Public Address | Cafe | Southerly: Life at the Edge of the Southern Ocean https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/ en-us Copyright (c) 2026 Public Address David Haywood https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-life-at-the-edge-of-the-southern/?p=52857#post52857 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-life-at-the-edge-of-the-southern/?p=52857#post52857 Raymond A Francis: wrote

I waved David but you may have missed it as the weather was a little murky.

I think maybe we saw a flicker of a wave on Saturday at around 9 am.

If you get a chance to go to Stewart Island just do it, really…

]]> Mon, 02 Jun 2008 22:29:27 +1200 Raymond A Francis https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-life-at-the-edge-of-the-southern/?p=52856#post52856 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-life-at-the-edge-of-the-southern/?p=52856#post52856 Well, I waved David but you may have missed it as the weather was a little murky.
If you get a chance to go to Stewart Isalnd just do it, really has fantastic bird life and a nice feel to the place

High light for me was the Pantomine with…

]]> Mon, 02 Jun 2008 20:21:12 +1200 Brent Jackson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-life-at-the-edge-of-the-southern/?p=52444#post52444 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-life-at-the-edge-of-the-southern/?p=52444#post52444 If you want an auroral forecast, so you know when to look, check the space weather and part way down on the left hand side, you can click on "New Zealand" to see the current auroral oval in our neck of the woods.

Cheers,
Brent.

]]> Thu, 29 May 2008 09:41:47 +1200 David Haywood https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-life-at-the-edge-of-the-southern/?p=52413#post52413 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-life-at-the-edge-of-the-southern/?p=52413#post52413 Thanks for the kind comments everyone — I'm very glad that my words have provided some entertainment...

Raymond A Francis wrote:

On Friday we drive south, cross the infamous Foveaux and spend the weekend on Stewart Island. I have not as yet been sea sick but your description of the…

]]> Wed, 28 May 2008 22:31:44 +1200 dc_red https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-life-at-the-edge-of-the-southern/?p=52346#post52346 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-life-at-the-edge-of-the-southern/?p=52346#post52346

Appreciative as I am of the absolute bliss of being awake and creative while everyone else is asleep, I'm a little worried that on this schedule you're going to come home, sack some miners, impose a poll tax, and demolish the welfare state.

To which, of course, a midwife would…

]]> Wed, 28 May 2008 14:48:23 +1200 Paul Rowe https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-life-at-the-edge-of-the-southern/?p=52339#post52339 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-life-at-the-edge-of-the-southern/?p=52339#post52339

The end result is rather like changing the nappy on an eel — accompanied by the sound-track of a pig being clubbed to death.

My daughter is 14 months and she is still in this mode. She's number three, so we have it down to a one-person job.

Such excellent…

]]> Wed, 28 May 2008 14:29:01 +1200 daleaway https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-life-at-the-edge-of-the-southern/?p=52317#post52317 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-life-at-the-edge-of-the-southern/?p=52317#post52317 From a woman in Gore:

Cheese Rolls
1 packet onion soup warmed with 1 cup of water over low heat,
add 2 packed cups grated cheese,
½ tsp paprika,
½-1 tsp curry powder.

Cut the crusts off bread slices and spread one side (lightly) with butter or margarine. Spread the…

]]> Wed, 28 May 2008 13:12:49 +1200 Emma Hart https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-life-at-the-edge-of-the-southern/?p=52309#post52309 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-life-at-the-edge-of-the-southern/?p=52309#post52309

Sunrise over Foveaux Strait is a chocolate-box artist's dream, but as Jennifer observes: "I've never seen any sunrise so pretty that it makes me glad to be awake this early".

Wise woman, that Jennifer. Looking at the photos over a leisurely brunch will do me just fine.

Jennifer goes to…

]]> Wed, 28 May 2008 12:38:12 +1200 Tim Michie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-life-at-the-edge-of-the-southern/?p=52307#post52307 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-life-at-the-edge-of-the-southern/?p=52307#post52307 "Who am I to say there isn't a Slovenian Mail-delivering Wolfhound that resembles our postman?"

Indeed. But, if so, don't tell the posties they've enemy infiltration...

Another great post well worth reading and, I hope, worth the effort in your long days (lengthened by the closer proximity to Antarctica no…

]]> Wed, 28 May 2008 12:33:43 +1200 FletcherB https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-life-at-the-edge-of-the-southern/?p=52306#post52306 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-life-at-the-edge-of-the-southern/?p=52306#post52306 Re: Bob's hoodie wearing...

He's deliberately projecting an aura of menace through his attire. It's harassment I tell you!

]]> Wed, 28 May 2008 12:33:40 +1200 Bob Munro https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-life-at-the-edge-of-the-southern/?p=52263#post52263 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-life-at-the-edge-of-the-southern/?p=52263#post52263 Notornis 1991 of a bird survey on Pig Island (just off the Riverton coast) and Omaui Island, we should be able to figure out what the large flocks are. I reckon they are possibly, Turnstone, Southern Black Backed Gull or White Fronted Tern. Seems… ]]> Wed, 28 May 2008 10:37:53 +1200 Peter Martin https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-life-at-the-edge-of-the-southern/?p=52262#post52262 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-life-at-the-edge-of-the-southern/?p=52262#post52262 Wed, 28 May 2008 10:35:17 +1200 Ian MacKay https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-life-at-the-edge-of-the-southern/?p=52260#post52260 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-life-at-the-edge-of-the-southern/?p=52260#post52260 Wed, 28 May 2008 10:15:03 +1200 Rob Stowell https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-life-at-the-edge-of-the-southern/?p=52259#post52259 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-life-at-the-edge-of-the-southern/?p=52259#post52259 Somehow you make the daily routine sound idyllic, in a tough-ass hard-boiled way. Wait til Bob gets a taste for mutton-bird. There'll be no going back.

more a tribute to an obsessive personality than any degree of giftedness.

You're too modest on Bob's behalf. In fact a great deal of…

]]> Wed, 28 May 2008 10:13:34 +1200 David Haywood https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-life-at-the-edge-of-the-southern/?p=52258#post52258 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-life-at-the-edge-of-the-southern/?p=52258#post52258 Wed, 28 May 2008 10:06:41 +1200 Rich of Observationz https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-life-at-the-edge-of-the-southern/?p=52256#post52256 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-life-at-the-edge-of-the-southern/?p=52256#post52256 Wed, 28 May 2008 10:02:31 +1200 David Slack https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-life-at-the-edge-of-the-southern/?p=52255#post52255 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-life-at-the-edge-of-the-southern/?p=52255#post52255

I have not as yet been sea sick but your description of the southern sea did not steady my nerves

I swear this is true: On my one and only trip across Foveaux Strait, in the summer of 1977, the sky was clear and blue, the sun was shining and…

]]> Wed, 28 May 2008 09:57:41 +1200 Raymond A Francis https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-life-at-the-edge-of-the-southern/?p=52254#post52254 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-life-at-the-edge-of-the-southern/?p=52254#post52254 Those birds
Probably the mutton birds who escaped

Sooty shearwaters and their various relations

]]> Wed, 28 May 2008 09:47:25 +1200 Graeme H https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-life-at-the-edge-of-the-southern/?p=52250#post52250 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-life-at-the-edge-of-the-southern/?p=52250#post52250 Ah yes cholest -er – rolls, the North Valley scarfies staple diet. Well it was before cheese became an expensive item.

Cold! it's only May, it hasn't started to get cold yet. Cold is when the water drops on the shower walls freeze on impact.

]]> Wed, 28 May 2008 09:36:10 +1200 Danielle https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-life-at-the-edge-of-the-southern/?p=52249#post52249 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-life-at-the-edge-of-the-southern/?p=52249#post52249

Tea rooms? Nyarlothotep, it really is like going back in time twenty years down there.

Erm... I think those commenting from Palmerston North can't exactly throw stones. ;)

I like tea rooms. They're comforting. There are baked goods. People know to give you extra hot water with your pot of…

]]> Wed, 28 May 2008 09:35:57 +1200 Raymond A Francis https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-life-at-the-edge-of-the-southern/?p=52248#post52248 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-life-at-the-edge-of-the-southern/?p=52248#post52248 Good writing, fantantastic photos
But......
On Friday we drive south, cross the infamous Foveaux and spend the weekend on Stewart sland
I have not as yet been sea sick but your description of the southern sea did not steady my nerves

I am really looking forward to the trip actually…

]]> Wed, 28 May 2008 09:29:30 +1200 Pauline Dawson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-life-at-the-edge-of-the-southern/?p=52247#post52247 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-life-at-the-edge-of-the-southern/?p=52247#post52247 Wed, 28 May 2008 09:28:34 +1200 Don Christie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-life-at-the-edge-of-the-southern/?p=52246#post52246 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-life-at-the-edge-of-the-southern/?p=52246#post52246

He's clearly gifted.

I reckon. And judging from the reported screaming of the baby hero in "my first stabbing", a chip off the old block.

]]> Wed, 28 May 2008 08:56:37 +1200 Idiot Savant https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-life-at-the-edge-of-the-southern/?p=52245#post52245 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-life-at-the-edge-of-the-southern/?p=52245#post52245 Tea rooms? Nyarlothotep, it really is like going back in time twenty years down there.

And that baby is wearing a hoodie. Clearly they're going to grow up to be a tagger or murderer or NZ First MP or other such undesirable.

]]> Wed, 28 May 2008 08:52:31 +1200 David Haywood https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-life-at-the-edge-of-the-southern/?p=52244#post52244 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-life-at-the-edge-of-the-southern/?p=52244#post52244 Deborah wrote:

How old is that child? And he's saying 'dog' already! He's clearly gifted.

"Dog" appeared at 10.5 months — but I fear that this is more a tribute to an obsessive personality than any degree of giftedness. His limited brainpower is entirely devoted to dogs, trucks, doors, lights,…

]]> Wed, 28 May 2008 08:26:51 +1200 Paul Dowden https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-life-at-the-edge-of-the-southern/?p=52238#post52238 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-life-at-the-edge-of-the-southern/?p=52238#post52238 mmm cheese rolls. They don't exist in Australia. Does the Thyme Out Tea Rooms recipe have that soupçon of finely chopped onion? That's the best.

Why is it something so simple to make is something I don't think I've ever cooked?

]]> Wed, 28 May 2008 00:39:46 +1200 Deborah https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-life-at-the-edge-of-the-southern/?p=52233#post52233 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-life-at-the-edge-of-the-southern/?p=52233#post52233 How old is that child? And he's saying 'dog' already! He's clearly gifted.

As are you sir, when it comes to Photoshop. That's the only explanation for those colours over Foveaux Strait.

]]> Tue, 27 May 2008 23:42:56 +1200 Public Address https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-life-at-the-edge-of-the-southern/?p=52232#post52232 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-life-at-the-edge-of-the-southern/?p=52232#post52232 Discussion from blog post.

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