A KiwiAZ sign in Waipu
Saw this in Waipu near the end of my Pedal for Plunket ride. Had to take a photo of this tribute to Kiwi slang captured in a sign. Nice one www.azscaffolding.co.nz!
Robin Capper
A Kiwi, but not a flightless bird or brown fuzzy skin green centred fruit. Humanist, Skeptic, Cyclist, Car Enthusiast, Westie Auckland Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa New Zealand | he/him
Back A Dream in Honour of International Women’s Day, with Kiva
Kiva is a great way to support people around the world through microloans. Kiva gives you the power to help someone work towards improving their life through entrepreneurial activities or education. For a limited time new Kiva users can try it out and back a dream with a commitment-free
Pedalled for Plunket and some cycling karma?
Today I rode Ruakaka to Wellsford for the Pedal For Plunket 2015 ride and it went well. Although State Highway One is busy we had a support car & van following warning of cyclists ahead. The traffic was great, quite a few supportive toots and waves as they went past.
Auckland
Two yachts, but what a contrast
Both of these are just a way to have fun on the water, but I think the foreground one is more my style (and budget). ‘Serene’ is 133.9m long (439’3” of those other lengthy measure units for US readers) and can cruise at 15kts… I’d cycled into
A podcast recorded in a Rolls Royce?
I'm listening to "NZ Motoring Podcast 5: The Luxury Car Special", which was recorded in a Rolls Royce. You can listen to it directly here: http://www.globalvoicemedia.com/stats/nzmotoringpodcast005.mp3 View the podcast's website from here http://nzmotoringpodcast.com/
Photography
Layover Lowdown: SFO (with my photo!)
Thanks to @noahcole for noticing one of my photos appears in this article on a air travel related site he reads. No problem with it being used, with the link my creative commons license requires, but didn’t realise until he told me. Nice spotting Noah! It has some great
Jurassic Hokitika
Greymouth was booked out so got a chance to see the beach wildlife at Hokitika
Revit User Group Wellington 2015 kick off announcement
Details of the upcoming RUGWELL February meeting, the first for 2015. To kick off the RUGwell year, we are at Wellington City Council RSVP via the link on this page which also has full meeting details Wed 25 February @ Wellington City Council, Public Library, 65 Victoria St 5.00pm – for
Walking the Opanuku & Swanson pipeline
Don't know why you'd go to a gym to exercise. This is much more fun. Seven Kilometres of bush, tunnels, tracks and 12,000 steps*. Quite a few of them up steep hills (about 400m elevation change on this loop) *12,000 steps for me, quite
Revit User Group Auckland 2015 kick off announcement
Details of the upcoming RUGAKL February meeting, the first for 2015, see you there? Wednesday, February 18, 2015 Please join us from 5.30pm: • 6:00pm : Welcome and Introduction • 6:05pm : Presentation: Christopher Welch, the only Kiwi to be invited to present at the internationally recognised ACADIA 2014 Architecture/Technology
Riding London next?
Well, ~1/4 chance of this (~90,000 applications for 25,000 spots) but it came through! "Congratulations! Your entry for the Prudential RideLondon-Surrey 100, August 2015 has been provisionally accepted" http://www.prudentialridelondon.co.uk
Pedal(ing) for Plunket
Going for a little bike ride on March 6th, Ruakaka to Wellsford (which includes a bump called the Brynderwyn Hills!). All donations greatly appreciated