Awarua Guides

15/01/2025

Here we go again, second adventure of the year, father and daughter Brydon & Talia out for a wilderness week with us in Fiordland.

11/01/2025

I still remember our first family surf trip to Melbourne and Victoria coast as a kid. So grateful for my family dragging us along exploring and visiting the beaches and surf shops that dot the coastline. I still remember walking into those shops, the smell of the surf wax, all the shapes of craft and gear that crowd the walls and all the possibilities that come with that.
Today Ive shaped my entire life around that inspiration. As a surfer boards and door mat says it all. if this dosent get you excited check your pulse..

11/01/2025

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year everyone. The Southern Rata also known as the New Zealand Christmas tree is a bright flowering evergreen that can live up to 500 years and is a sign of strength and resilience. However it’s under threat from the Australian Brush Tail possum which can destroy the trees in short time, be sure to support you local conservation trust to support these ancient giants of the forest. Remember some of these tree would have been growing when Moa were roaming these lands.

11/01/2025

Thanks Charlie and Jack! First trip of the summer to see in the new year was a great one, sunshine and waves and a fantastic way to see in the new camp set up which is a dream come true.

01/01/2025

Good health in 2025

13/11/2024

What a springs it’s been! Summers on its way, so that means family time and beach time. Hope you all get some quality time together close to nature, and if you’d like to join us, we’d love to see you.

01/11/2024

Surprisingly snowy this spring

21/10/2024

08/10/2024

Wilderness coasts and nature as it should be. A lot of effort is going into protecting these coasts. You can get on board by contacting DoC or support one of the many conservation trusts in your local area.

18/07/2024

That’ll do it for now, thumbs up all round.

08/07/2024

I was surprised to find these old photos this morning from way back in 2013. Leroy and Carsey had combined to build me a new board from Quarry Beach in Dunedin. I collected the beautiful board and just needed to find a ride home. A friend offered me a flight home on the condition that I shot a couple of deer along the way. Plus we had a campsite that Department of conservation had given us the job to tidy up and there had been lots of rubbish left behind. All went well, we got home and jumped in the boat the next day and headed down the coast to visit an old friend. Waves were pumping too.

01/07/2024

Put your hands up if you like the outdoors. New Zealand’s marine environment is under threat. Link in bio to part one of a great short film series by RNZ https://www.rnz.co.nz/programmes/turning-the-tide/story

29/06/2024

I love this photos sequence so much, it really speaks to me of dream and I set out to achieve in this space, what we wanted to share with Awarua Guides, the way we wanted to do it, this was a very special day in and out of the water.

29/06/2024

A good moment on a journey to some where.
The path of life is an introspective one that hopefully meets the physical world in a happy place.

25/06/2024

Family time, hanging with good mates and a day surfing, couldn’t get too much better.

18/05/2024

Fiordland surf turn mid April