During late September 1995 Jo and I decided to make the trip to Mt Ruapehu, staying at the National Park for some snowboarding at the Whakapapa Ski Field. The forecast was perfect with a fresh dump of snow the night before. We got up early and drove up to base at Whakapapa and headed out […]
Nov 14, 2013 | Categories: The Nineties | Tags: 1995, ash, Crater Lake, erupt, eruption, erupts, Far West T-bar, Jo Blackley, Jo-Anna Blackley, Kumara Patch, lahar, Mt Ruapehu, mud, National Park, New Zealand, North Island, NZ#, Oakura, paul blackley, rocks, Ruapehu, Ski, Skiing, snow, snowboard, Snowboarding, Taranaki, Taupo, Volcanic, Volcano, West Ridge Chair Lift, Whakapapa | Leave A Comment »
Although their were big concerns over what Southern Water were proposing back in 1996 there is always the humorous side when coming to protesting. The famous cartoonist Rubert Besley offered his help during the campaign and drew up some great cartoons. Here are a selection of drawings by Rubert Besley and Jo Blackley that were used on banners, t-shits, handouts, posters and leaflets. One of the pictures shows Kev Goodall wearing one of the t-shits worn during the demonstration march on the 8th of May 1996 from Yaverland to Sandown Pier.
May 13, 2011 | Categories: The Nineties | Tags: 1996, archive, beach, Besley, blackley, blog, Cartoon, Cartoons, Draw, Drawings, Drew, funny, history, humorous, humour, IOW, IOW Surf Club, Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight Surf Club, Jo Blackley, Kev Goodall, paul blackley, people, photo, photographs, portrait, Protest, Rubert Besley, Sewage, Southern Water, stoked, surf, surfboard, Surfer, surfing, t-shirt, waves, wightsurfhistory | Leave A Comment »
Craig flew out to New Zealand with Nathan Holt and met up with Paul Blackley. Travelling with Craig was never boring, and if you want to see Craig Surfing, Skiing, Snowboarding, hiking in the bush, on a glacier, bungy jumping, talking to Sea Lions and even herding sheep for 4 miles then check out the pics by clicking here (New Zealand & Bali 1995).
Jan 20, 2011 | Categories: The Nineties | Tags: 1995, archive, Auckland, Bali, barrel, beachbreak, blackley, Bungy, Bungy jump, Camp, Camping, Dunedin, Erupting, Ferry, fire, history, Indo, Indonesia, IOW, Isle of Wight, Jo Blackley, Kumara Patch, Kuta, Kuta beach, Mount Ruapehu, Mt Ruapehu, Nathan Holt, New Zealand, North Island, NZ#, paul blackley, people, photo, photographs, portrait, Sea Lion, sheep, sheep herder, sheep herding, South Island, Stent Rd, Stent Road, stoked, surf, Surf Trip, surfboard, Surfer, surfing, swell, The Noughties, tube, Volcano, waves, wightsurfhistory | 3 Comments »