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You can get them ground down , but that costs many hundreds of dollars ( and felling them had already cost thousands ) . Apart from weddings in Christchurch , Ian found himself performing at places ranging from a rather dingy jazz club in Hamilton with his trio , through the University Club , to the Waikato Sympathy Orchestra . Then it was off to Martinborough , a small sleepy country town that woke up one day to find itself in the centre of one of the country 's premier wine-growing areas . He has what is in effect exclusive use of a small sitting room with a fabulous view over the Lough - - no-one else uses it because the TV is in the other , larger , sitting room - - and no-one else dares to sit in " his " chair that looks out through the window . We met them in Graz in 1985 , and have since visited them in Newfoundland and Bonn ; they have visited us here . They're learning a lot of life skills , shopping and cooking and cleaning for themselves , and seem to do very well . Ian 's next trip , in June , was a short one , to Atlanta , Georgia , where he had been invited to contribute to a session at the American Librarian 's Association Annual Conference . Perhaps the most amazing act was a hypnotist who laid people out on the cold stone castle steps and had young men lift extreme weights and young girls believe ( in German of course ) that everyone was naked - - including themselves . Dad and Mum still look after themselves , but - - at 90 + and 80 + respectively - - it 's getting harder and harder . Zane Grey , the famous American author and sportsman , kept a fishing camp on the island in the 1920s and 1930s from which he established big game fishing in New Zealand . The marina is really nice ( and correspondingly expensive ) , isolated from the main road but with full facilities including chandler and boatbuilder , and a really fancy travel-lift which can raise even 40-ton boats and transport them to the boatyard . Later in February we had more visitors , Fran and Doug from Calgary , and Ian took them sailing for a couple of days . He lives independently , in a house with a slightly older boy ; their social worker Melanie lives downstairs and keeps a pretty tight eye on them and another pair of boys next door . Our little red car had a minor accident ( not all by itself , but let 's keep this as anonymous as possible ) which damaged the radiator ; there were various difficulties in getting and installing a replacement from a wrecker 's yard . Fortunately Port Fitzroy is on a large , almost completely enclosed , inlet which is incredibly sheltered , so we spent a calm couple of days pottering around the inlet until the storm blew itself out and we were able to explore some of the many islands on the seaward side and their small sandy bays .