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About The Tininn, Culverden, North Canterbury, New Zealand

• 1.5 hrs drive from Christchurch
• 3 bedrooms, separate lounge and dining areas
• Secluded quiet location
• Hosts: Murray & Deirdre Sisson
• Altitude: 300 Metres
• Features: Golf, fishing, hunting, hot mineral springs, horse trekking, scenic flights, skiing, tramping, mt. biking, photography, farm tours.
• Climate: Low rainfall, typical inland NZ

Contact Info:

Tininn
13 Pahau St
Culverden
North Canterbury
Phone: 64 3 315 8060
eMail: thesisson@clear.net.nz

 

New Zealand Information

• 12 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT+12). 
• New Zealand operates daylight saving time which commences on the last Sunday in Sept., when 2.00am becomes 3.00am, and ends on the first Sunday in April of the following year, when 3.00am becomes 2.00am, or GMT+13.
• International dialing code is 64
• Money is $NZ dollar and is usually less than the US and Aust. dollar. Credit cards and EFT POS widely available.
• Language: English predominates
• Health: high grade medical and emergency facilities available. 111 is the ph. number for emergencies

Welcome to Tininn Lodge Bed & Breakfast News...

Monday, August 25, 2008....

OH NO-NOT AGAIN

Greetings from Culverden-the place with the big sky.

Who would believe it?

We have had two inches of rain up to 8am this morning and it's still raining heavily.

I have just ventured out and taken some photos-every Monday morning a group of us head to Hanmer Springs for a exercise group in the pools.Well today because of flooding we didn't go.

Below are some photos I took at the Culverden Golf Course




Looking up towards Hanmer Springs,Waiau and Rotherham





The club house at the Culverden Golf Course-if you compare this photo with one I took in an earlier blog-you will see it is not quite as bad-but it hasn't stopped raining yet!





Looking towards the 9th green.




A close up view of the 9th green on the Culverden Golf Course.





Mr and Mrs Duck must think all their birthdays have come at once!

The marks on the water show how heavily it is raining.
Well thats all for now-lets hope it doesn't rain for much longer?
posted by Deirdre  # 3:20 PM 0 Comments

Friday, August 22, 2008....

A Fine Tradition

TIMARU BOYS' HIGH SCHOOL-WAITAKI BOYS' HIGH SCHOOL.

Timaru Boys' High School and Waitaki Boys'High School have been playing each other in sport for the last 125 years-which I understand is the oldest inter school fixture in New Zealand.

So on the 12th August Max,Judi,Olivia and I got up at 5am and headed down to Timaru.It was a ghastly day,snowing in the foothills and raining heavily in Timaru.

We arrived in time for the school assembly,the guest speakers were Dick Tayler(of Commomwealth Games fame,old boy and a former member of the schools 1st XV) and Colin Meads(Ex All Black).Their speeches were amazing and I am sure people got alot from them.Also present at the assembly were former members of the 1st XV over the years.

In 1955 the Timaru Boys' High School 1st XV was unbeaten and there were 10 members from that team at the assembly.To see them proudly singing the school song was a delight.

There is a lot of tradition associated with the assembly and it felt great to be part of it.Speedy Oil is a liniment which the Timaru 1st XV have used for years-the recipe is a fiercely guarded secret.A bottle of the oil is presented to the Captain for the team to use and then the 1st XV comes up on the stage and does the School Haka.





Jock Ross(Old Boy of T.B.H.S.and All Black 1981) watching the game with Max.





Waitaki Boys' High School doing their Haka





Timaru Boys' High School replying with their Haka





Another tradition-Timaru Boys' High School doing the school Haka at half time





Not a good photo-but you can see how wet and muddy it was.You can't tell which team is which.





The victorious Timaru Boys' High School Captain Nick Annear proudly holding the shield.Timaru were lucky to win 15-13.

A great day.



posted by Deirdre  # 10:01 PM 0 Comments

Sunday, August 10, 2008....

- - -and things that go bump in the night?

Greetings from Culverden:

About two weeks ago we were surprised to find half a house
outside our driveway.We knew it was arriving but didn't know when.
Murray said he heard it arriving about 1 30 am but I didn't hear a thing.





This is the sight we saw next morning





This is the back view of the house





It was amazing watching the house being put into position.It was pouring with rain and the truck got stuck.Eventually everything was in position and since then its done nothing but rain!





The second part of the house arrived at 5am and this time I heard it arrive.

This photo shows the two parts of the house in position

Lets hope the weather soon clears and the builders can get on with their job.

Seriously the weather is getting better-we have been having heavy frosts and beautiful sunny days-now thats how winter should be!!!

Till next time.


Deirdre
posted by Deirdre  # 5:01 PM 0 Comments

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