the beach and taken back to our base at Marahau. The next day Mary and I walk the first part of the Able Tasman which we have so far managed to miss and it is one of the best bits! As we do a there and back walk we are able to enjoy seeing the coastline at both high and low tides. In the evening we have an excellent meal and watch a spectacular sun set. We take far too long over it and have the walk back to the camp site lit only by the stars of a now familiar southern hemisphere sky
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Kiwi's come home to Kayaking in the Abel Tasman

2010-02-03T11:50:00.001-08:00

Just loved this pic of the Hine family trying to find the water in the kayak shed at The Sea Kayak Company HQ. Happy Birthday Andrew for this Sunday!

The lovely Lucy kayaking in the Abel Tasman

Great pictures of the Abel Tasman

2010-01-27T17:38:00.000-08:00

Mmmmm This makes me want to go to the Abel Tasman.What a stunning pic. Thanks Wolfgang, glad you had a great day.

Wolfgang and Marie's photo's

Anchorage and the houseboat.

A five Day guided adventure departing on the 7th of Feb

2010-01-20T16:16:00.001-08:00

This is a pic from a five day trip.
Next one leaves in Feb on the 7th A wonderful way to see the Abel Tasman.

The perfect time to visit the Abel Tasman

2010-01-15T17:02:00.000-08:00

If you are travelling right now in the South Island, this is the perfect time to visit the Abel Tasman National Park.
The sun is out, the weather is warm (expected high of 25 today) AND lots of holiday makers have gone home to unpack their barbies and mow the lawns.

Mary Jo saying lovely things about Kayaking in the Abel Tasman

2010-01-01T12:18:00.000-08:00

Hi Maureen, Brad and all at SKC

Thanks so much for such a memorable trip. Thoroughly enjoyed every moment and morsel of it, including our unscheduled parking on the rocks at various intervals and even our minor drama on the high seas!
Loved the walk out from Puketea Bay on Wed 30 Dec and made it to Marahau in under 3hrs, just in time for bus to Nelson. Thanks for organising this, and let me know if I owe you anything for it.
Suffering kayak withdrawal symptoms; e.g. as I was bussing to Christchurch, kept looking longingly at the coastline! The experience totally changed the way I look at the sea, and certainly gave me a new respect. My paddling buddy Kelly and I hope to do another trip sometime in future.

Can you please pass this email onto Brad; he rocked on the water as well as behind the gas stove!

He also gave me one of your maps so I wouldn't get lost on the track which I will send back soon as post office opens again.

Happy New Year!

Mary-Jo Tohill (MOJO)

Pirates in the Abel Tasman

2009-12-26T17:30:00.000-08:00

kyle was spotted by Marahau Sea Kayak's photographer. She couldn't resist taking this pic of him hoisting his pirate flag, instead of taking photo's of the MSK's guides as she was meant to do. The SKC guides are just so irresitable!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Merry Christmas from the Abel Tasman

2009-12-18T20:31:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas Merry Christmas Merry Christmas

Kyles Five day Eco in the Abel Tasman

2009-12-18T20:15:00.000-08:00

Golden sand beach in the Abel Tasman is really a golden sand beach.

Mmmm Kyles stir fry looks very delicious!!!!!

Kyle had a fabulous time with his fabulous clients and he as usual some got great pics

swimming with the dolphins in the Abel Tasman National Park

2009-12-10T17:48:00.001-08:00

Barbara swimming with the dolphins while on a kayak trip with Brad in the Abel Tasman National Park.

The Sun is out in the Abel Tasman National Park

2009-12-06T11:53:00.000-08:00

Five day Eco leaving on the 14th Dec with The Sea kayak company

2009-11-29T20:18:00.001-08:00

Come and join us on our Five day Eco Explorer We only do one a month and it is fantstic

Abel Tasman and what you might see on a five day trip!!!!

2009-11-29T20:14:00.001-08:00

Five Day Eco Explorer departs 14th December

2009-11-29T20:11:00.000-08:00

The Sea Kayak Company has its ver special five day kayaking adventure departing on the 14th December Join us for this unique trip in the Abel Tasman national Park

Nayland College Camp in the Abel Tasman National Park

2009-11-27T14:27:00.000-08:00

An armada of Kayaks

More marshmallows

Toasting marshmallows at Anchorage

View out the tent window in the morning

This is a pic of the kids heading north on Day One

Lucky Nayland college kids went out on camp with The Sea Kayak Company on Wednesday the 25th November. Callum (one of our guides) managed to capture some great moments.

Abel Tasman National Park looking spooky

2009-11-23T21:26:00.001-08:00

Amazing days in the Abel Tasman natioanl Park

2009-11-23T21:18:00.000-08:00

Sally and Rose with Fisherman's Island behind them that has disappeared in the Fog
Adele Island looking gorgeous
Sailing,Sailing, sailing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111

Three Day Enchanted Coast

2009-11-21T18:22:00.001-08:00

Our three day Enchanted coast kayak adventure departs 25th November. Two spots left for some lucky persons and the fabulous guide Brad is leading the adventure

Adele Island and the Birds you find there

2009-11-13T19:24:00.000-08:00

This gorgeous little Robin is an example of the Birds you find on Adele Island

kyle the kiwi

2009-11-13T16:38:00.000-08:00

Whic one is Kyle?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAVch7

Go to this link on utube and watch Kyle our seakayak guide tell you cool stuff.

uoops meant to put a pic of kyle up but just got the seal sorry Kyle

Nelson Tasman Business Awards

2009-11-07T12:28:00.000-08:00

The SKC team at the Business awards recieiving the trophy for Investing in Peoples and Skills.
All due to Pete and Rowie and the hard work they are putting into the Kayak Level One qualification. Go Pete and Rowie.
Fun night

The Peoples Choice Best Adventure Activity in New Zealand

2009-11-03T14:15:00.000-08:00

We are so Excited!!!!!
The Sea Kayak Company are the winners of the Peoples Choice best Adventure Activity in NewZealand!!!!!!
A Big Thankyou to everybody who voted for us.Wow wow wow!!!!

Three Day Enchanted Coast

2009-10-28T14:11:00.000-07:00

The C-B Family

The Sea Kayak Company has a three day guided kayak adventure departing on the 1st of November, 2 spaces left.
Come and join us.
0800252925

Birdsong in the Abel Tasman

2009-10-26T15:05:00.000-07:00

http://www.abeltasmanbirdsong.co.nz/index.html

Our very clever and lovely webmaster Rick, had a little adventure out to Adele Island on his boat and rose early to capture the sound of the dawn chorus in the National Park.

I couldn't work out how to put it in my blog but if you go to our Birdsong Trust website you can listen to it. It is so so cool!!

Abel Tasman's Exciting wildlife

2009-10-25T16:07:00.000-07:00

What a day in the Abel Tasman

Orca's just playing there hearts out. Mary, Brad and their lucky clients had just the best day of their guide life having fun with these fantstic animals

Abel Tasman turning on the wild life

2009-10-23T16:00:00.000-07:00

Yesterday in the Abel Tasman, Dolphins! and Orca!

Check this out

2009-10-22T16:48:00.000-07:00

check out this blog to find out Alice and Sidneys kayak trip.
http://aliceandsidneyinnz.blogspot.com/

and these three lovely guys from the ski fields in the north Island

http://threeguyslivingthedream.blogspot.com/

The sun IS out HOORAY

2009-10-21T17:08:00.001-07:00

Yes it's true the sun has really appearred
hooray, it even feels warm.

Sun is coming out

2009-10-19T19:45:00.001-07:00

http://www.metservice.co.nz/public/localWeather/motueka.html

Check it out AT Last the weather is getting better.
Time to go kayaking.

Poor Dog

2009-10-16T22:52:00.001-07:00

Poor Monte got in a fight while out chasing girls and now he has a broken leg.
Teenagers, Monte and Kit and Monte is more trouble. so far anyway!

Rainy but beautiful in the Abel Tasman

2009-10-16T20:29:00.000-07:00

Its very rainy in the Abel Tasman today but hooray it's going to be better tomorrow.
The kayaking is still gorgeous!
A good idea if the weather is unsettled and you don't like camping in the rain, is to stay on Chris's houseboat in the Anchorage.
He cooks a mean barbecue and hot shower is just what you need after a day on the water.
Definitely looks better for tomorrow.

SKI Area Staff

2009-10-12T12:31:00.000-07:00

The C-B Family had a great time skiing over the winter and would like to show their appreciation. If you have worked on a ski field over the winter and are looking for a fun activity to do before heading back to ANOTHER WINTER come and see us at the Sea Kayak Company, and we can offer you a great adventure at a good price.

Summer is here

2009-10-11T23:15:00.001-07:00

It's October 2009 and it was just the most goregeous Day in the Abel Tasman
Light northly and sunny Just perfect