Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Saturday, March 28, 2015

Friday, March 27, 2015

Give me Mail…give me mail…

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…one of the more interesting local letter box designs.

Summers nearly gone…and…

 

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looks like winters coming. Beautiful light on these trees thou.

Thursday, March 26, 2015

Thomas Harrison is about to…

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go back out into that blue yonder.

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Good will definitely happen out of this…..

Me too..

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Soon…

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The “boat” will be

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….ready again….

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..to tackle those toothfish downunder…

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..…BUT sustainably wise!

Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Motorcycle lovers rejoice…

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..because here in Nelson, New Zealand…

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courtesy of a local millionaire…we have the

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largest historic motorcycle display in New Zealand.

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Actually, and not exactly in-consequential ….not just NZ… as of March 2015…..… it happens to be the largest dedicated so called motorbike display in the planets Southern Hemisphere!

Couple of “ole timers…

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…appreciating “times gone by”…

Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Nelson this past weekend…

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Potato quality photo’d I agree…but I was working…and that’s all the car webcam caught whilst driving past…..

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Surely enough I don’t have to show you the “No Vacancy” signs that most Nelson motels had!

Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Spotted Locally…

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…hmmm…looks like I’m having a better day than someone?

Saturday, March 14, 2015

Mussel Buoys are pretty useful….

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on the water.

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Worlds Largest Sailing Catamaran docks in Nelson

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…according to her website thats what she is.

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Though my photo does it no justice, its pretty big.

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SUNDAY UPDATE

tried to get an extra photo via Googles special panorama camera app,

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but didn’t work? ….. chopped the top of the mast ….

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…looks like the mast is still too tall?

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Did read yesterday you can charter her for USD$268,000 per week!

Wednesday, March 11, 2015

The only Commercial Hop Growing region in all of NZ is…

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…well if you’ve been reading my blog here for a while, and you’re into hops…..

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you guessed right, its NELSON. Craft Brew capital of New Zealand we say.

Local Waka teams out recently…

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Tuesday, March 10, 2015

CWC15 - are Kiwis so so on the take-up….???

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…..does anyone in NZ remember Paul?

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Seems some NZ City Councils, even small ones like in Nelson ….

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spent like a NZD$1m to get “the name out there” BUT I ask could there be a better way (taking Paul into account)

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Here above is my OPEN LETTER to KIWIs everywhere…

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So if not a Kea how about a marine version….kinda like Paul….NZ actually has a few of these and thats exactly why I included a photo of NZs pre-eminent marine research authority located in…where else…NELSON.

Surely they can come up with something. Or NIWA s local Nelson office might beat the Wellington Head Office if they get their heads together tomorrow!

Neat sayings…

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…there are…on the back of most Mainfreight trucks.

Monday, March 9, 2015

Nelson really does have….

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some beautiful examples of fastidiously maintained period homes.

Sunday, March 1, 2015

Kids Bored this Sunday…

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…still time to get them out the Steam Museum

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out at Pigeon Valley…

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…near Wakefield…

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…for their Country Family Fair today March 1st.

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