Frank Erceg Day Landsborough 2013

Frank Erceg Day in the Landsborough May 2013. Photo by Kevin Whitelaw. Kevin spent six days with fellow hunting mate Richie Gorringe in the upper Landsborough, Central Otago.

At their base camp they paid homage to various hunters of days past including:
Major Belper, Con Hodgkinson, Rex Dunning, Major Robert Wilson and Captain Carlyon.

During their trip they secured two tahr trophies, Kevin's at 12 and 1/2" and Richie's 13" photo below.

Last week while in Christchurch I meet up with Kevin, over coffee we yarned about the Landsborough trip and books we had been reading. Kevin kindly gave me a copy of Brian Turner's Into The Wider World, A Backcountry Miscellany. Reading it now and very much enjoying it. As we sat and talked the hail came down outside, it turned into a cold snap with snow on the Port Hills and the plains the next morning.
I spent the weekend at a family Bach in Amberley North Canterbury, on Saturday night we stuck a candle in the first empty wine bottle (yeah there were a few more to follow, it was a great night by the fire) and sent blessings to Frank and Johnny, as June 01 marks the day of their death in1965.

Thanks for the pics Kevin.