Thomas & Adele’s Wedding

Click on the link above to view 140 photos of Thomas & Adele’s wedding day.
What a fabulous day and an awesome evening at Gear Homestead celebrating their marriage.
Congratulations to our son and new daughter-in-law. Welcome to our family Adele.
Note: This web page will use 13MB to download all of the photos for viewing.

Matarawa Cottage Garden & Orchard

The very best photos from the cottage garden & orchard at Matarawa.

Awkward Family Photos

Awkward Family Photos
- This is a very cool website with some really awkward family photos.

Father’s Day

Had a really nice Father’s Day this year. Kelsey organised her three brothers and they drove over the Rimutakas to our place at Matarawa in the Wairarapa for the afternoon.

Oly’s Graduation

Oly takes out the first degree for the Hyde’s.
Here’s some photos of Oly receiving his Bachelor of Information Technology degree at the Weltec graduation ceremony.Well done Oly!

Procession of Graduands

In the queue ….

Wow - the actual moment of the conferment of Oly’s degree - Three and half years of hard work.

Ok, what’s going on here? A […]

Kelsey’s 18th Birthday

The Birthday Girl

Lunch out to celebrate Kelsey’s 18th birthday at the Fisherman’s Table on a sunny Wellington winters day.

Waiting for Sam & Emma

L to R - Kelsey, Ben, Oly, Thomas, Adele, Sam, Deb & Emma

Sam & Emma (Nice shirt Sam!)

Kelsey & Ben

Soon to be hitched Thomas & Adele

Oly & Kelsey

And an oddball Crusader’s supporter lurking […]

Samuel’s Auckland apartment

The Precinct and Sky Tower from Albert Park

Samuel is now a property tycoon!After a long stint working in the mines in Western Australia, he is is now back in New Zealand and living in Auckland with Emma.This week he is completing the paperwork for his purchase of an apartment in the Auckland CBD.It’s a great […]

Thomas & Adele’s Engagement Party

Thomas & Adele

On a warm Tawa evening, Thomas & Adele’s friends and relations gathered at the Tawa Baptist Hall to celebrate their engagement.A great supper put on by Debra, Pam and Adele along with plenty of refreshments ensured everyone was in good spirits.Adele’s dad, Roger and sister, Esther performed some musical skits and we all […]

Matarawa Road, Carterton, Wairarapa

Our country retreat in the Wairarapa - Purchased in August 2008

In August 2008, we were fortunate to acquire a one and a half acre piece of paradise in the beautiful Wairarapa - just over an hour north of New Zealand’s capital city of Wellington.Our property looks out to the Tararua foothills with the mountain fed […]

Our Homes

We have three houses ….. all in the lower North Island. Two are in the Wellington suburb of Tawa and one in the Wairarapa.I shall put together a posting for each of the houses starting with our Wairarapa house that we have just purchased.

Matarawa Road, Carterton, Wairarapa

This is our weekend retreat and holiday home in […]