Category Archives: Recreational Research

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Spatsizi is a hidden gem in Canada’s British Columbia, with the best food, fish, and people you could ask for.

Our Unforgettable Journey to Spatsizi – 2025

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Spatsizi is a hidden gem in Canada’s British Columbia, with the best food, fish, and people you could ask for. Our trip consisted of my family: James, my older brother; Juliana, my younger sister; Jeanine, my mum; John, my dad; and me. The whole time we were there, the guides and staff treated us like


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The Black Family Spatsizi Vacation: Brisbane to Vancouver 2024

The Black Family Spatsizi Vacation: Brisbane to Vancouver 2024

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I reckon that memories forged with your kids are the most precious assets you can acquire in this life and there’s few better places to find them than on the Spatsizi Plateau. The plateau is in the deep north of British Columbia, where the kids’ phones don’t work, the climate is outside of your control


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I can tell New Zealand Customs that, in all honesty, I definitely packed this bag myself. Not quite a triumph of three dimensional spatial optimisation.

Good to go 👍

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I can tell New Zealand Customs that, in all honesty, I definitely packed this bag myself. Not quite a triumph of three dimensional spatial optimisation.


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After a week working on combined SQL and AI data and text modelling, I decided to go low tech for the kids' packing list for our Kiwi trip.

Kids’ Packing List

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After a week working on combined SQL and AI data and text modelling, I decided to go low tech for the kids’ packing list for our Kiwi trip.


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Getting a share of the pie before taking off to NZ

Angling for a share

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The kids and I are getting our fair share of the pie before packing for our trip to NZ next week. Apparently, I’m fact finding, as well as fish finding, as my AFR editor is angling for a hook on a NZ election story. I’m in party mode already, as you can probably tell.


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Guess whose off on a fly fishing trip to the mighty Tongariro?

Off to Tongariro

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Guess who is taking the family for a fly fishing trip to the mighty Tongariro? 🎣 Our first trip to Kiwi in four years, thanks to Covid. Packing the gear, as I type and hoping the waders haven’t shrunk. More to come …


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I cannot believe this! Here's Tim's perfect Canadian toasted marshmallows #Spatsizi The man does it with an electric drill on slow speed. Unbelievable. Fantastic taste.

Klahova Lake Today

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Beautiful final day with no. 1 son at Klahoya Lake today. We parked the float tubes for a camp fire lunch by the lake. Unbeatable #Spatsizi   No. 1 son in float tube on Lake Klahoya today. The stone flies were landing on the tube, by way of a hint on fly choice #Spatsizi Our


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Number two son with Papa Ray and soon to be released Grayling at the Grayling Hole #Spatsizi

Grayling Hole – Spatsizi

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We’re all off to the Grayling Hole #Spatsizi today. Woo hoo! Spot the Bald Eagle on the nest in top of the broken tree #Spatsizi My little girl getting a lesson on fly selection from Master Guide Ray Collingwood at the Grayling Hole today #Spatsizi Lunch around the camp fire at the Grayling Hole today


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Time to catch (and release) some unwary trout.

Time to catch (and release) some unwary trout.

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Day whatever of our week dawns #Spatsizi and the pilots are already fuelling their floatplanes to take us out to catch (and release) some unwary trout. Hope springs eternal in the breast of this old trout hunter. Ray Collingwood our master guide, is taking the young-uns out fishing today. Here he’s getting to know them


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A bloke caught a few rainbows, had a nice lunch. Deserved a break. Nice backdrop.

Early to bed for this little black duck.

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Heading home from the Firesteel today #Spatsizi. Early to bed for this little black duck. Our guide Ray Collingwood was clearly exhausted by a hectic morning on the Firesteel #Spatsizi A bloke caught a few rainbows, had a nice lunch. Deserved a break. Nice backdrop. The Black Family spent the day on the famous dry