Welcome to Big Sky

Three years ago we stepped onto this piece of paradise and were blown away by the tranquility we felt. We were lucky enough to buy 111 Moores Road and decided that we wanted to share it with like-minded people.

Dave and I met in Israel in the late eighties. We were both working on Moshavs, a co-operative agricultural community of individual farms. They are similar to a Kibbutz - both have people from all over the world working on them. But in contrast to a Kibbutz, farms on a Moshav are individually owned, but are all the same size.

After leaving Israel we travelled the world for some time before coming back to my home of Australia. I ended up studying and Dave worked as a radio announcer. After the birth of our son Sam in 1996 we both decided to head to Dave’s home of New Zealand. We settled in Lyttelton and raised our two lovely children there. We holidayed often on the Peninsula and realised very quickly what a very special place it is.

Fast forward to 2020 and the world is a very different place. Who would have thought that a global pandemic would occur and cause such devastation to so many people. Our home of New Zealand is a very good place to be at the moment and long may that last.

We have loved yurts for a long time. The first written description of a yurt used as a dwelling was recorded by the ancient Greek historian Herodotus. He described yurt-like tents as the dwelling place of the Scythians, a horse riding-nomadic nation who lived in the northern Black Sea and Central Asian region from around 600 BC to AD 300.

Yurts have been the primary style of home in Central Asia, particularly Mongolia, for thousands of years.

We wanted to create a unique space that people would remember. Falling asleep in a yurt to the sound of silence is a truly relaxing experience. We want you to relax, unwind and reconnect.