Big Fall in the Northern Manawatu

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Friday, 19 August 2011 14:19

Big Fall in the Northern Manawatu

Written by Mary Bielski

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Route to Rangiwahia Hut via Renfew Road Steve Bielski

What a widespread snowfall! Even ½ cm fell in Feilding. Up here between Rangiwahia and Apiti we had 12” (30cms), but that wasn’t as big as the snowfall we had exactly 10 years ago when we had 18”. The photo was taken on Sunday 21st and is the road to Rangiwahia Track and Hut via Renfrew Road.

Steve built the proverbial snowman so he could send a few photos to the grandchildren. We’ve kept birdseed, fat, bananas & apples up to the waxeyes, sparrows & chaffinches. Steve has just read in the paper that heaps of small birds will die because of this weather event so it’s good to feed them & fun to watch. I have attached a few photos and you can see more on the Irongates website.

Photo Gallery - 1.View from our house looking towards the Ruahines. 2. The snowflakes were very large and was such that it stuck to the branches. 3. Iced coffee on the deck. 4. Miserable waxeye 5. A pair of waxeyes have found shelter. Unfortunately it is leaky home. 6. Looking towards the Ruahines. Rangiwahia up is situated on the ranges above the right edge of the block of trees. 7. After it all clears the Ruahines look magnificent - taken from Te Parapara Road, north east of Rangiwahia. 8. Ruapehu taken from further up Te Parapara Road.

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Mary Bielski

I live in Rangiwahia with my husband Steve. We have 3 sons and 5 grandchildren. We sold our farm in 2007 and now have a very small Texel sheep stud. This has enabled has to branch out and spend more time promoting the northern Manawatu. We have been working with Destination Manawatu and DOC to promote our beautiful area and I have built a website called www.irongates.co.nz which is full of information.

We love taking photos and over the past couple of years have taken hundreds around what is now called The Iron Gates Experience, part of The Country Road.

I have taken heaps of bird photos and found this both rewarding and challenging, as so many of our native/endemic birds are difficult to spot let alone photgraph.

I have been working as a part-time practice nurse in Feilding for the past 17 years. I enjoy gardening, cooking, tramping, and singing. I have a MacBook computer on which I have learnt to build 2 websites and created DVDs from Steve’s video footage.

Website: www.irongates.co.nz