2010 Monthly Winners 

February Per Jacobsen of Mount Pleasant, Christchurch, writes: “This picture was taken as we were in a big rush to get out of the Clyde river, up from Erewhon station, or a branch of the Rangitata. We had horrible weather all day coming out from our hunting trip, and before I let my mate drive, I swam this crossing first with the camera in a waterproof bag! This made for quite an exciting crossing, and the car’s electrical system went dead for about five seconds after he got out of the water and then back to normal. Thank goodness for CRC spray! As it crossed the vehicle was gradually pushed to the side with the pressure from the river insane.”

 

March Tony Hinz from Christchurch sent this photo of a trip up the Godley River with the Canterbury Recreational 4WD club. This is the lunch stop just below Red Stag hut  looking up towards the Godley Glacier. An awesome part of the South Island.

 

April Jasen Marsden from XXX writes: “Great mag, just a story that I had to share... “There I was, having bought my very first copy of NZ4WD, and what do I see but some photos in the Your 4s section submitted by my cousin, Ole Loklindt, who I hadn’t seen in over 20 years! “What are the chances that he submitted photos that ended up in the very first copy of the mag I should buy plus the fact that he is into 4WDing and fishing which are two of my current interests, freaky!  “I have business dealings with his older brother so after a quick couple of emails we are planning a boys’ weekend away for some catching up, 4WDing and fishing!  “Here’s a picture for the Your 4s section I took last year of my 09 Jeep JK up the Ahuriri Valley, south of Ohau. “This is a very nice drive up real ‘Lord of the Rings’ country. Since this pic was taken the Jeep has had an Old Man Emu suspension lift, onboard air and a few more goodies to come.”

 

May Here is a photo of William Woodford’s Nissan Safari rock climbing at Mavora. William is from Mossburn, Southland.

June “Some pics of my surf trying its best to do a bit of surfing,” writes Russell Hewins of Wainuiomata, Lower Hutt, Wellington. “Me and a mate were having a play on the rocks on the Hutt River when my Surf got spun and pushed into deeper water. Luckily lucky another friend who I hadn’t seen in a long time was not far away and he winched me out, we pulled the glow plugs out, and turned it over by hand, spitting water out of the bores, then used a wet vac with a small tube on it to get what was left.

July Nikki Apse of Arrowtown has sent us this fish’s eye view of Tom Butler from Arthurs Pass driving his Land Rover across the Shotover River while on a goat hunting expedition.