RobiNZ Personal Blog

A2O Cycle Road Trip 02–Whanganui to Wellington

Awoke to a stunning day, clear blue skies and no wind. Like yesterday it was a leisurely start, self catered breakfast and an unscheduled car wash before getting on the road. I had parked under a tree, which was fine, but the overnight resident birds had left a calling card on AHBART’s roof and windscreen. That was easily sorted, also gave me a chance to clean of all the bugs which met their end on the trip down last night. The blunt nose panel, no grille between the headlights, and white colour make it very obvious cars and insects don’t... Read more →

A2O Cycle Road Trip 01–Auckland to Whanganui

The plan was simple, chuck a bike in the back of AHBART and drive to Christchurch to join a cycle tour on the Alps To Ocean trail (Tekapo to Oamaru). It would have been faster to fly but some ‘to do list’ items along the way and a new(er) car made a drive more appealing. The ride started after ANZAC Day which combined with Easter to make the extra time off work acceptable. I had things to do in/near Wellington, Blenheim & Kaikoura and (on the way back) Westport so stops were easy to plan and the ferry was surprisingly... Read more →

Traffic Light Thought–Blondini Gee-Gee

I could not get a photo but, last night, followed a couple of interesting car/plate combo's on the motorway; WHYTGG | A new white Mustang BLNDNI | A 70s yellow Mini 1000 with a Blondini decal. Was a little disappointed to see the latter had doors and front wings though :) Read more →

AHBART 156k

What is it about round numbers? Glanced down just as AHBART rolled over 156,000km on the way to work yesterday, but pulled over to take the photo! Read more →