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Off the Grid with Colin and Manu (2025) Season 2 Episode 2
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00:09watch out new zealand nearly there man you're doing well manu and i are back
00:15having more kiwi experiences i'll wear that with quite at some stunning locations
00:22cooking some amazing kiwi kai this is one of the best ways to cook what more can this amazing
00:29country offers and what could possibly go wrong are we good we're not great what else could go wrong
00:40actually relax they are the throne of the effing boat
00:55look where we are in this vast landscape we're basically a human off the top of it that's right
01:03stunning there's no better way to travel we're heading to dusky sand and we're gonna land on the
01:10road cure salt we do conservation work in fjordland we're landing on the boat on the road
01:22oh wow
01:26it's gonna do a week detour over here and i'll fly that the florence lakes there's three lakes and
01:30they're all different heights real pretty
01:34look at that like a mirror they're basically swimming there how cold would i be
01:44there's very few good surprises i get from you but this is up there thank you very much
01:52wow oh there's our first view of dusky sounds this is all ocean salt water all the way back and
02:00we're
02:01going right up to the end there's over 150 islands in dusky sound alone look at that you're welcome
02:10this is the akron passage coming up on the right hand side and that's where captain cook sailed through
02:18there's the boat there she is wow that's amazing is this the first time you've landed on a boat
02:27first time so we'll see how we go oh good deal we're in the shit if it's yours
02:38whoa
02:42this is crazy wow
02:52well it's awesome to have you guys and i mean flying in you would have seen just how fast this
02:57place is and there's no one to be seen for ages incredible paradise it is isn't it yeah we're in
03:03the southwest corner of new zealand yep fuel and national park and we're in tamatia dusky sound we kind
03:09of function like a social enterprise right where we are here is many islands that's pukanui anchor
03:14island and that's actually home to kakapo that's been predator free since the 2000s right so we're
03:20surrounded by what the vision is for the whole place conservation work whole ecosystem restoration
03:24above and below the water and the boat is 27 meters kind of imagine like a floating batch
03:29yep only 12 people at a time just come for a week and enjoy the place and you can charge
03:33the whole
03:33boat or just join individually like you guys are joining us and it's basically you switch off from
03:38the world and you just get back to nature really reconnect that's what it's about beautiful and how
03:43long you've been doing this oh it'll be nine years pure salt's been operating now not long enough yet
03:49this is home this isn't home yeah yes this is a business and yes it makes us money but it
03:54allows us
03:54to look after the place so by you guys being here you're helping us do some of that stuff oh
03:59brilliant
03:59yeah yeah well there's no itineraries no schedules yep but i'm pretty keen on you guys cooking some
04:04dinner actually so we've got to cut it cook it and then feed you that sounds like a great plan
04:08to me
04:09since you've offered i think we can do that well you know we've got to repay them a little bit
04:12don't
04:12we yes of course yeah well i just noticed some seals having sex over there where we are in nature
04:20absolutely you've got a good vision mate i notice a lot mate yeah go strong buddy
04:29that ecosystem restoration at work right there
04:33all right let's go shall we yeah we'll go and play with them hey okay see if they're like you
04:47it's very relaxing isn't it i love it it's like being on avatar the scenery yeah oh there's a sea
04:54there look at that that's who i heard how was it for you darling oh there's two yeah so cute
05:07bonjour i reckon i could be a sail get up on the rock have a bit of the sex
05:12don't back in catch a fish have some more sex ah new zealand i needed that
05:25we've moved a little bit where are we now we're on the southern side of mamakou indiana
05:29we'll see if we can find a spot to go and actually get an idea of how fjordland bush works
05:34yes cool go
05:35for a walk the walks around here aren't hiking walks they're all there for trapping and conservation
05:40work yeah a bit of an idea of what the volunteers do when they come to work oh cool walk
05:45walk and
05:45talk we can do that yeah you can talk i can walk yeah okay
06:02we've made land i named this colinville yeah i think it's been taking already mate a lot of flies
06:12yeah i think they might have followed us from the shore funny fact though that top speed is about two
06:17kilometers an hour which is walking street fun fact not seeing the fun right the way sweet
06:25i'll be in charge of the fun facts let me tell you you should have told me where trousers
06:29it wasn't in the booklet
06:34all the tracks we're walking here they're all just here because of tracking but the boxes there's over
06:40400 of them across this island the idea is that you get rid of your rats and stoats and the
06:45native
06:45thrive it's just that simple yeah so we've been doing this here for about eight years and we even
06:50found kiwi doc didn't even know that existed here still and now we're seeing kiwi across the entire
06:54island that's brilliant yeah and that's just the above water stuff then you start looking at underwater
07:00conservation as well so it just keeps going you know you can serve them flies it's here keep them
07:05going it's probably part of the reason we haven't seen many people you know only the harder ones survive
07:10yeah so just to get a sense of place just listen
07:23right i'm tranquilled out let's go
07:29are you good to go for a free dive now
07:38so cry is the thing we're looking for today i think so but what else is on the net and
07:43the cracks
07:43and crevices around here we're going to find greenlit mussels that about 100 to 150 millimeters long
07:48so that's what we're after big fat ones yeah
07:51irish
07:55just stay at work
07:57fair call fair call
08:21just stay at work
08:22whoa yeah that was like each of that class look at that so good
08:32first ever
08:35oh
08:45wow
08:49On this one, they're going to go ahead two other ways.
08:55Okay.
09:26Green mussels, well, she's here to catch.
09:30They're huge, aren't they?
09:32Huge.
09:37Oh, you're huge.
09:39You're about to.
09:41Oh.
09:44Oh.
09:45Oh.
09:45Oh, it's tall.
09:46She's so frustrating.
09:47Do you know what?
09:49I've got some muscles.
09:50Not easier.
09:52Whoo!
10:12Kieran.
10:14Come on.
10:16Come on.
10:16You caught something.
10:18You caught something.
10:20You caught an Irishman.
10:22All right, let's start cleaning and cooking.
10:27Whoo-hoo-hoo!
10:29The lobster's a big porch, and then we've got a stock over there to do a risotto with the
10:33muscles in it.
10:34It's like French making love, low and slow.
10:37We are Queenstown bound.
10:41Welcome to the real country lads.
10:43Colin.
10:44I know you're a bit nervous right now.
10:48Competition time.
10:51Bullseye!
10:59Have you ever cooked on a boat before?
11:01No.
11:01Yeah, but not like this.
11:03Cooking the cries that we just caught in the elements, in the sun, in the wind.
11:10Right away, we have to dispatch the lobster.
11:13Loosen the tail.
11:17There's a little bit of roe in there we're going to use to flavour the risotto we're going
11:21to make.
11:22And then with all the shells, we're going to roast them to make a stock.
11:26Yes, Chef.
11:28Really high heat.
11:32Whoo-hoo-hoo!
11:34Okay, that's fine.
11:41Last one.
11:47All right.
11:48Ready for vegetable, Chef.
11:51Couple of tills of tomatoes.
11:55The veg adds a little bit of sweetness to the stock, a little bit of body.
12:09We're going to steam the tails very gently, put it in the seawater.
12:13So this is seawater.
12:16Michelle?
12:17Oui, Chef.
12:18I'm putting the crab's tails in the steamer.
12:21Three minutes.
12:25And we just need to work out the mussels, really.
12:27All right.
12:28I'll teach you how to do it.
12:37We'll chop the mussel, chop it and throw it into the risotto at the end so you get the freshness.
12:43Oh, wow.
12:46Look at the size of that.
12:50I think we got it.
12:57Three minutes.
12:58I think it's plenty.
13:01Look at that.
13:02Whoo!
13:04So lobsters have been poached.
13:06We took them off the shelf, slice them, put them back in.
13:08And then we've got a stock over there to do a risotto with the mussels in it.
13:12So everything basically came from there, prepped there, to here, to the oven, to the table.
13:19Off the grid.
13:20Off the grid, my friend.
13:27Off the grid.
13:28Eggs for the hollandaise.
13:29To put over those beautiful tails of crayfish.
13:34All right, the risotto.
13:37It's about sweating the rice down long enough before adding the stock.
13:41Yeah, it's like French making love, low and slow.
13:48We're doing some really risky recipes tonight.
13:51Our risotto needs to be al dente and perfect.
13:53Yep.
13:53And all on the sauce that can split at any time.
13:58Yep.
13:58If you succeed, we'll be kings of New Zealand.
14:02All right, I'm going in.
14:04Try for butter.
14:08So the mussels cook in the residual heat.
14:11Oh, yeah.
14:24That's hot.
14:26All right.
14:26Just give it a little.
14:28Char.
14:31It's like a sushi restaurant.
14:36I think we've done it again, brother.
14:38Well done.
14:40Ha-ha!
14:44Service, please.
14:50Guests, Sean, Maria, thank you for having us on this beautiful ship.
14:54It's been an amazing adventure.
14:56And we could only thank you by cooking for you guys tonight.
15:00Bon appetit, everyone.
15:01Bon appetit.
15:02Bon appetit.
15:04Yeah.
15:05All right.
15:08All right.
15:17To our new friends?
15:18Cheers!
15:20Cheers!
15:23Cheers!
15:23Cheers!
15:25Cheers!
15:25And we'll rock us!
15:31To pure salt you could not have housed a very better huh?
15:34Cheers to pure salt.
15:36Incredible views.
15:38Diving for crayon, green leaf muscles.
15:40I just loved it all.
15:42And Maria and Sean, they're just bloody good people aren't they?
15:45They really looked after us and they really care about what they're doing and how you regard the area
15:50The nature relaxed. Yeah, I'm relaxed now with me
15:55With you. I mean, I wish she was someone else like my wife, but no, it's you
16:01What was the highlight of your day? The highlight of my day, believe it or not, was
16:06Cooking with you. Oh, yeah, that makes a change. What was your best part of this? I think when I
16:12caught all those grays
16:15Well done to that and years ago I would have said sitting in a jacuzzi with you would have been
16:19the worst part of my day
16:20But it's actually quite nice
16:22Yeah, I think we'll be in bed early tonight. Oh, actually the day's not over because we're sleeping together in
16:28the same cabin
16:31So let's chat in the morning at the worst part of the day, okay
16:51Oh
17:02What a way to wake up, hey
17:06It's a refreshing nonetheless
17:10What my friend there's a lot more great we need to get off all right call the chopper
17:30It's good drawing weather it has to be done
17:35Hang on
17:36I've got one of those on the petrol station you ready
17:41We were there
17:43It's time to move on and get some more stickers. Let's go on the road
17:51Well, my friend the adventure's not over have you ever
17:55Cracked a whip in your life. Well in the kitchen I cracked the whip. Yeah when the team's not doing
18:00well
18:00Actually when I was in a circus school when I was a kid they used to crack the whip and
18:04they used to hold a cigar in your mouth
18:05And they used to crack it. Well in that case
18:08I'm gonna take you down memory lane. We're heading to real a country just outside Kingston
18:16I'm not doing that trick you cracking the whip though
18:21Just keep driving just keep driving
18:24How did you end up in the circus for many years my mom used to take us for my birthday
18:29I just love the circus funnily enough. There was a little circus school in town. I did a lot of
18:35juggling
18:35uni cycling I
18:38Tried to get into the single so late school in Canada
18:41Yeah, and unfortunately I didn't get the spot
18:43And that's where they said to go to the kitchen with my dad instead things happen for a reason exactly
18:49you met me a clown
18:52Another clown
18:53Here we go my friend. We're pulling into a real country. Oh look at the horse nice
19:12All right
19:13All right, all right easy easy welcome to real country lads all right money. How you going nice to meet
19:18you mother how do you love your hat?
19:21You like that? Yeah, just need some cowboy boots and you'll be well up
19:25I'll tell us a little bit about real country in 2016
19:29I decided to set up a company teaching people how to crack whips shoot shit is what I say
19:34And showing them just what the real rural New Zealand is like yeah
19:37Because I was so fortunate growing up on a farm in Mossburn
19:40I had a lot of advantages that many townie kids don't and I wanted to share that with as many
19:44people as possible
19:45You crack the whip in the kitchen so now we'll teach you how to do it in real life
19:48We might I don't know throw some knives axes. Oh, yeah
19:53Channel you're in a Robin hood on the bows and arrows. Yeah, and I've got a
19:57700 kilo horse. I might get you to work with at the end. No
20:01Into it. What do you mean?
20:03Horseman kicking and hooves. They don't like you. Well, I've already had a few accidents, so
20:08Let's have a bet on that whoever wins the knife throwing or the archery whoever wins does what does nothing
20:15you get the horse because you're gonna lose
20:19I love a little bit of friendly competition
20:26Radio team cracking the whip I'm actually gonna hand you over to Maggie. I taught her two years ago and
20:31now she's better than me
20:32so
20:33Whatever hand you prefer you're gonna put your opposite foot out in front so you're nice and stable
20:38Throw it up behind you and once it's up behind you you're throwing it back forward don't worry about a
20:43little bit of force
20:44It's kind of like rhythmic gymnastics
20:46Right
20:49Now pretend you crack in his back
20:52It's not how to pretend
20:55Right we got it
20:58Okay, so competition time you get five attempts at a crack and you get a point for every crack, okay?
21:07one
21:10two
21:12three
21:14four
21:17five
21:17We'll count it
21:18We'll count it. We'll count it. We'll count it. See you later
21:20I mean that
21:22Show us what you've got. Show us what you've learned
21:26Show us what you've learned
21:28No
21:31No
21:31No
21:32Think Elvis Presley hips move those hips
21:35Okay last attempt
21:39One
21:42One
21:43It's only gonna go one way this is, isn't it?
21:44And that's downhill for fast nature, tell ya
21:46Righto
21:48Better archery
21:56He's smiling
21:58Oh
22:01Bullseye
22:06Come out of me in Paris
22:07Why?
22:08Can I concentrate here?
22:10Okay
22:19You've done this before?
22:20Nope
22:25Oh
22:26It counts
22:27That's out, that's out
22:28One hour to go
22:31Oh nice
22:34That's very well done
22:35You're a great student
22:36Upside down
22:37Shut up
22:40Sorry
22:41I believe in you Colin
22:43I do
22:46Yes
22:46Solid out the gate
22:56Good
22:56Good
22:57You need two in the yellow and you're fine
23:00Oh
23:00Oh sorry
23:01I didn't mean that
23:03Oh
23:06Okay
23:09Don't remember this happening with the crayfish
23:11But anyway
23:16Okay Colin
23:17At the moment you're walking under the horse
23:19Well done
23:23I wanna channel your inner viking now
23:26We're gonna throw some throwing axes
23:28Top is five points every time you hit it
23:31Bottom is one
23:33Right
23:34Five throws
23:34Colin you're first
23:40One
23:43Okay
23:44Release up high
23:47Not quite
23:54Yes
23:54Yes
23:55One throw to go
23:59Yes
24:01Twelve
24:02Twelve's a score to beat
24:17Let the axe fly
24:18Don't try and force it
24:21Yes
24:22There we go
24:22Two more throws
24:25Yes, yes, yes, yes
24:26Oh
24:28He didn't stick
24:32Solid 10
24:33Solid 10
24:35Rightio, on to the knife throwing
24:36Same rules as the axe
24:38Give it a hone
24:41That was very close
24:44Yes
24:47Woo
24:52Fuck
24:52Yes
24:54That was good
24:55That was good
24:56Okay, 10 is the score to beat
25:01Too hard
25:02Lob it
25:08Oh fuck, I need to get two
25:12I can see him behind me already
25:20Yes
25:21There was still five, that was good, okay, okay
25:25Colin, you lost, but we know how much you love horses
25:30Oh, come here
25:32Yeah
25:32Yeah
25:33You'll be alright
25:34Alright
25:36Relax
25:37Good girl
25:38This is Colin
25:39I know you're a bit nervous right now
25:41I'm good
25:42You're gonna have to fake it
25:43Smile
25:43Shoulders back
25:44Come on in like you hang out with horses all day
25:47Yeah, that's it
25:48Wrap your arms around her neck
25:50Oh yeah mate
25:57Thanks for coming, see you later
25:58I'm gone
25:59You're gonna have to relax
26:00I think she knows you're scared
26:01She knows you're scared
26:03This is not gonna end well
26:04This is gonna end fine
26:05Come a bit closer, she won't get you
26:07Crouch down
26:08Yeah
26:08Yeah, cool
26:09And just give her a wee rub
26:11And you're gonna scoot underneath her like this
26:19Good horse
26:21Well done
26:22Alright mate, see you later
26:27You alright buddy?
26:28Yeah
26:28I'm so proud of you
26:30Thank you, thank you
26:31Thanks darling
26:31You guys are so good
26:37We are Queenstown bound
26:40That's right
26:41The weather now is proper bucketing down
26:44With salt to the bone
26:45Yeah
26:46And I'm covered in horse
26:48That business that she has
26:50It's a great little business, huh?
26:52Yeah
26:52And she's a great teacher
26:53Obviously I didn't win
26:54But I guarantee you
26:56If we had a couple of days there
26:57You're such a sore loser, you know?
26:59I'm not a sore loser
26:59You are
27:00I'm just explaining
27:01It was a rather large animal
27:03And with my luck
27:04I would have got kicked
27:06A great teacher is a great thing
27:09Yeah
27:09But you've gotta be a great student
27:11And you know
27:12You don't listen
27:12Half of the sentences
27:14What?
27:15Yeah
27:15Exactly
27:21Wow
27:21Words don't really do this justice, do they?
27:24I'm taking you to Minaret Station
27:27Yoo-hoo-hoo!
27:29My type of biking
27:30Heli biking
27:31Wow
27:35Queenstown's picture perfect
27:36Oh
27:37I know you're a little bit tight
27:38A little bit of relaxation
27:40Yeah
27:40Fabulous
27:41Oh
27:42Can you learn that?
27:44Wow
27:54Another day, another chopper
27:56See how we roll
27:56Where we going this time?
27:58So today I'm taking you to Minaret Station
28:01It's in a remote glacial valley
28:04Ooh
28:04Which is only accessible by chopper
28:07We are truly off the grid
28:10Nice
28:11So beautiful isn't it?
28:14And when we get there
28:15And when we get there
28:15We're going to do a little bit of heli biking
28:17Hence the bikes on the side of the helicopter
28:19And we're going to have a gourmet picnic
28:22And Minaret Station is also a working high country farm
28:26When was the last time you went on the bike?
28:28Actually last week
28:30I was at the gym
28:31I didn't build
28:34Oh beautiful
28:36Look at that
28:38How cold would that be?
28:40Bloody cold
28:40You get a few polar plunges happening in the summer
28:43They brave the water
28:45And they don't stay in for long
28:52Wow
28:53Words don't really do this justice, do they?
28:56I feel like I'm in a bubble
28:58Just floating between those beautiful mountains
29:01In the middle of the clouds
29:05What you got to remember
29:06It's not CGI
29:07It's real
29:11This is a man aspiring up here to our left
29:14Or coming into the Robroy Glacium
29:16Ooh
29:17You?
29:18Wow
29:19Land of the Giants
29:20Wow
29:21All right
29:25So many mountains
29:26It's just crazy
29:30It's just crazy
29:31This is one of my favourite places in the whole world
29:32It's just stunning in here
29:37Wow
29:38Ha ha
29:39I mean come on
29:41Incredible
29:42Incredible
29:50Would typically be ice in here like this
29:52But there's obviously been a massive avalanche off the Kichinoo Glacier above us
29:56And it's filled the lake with ice
29:58Incredible
30:00Incredible
30:06People
30:06Well my friend
30:07If you look out to the right
30:08That's Binnaret station
30:10This is the only way in and the only way out
30:12You can't get any more off the grid than that
30:15I can see that my friend
30:17There's no walking back there for sure
30:23Wow
30:23What a place
30:24What did I promise you
30:25Hi mate
30:26Hey I'm Doug
30:27Manu how are you?
30:27Nice to meet you Manu
30:28Hey Colin
30:29Nice to meet you
30:30Welcome
30:30Thank you thank you
30:32What an office you got
30:33Yeah yeah
30:33We're right up in the high country here
30:35And we're going to set ourselves up and do some biking down the valley
30:38You ready?
30:39Yeah
30:39Have you stretched?
30:40Have you stretched?
30:41Your little quads
30:43Is it hard?
30:44It's a mix
30:45We've got some technical downhill
30:46And then we've got a really nice trail down through here in this open area
30:50It's going to be epic
30:51We've got these great e-bikes
30:53Oh
30:53Electric
30:54Oh yeah
30:55It's easy we can do that
30:56It's like riding a bike mate
30:57It's easy
31:02Let's go
31:06Look at this backdrop
31:08That is brilliant
31:11Yeehoo
31:11Yeehoo
31:13How cool is this?
31:16We're going to go right up here
31:19We're going to go right up here
31:20Really cool
31:27A bit more electric is working
31:31Change the gear
31:32Change the gear
31:33Change the gear
31:41Mate
31:42Look where we are
31:43It's pretty special huh
31:44People stay here?
31:46Yeah for sure
31:47They've got four chalets here
31:48And then you've got your main central lodge here
31:51Where they come and dine and socialise and hang out
31:53Take it all in
31:552010 was when it first opened
31:57No road access
31:58So the whole thing was built by helicopters flying in the supplies
32:02And then built on site
32:03How does it work?
32:04How do you get electricity and water?
32:07Yeah so it's pretty unique the location here
32:09You can see up in the mountains we've got that waterfall coming out there
32:12Yeah
32:12That actually feeds down into a pipe that produces the hydro electricity
32:16Oh
32:17Okay
32:17So it's got its own little turbine
32:19And then we've got a water source that comes down, gets filtered and feeds the lodge
32:23That's amazing
32:24Yeah
32:25And that was part of the location was about those aspects being able to help with the running
32:30of it
32:30It is of the great
32:31100%
32:32It's open all year round and it changes throughout the different seasons
32:36We have the winter season, people can heli ski out of here
32:39Yeah
32:40And then roll into spring and summer and you've got the hiking, biking, fly fishing, just enjoying the valley
32:47Any partying?
32:48A little bit, yeah
32:49Yeah
32:50Because we like partying
32:51Yeah it's a good place for a party
32:53We could do a weekend here
32:54We could do a 60th
32:55Yeah
32:56Together
32:58We won't be cycling then
33:00Why don't we get back on our bikes and start exploring this valley even more
33:04We've got some cool waterfalls
33:05Great idea
33:06Right?
33:07Yeah?
33:08No?
33:08No, great
33:09Can you put the budget on?
33:10Yeah
33:16Yeah
33:17Yeah
33:17Yeah
33:18Yeah
33:19Oh, looking straight ahead bro
33:21Yeah
33:22Nice
33:22Wow
33:24We'll go to the cascade of water
33:25Wow
33:26Look at that
33:28Airport
33:31Ah you fell in
33:35Woo-hoo!
33:41Woo-hoo-hoo!
33:44Woo-hoo-hoo!
33:45Ha-ha-ha-ha!
33:46Well, that's been technical.
33:54Whoa, look how good is this?
33:56Woo-hoo-hoo!
33:58Wow.
33:59Waterfall!
34:00Here we go!
34:01Go, go, go, go!
34:03Oh, look how good it is!
34:04Wah!
34:07Get off there!
34:12Woo-hoo!
34:24Welcome to Pike Hut,
34:26this classic historic hut here
34:28that's from the early settlers.
34:30When they were mustering the sheep up the valleys
34:32they would overnight here.
34:34I'm exhausted.
34:35This is too much for me.
34:37Are you feeling hungry then?
34:38Because part of this heli biking day
34:40we have this gourmet lunch.
34:41Lead the way.
34:42Lead the way.
34:44I'm using muscles I've never used before.
34:46Which is about your abs.
34:49My brain.
34:53Compliments to the chef.
34:54Yes, indeed.
34:56Blue cod, lamb from the station
34:58and then also the venisons
35:00home ground down here.
35:02I love that fish too.
35:03Blue cod, very good.
35:04Toast deep?
35:05Yeah, very good.
35:05At Minaret it's all about
35:07getting this great produce.
35:09Yeah.
35:09Not messing with it too much
35:10and showcasing what we can get
35:12within the region.
35:13Great produce, great scenery.
35:15River in the back.
35:16I love the green trees
35:17and then the snow on the tip over there.
35:20And that little hut
35:21is like 200 years old.
35:22Yeah, yeah.
35:23Best restaurant in the world.
35:24Yeah.
35:25Exactly, yeah.
35:26It's all about the environment
35:27and the company.
35:30Mmm.
35:32So after we get through
35:33this delicious lunch
35:34Yep.
35:35We're going to go meet
35:35that helicopter.
35:36So it's going to head down
35:37right by Lake Wanaka.
35:39Beautiful.
35:40We better fuel up.
35:42Yeah, sure.
35:42Gonna burn some calories.
35:43Mmm.
35:51Oh.
36:11Oh.
36:13Oh.
36:13My favourite spirit animal, mate.
36:15Hello.
36:16Hello.
36:16How are you?
36:17Good, thank you.
36:18My second horse of the week.
36:19This is Willow.
36:20Willow Willow.
36:21She's one of our station horses.
36:23You seem to be more comfortable
36:24with the horse.
36:25I've lowered my heartbeat
36:26and I'm just expressing.
36:27Fair enough.
36:28I just don't stand around the buck
36:29anymore, that's all.
36:31Gorgeous.
36:31Hey, hey, don't need the buck.
36:34Beautiful.
36:34So the lads are now connected
36:36into the actual working station.
36:37This is where the venison lamb
36:39came from.
36:40Oh right.
36:40We also have these lovely horses
36:42down here that you can go
36:43for horse treks on.
36:45I'm a bit of a horse whisperer.
36:47See that?
36:47That was a much nicer horse experience.
36:50See?
36:51Lovely horse, beautiful animal.
36:52That's what you do.
36:53Much better.
36:54All right, we'll see you later.
36:55See ya.
36:56Enjoy the rest of your ride.
36:57Never stand at the back of a horse.
37:04How about then for a day left?
37:05That was amazing.
37:09Input, go.
37:10What a day.
37:11What a great guide.
37:12I feel like I've got fresh lungs again,
37:14you know?
37:15Clean air, great food.
37:16Good.
37:17Great company.
37:18Yeah, thanks very much, man.
37:20That was outstanding.
37:21All right, our pleasure.
37:22The only thing is,
37:24we messed up our whole cycling career now
37:25because we won't be able to just cycle
37:27without a chopper.
37:28Well, you have to come back.
37:30It was an epic day.
37:31Thanks for having us.
37:32Yeah.
37:32Thanks for being here.
37:33Sounds good.
37:34Burned off a little bit.
37:36A little bit.
37:47All right, mate.
37:48Look at this.
37:49It's the best setting ever.
37:51Queenstown's picture perfect.
37:53How good is Banneret?
37:54It's my type of biking.
37:56Heli biking.
37:57I'm actually exhausted today.
37:59Well, if you drive straight ahead,
38:02there's a new spa town.
38:06I happen to know some people there.
38:09I know you're a little bit tight.
38:11Yeah, you know,
38:11I've done something to my neck.
38:13I don't know if it was last night,
38:14if I didn't sleep well last night.
38:15Maybe it was on the boat.
38:15And on top of biking today,
38:18a little bit of relaxation would be fabulous, right?
38:21Well, I've organized that for you,
38:22so all you've got to do is turn up and shut up.
38:25I can turn up and I can also shut up.
38:27I can do both.
38:29You come.
38:32Do you want to go or not?
38:33Yes, please.
38:34Okay.
38:39Oh, pass by a loop.
38:44It's a cool little spot, isn't it?
38:46Yeah.
38:46Right in the hill.
38:48Anyway.
38:48Oh!
38:49Oh, oh, oh!
38:51Togs?
38:52I've got mine.
38:54Someone stole yours, I'm sure.
38:56Some fans.
38:58Skinny dipping that.
39:01Here we go.
39:02Here we go.
39:03Ready to go?
39:04Let's go.
39:05All right.
39:06Hello, hello.
39:08Bonjour.
39:09How are you?
39:09How are you?
39:10How are you doing?
39:11How are you doing?
39:12How are you doing?
39:12Table for two, please.
39:14What a great place.
39:15What's on offer?
39:16What's on the menu?
39:17Alluma's a brand where we're just looking for a modern take on wellness.
39:20So we've got some beautiful hot pools.
39:21We've got a floating sauna.
39:23A proper little place to just chill out and kick back.
39:25All design-led.
39:26Really beautiful spot.
39:27It is very calming here already.
39:29Yeah, it is.
39:30You're in the middle of craziness.
39:31And then you've got this little calm oasis.
39:33This is it.
39:33That's what's amazing about these places.
39:35Everywhere you look, it's just beautiful.
39:37Picture-esque.
39:38This is it.
39:38What sort of pools and how many have you got?
39:40So we've got one communal pool at the front of the property.
39:43And then as we go up through the property, we've got five more privates.
39:46So that's in stage one.
39:47And then stage two coming next year is going to add a further five.
39:49So we'll have 11 in total.
39:51Wow.
39:51And what's the temperature of the bath?
39:53So we're going between about 38 and 39 degrees.
39:56Oh, my God.
39:56We'd be cooked in an hour.
39:58More importantly, if someone was quite annoying and a bit tense, would it calm that?
40:03You'd hope so.
40:04You'd hope so.
40:04I'm just talking out.
40:06If someone came in tense and calm.
40:08Are we talking about yourself?
40:09No, no.
40:10I'm calm.
40:12All right.
40:12Oh, I haven't got any togs.
40:14Well, we've got you guys.
40:15So a little care package, but you've both got to have some togs.
40:18Oh, so cool.
40:30Thank you very much.
40:32All good.
40:33All right.
40:34Where do we go?
40:34Let's go this way.
40:35Lead the way.
40:36Lead the way to calmness.
40:37Thanks.
40:38Calmness.
40:39You go.
40:39You need to be calm.
40:41So we've got two here, which kind of have that treetop, like, skyline view, and then
40:46three down here with the mountain views.
40:51I like all the trees built in.
40:53Pretty good, isn't it?
40:54Yeah.
40:54Yeah.
40:54It's pretty beautiful stuff.
40:56They were all here, so we tried to keep as many as we could.
40:59Arbor.
40:59What's arbor mean?
41:01It's like safe harbor.
41:02Safe harbor?
41:03Like a nice enclosure.
41:04Arbor.
41:05Come on through, guys.
41:07Ooh.
41:08Ooh.
41:08Ooh.
41:17Little pole for two.
41:18Second stockpot where we're gonna cook two large chickens.
41:22Ooh-a.
41:24Oh, that's hot.
41:25Oh, that's quite warm, huh?
41:34Look at the view.
41:36Absolutely gorgeous.
41:39I love what he's done with the wood and the metal and the copper and keeping the trees
41:42in it.
41:43It's quite nice, huh?
41:44One of the elements of the world, the planet.
41:50Whatever, mate.
41:53I need a little message.
41:54Can you give me a little message?
41:56Just let me try.
41:59How's that?
42:00Yeah, it's good.
42:02Quite tense.
42:03I know.
42:04It's like when you go to the hairdressers.
42:06Those are the kids at school.
42:08Good?
42:09You're going slightly grey there.
42:10I can fix that later.
42:13That was the Botox I gave you last year.
42:15Good?
42:16Good.
42:17Needs a little bit more.
42:18A lot of frowning going on there, Mr. Fidel.
42:20Yeah, the frowning...
42:22This is a spa.
42:23It's a fast treatment.
42:25Fast or fast?
42:26Fast.
42:27I can go fast if you want.
42:29Fast.
42:34How's your calves?
42:35Good?
42:35Yeah, really good.
42:36Like little pork hooks.
42:39Do you want a deep tissue?
42:41Like that?
42:42Yeah, you like that?
42:44Yeah, you like that?
42:44You like that?
42:46Stop it!
42:48This was not on the menu, it's extra.
42:54Stop it!
42:56You're welcome.
42:57You're welcome.
42:59So what are we doing tomorrow?
43:01Get nice and relaxed now, because we have a little bit of a drive.
43:04Richard, who stocked up the caravan with beers.
43:07He runs and owns Emerson's.
43:09And I have a little question when we get there.
43:12You ready?
43:13You'll like it.
43:14Can we make our own beer?
43:17Eh?
43:18That would be awesome.
43:19Bucket list job.
43:20We should call Betty.
43:22Betty's beer.
43:23Betty's beer.
43:24What kind of beer do you want to make?
43:25Let's not get too far ahead of ourselves.
43:28Let's relax.
43:40Worse to die away.
43:44Oh!
43:45Don't move.
43:47Oh!
43:50You bastard!
43:58I'm up to bed.
44:00Big day tomorrow.
44:03Goodnight.
44:10What a beautiful little spot.
44:11To lunch, eh?
44:12I reckon that's one of our best.
44:14We'd love to make our own beer.
44:15Won't you come to the night, eh?
44:17And then that gives a...
44:19You haven't had a chance with my mother, have you?
44:21No.
44:23Oh!
44:24You're such a pig.
44:25You said try and it broke in my mouth.
44:27We're about to meet the infamous floor.
44:30Hello, hello.
44:31I've been expecting you.
44:33Every signature is someone who's eaten here.
44:35In the present company, we don't want to trick it up too much.
44:38I'm feeling under the pressure.
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