Taipa to Paihia, Russell ~ Northland Sojourn 2012 Day 6
Revisiting previous rides, holidays
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Ahipara to Cape Reinga, Taipa Bay ~ Northland Sojourn 2012 Day 5
A stormy ride, a chance meeting, and finally to Cape Reinga by bike
8th Anniversary!
I’d like to say it is blog’iversary time again but I’m about a month late posting this as the anniversary was back on Saturday March 31st. I knew this post would be late but will never forget why. I was on a bicycle heading for Cape Reinga,
Opononi to Ahipara ~ Northland Sojourn 2012 Day 4
A great dafe breakfast, and ride
Baylys Beach to Opononi ~ Northland Sojourn 2012 Day 3
Giant trees, giant dunes and the best view in Northland
Auckland to Baylys Beach ~ Northland Sojourn 2012 Day 2
Wednesday dawned fine and clear. I know this because, unusually for me, I was up. Although not leaving till 8:00 I decided to go into town early to avoid traffic hassles. It was good as just beat the Auckland rush, arriving in town about 7:15. After dumping my
Auckland Prelims ~ Northland Sojourn 2012 Day 1
An Auckland Meetup
'An Honest Liar’ - The Story of the Amazing James Randi
Sometime over the holiday break, one of those frequent rubbish days of a summer not to remember, I stumbled upon the documentary film ‘Being Elmo’ on a Sky channel. It was a fascinating look at Kevin Clash's life and career to as the man behind Elmo. Although released
New Zealand Google Maps (and Earth) get Traffic!
There aren’t many people in New Zealand but we have more cars/head than most (~2.5 million cars/4 million people). Then consider not far off half the population live in one city and it is squeezed onto a narrow isthmus between two harbours*. So we do have
Golf Hotel Whiskey visits Boeing, Seattle
Events at home foiled my plan to visit Seattle on the way home from Autodesk University last year. I got to see the airport but only during a 3 hour stop over. A visit to Boeing is still on my to do list, maybe next time? Delivery flight for new
Sky NZ Formula 1 2012 coverage sucks
As sent to Sky New Zealand: Do you offer a discount for my Sky Sport Subscription due to poor quality product? The F1 coverage from Melbourne was absolute rubbish. No intro, vast chucks with no commentary and mismatched sound (car engine noise after all the cars had stopped running?). In
The Formula 1 Countdown…
Yay, Melbourne Grand Prix time!