Adventure South
Well, it’s a great place to hop on-board the wonderful Taieri Gorge train but up there with the Colosseum & Taj Mahal? I went to have a look at the station last year and the train was about to leave, seemed like a good way to spend the
Comedy
Don’t you hate it when the weather is great, you go to the beach but so does everyone else… China New Zealand Via A Welsh View
Somehow, the thought of road works to an Opera, Gypsy and bluegrass soundtrack makes the world seem like a better place! Pothole Polka - Rest Area 300m Eastern European Jewish / Gypsy music tends to get them going a bit when we are doing potholes… Pothole Polka - Rest Area 300m Eastern European
Books
Happy 3rd blogging birthday to Jack Yan. I originally found him on the Beyond Branding Blog but he’s since started his own and The Persuader Blog is a must read. He’s a complete car nut with an interesting view of the auto industry, posts like "Trim milked&
My Granny used slate tablets in school. It appears Tablet is back although these (PC’s) are convertibles. The evening news reported on Project Chaos – a trial of tablet and other new IT technology in NZ public schools. It looked like they were having fun while learning lots, a good
Adventure South
I saw the promotional photos for the new Porsche 997 Targa 4 and recognised the view… See the website http://www.porsche.com/all/skydriving/usa.aspx (Found via) Article and more photos at www.eurocarblog.com (Found via) Article and more photos at www.eurocarblog.com My photo from
Ask me to name my favourite kiwi artists and Greg Johnson tops the list. I haven’t heard the full CD yet but the samples on his site indicate his latest, "Anyone Can Say Goodbye", is the usual high standard. It’s out today, so I’ll be
I think the stamps are self adhesive, after all if we have renewable energy licked why the recent talk about a nuclear powered future? Treehugger: Kiwis Lick Renewable Energy Just this week New Zealand made all green philatelists salivate. They released a series of stamps celebrating the fact that over
Aviation
Wellington Airport has adopted the unusual slogan “Wild at Heart”. Sometimes landing can be “interesting”… [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_LaAkAyoz0&w=425&h=350]
NASA are dumping space junk in our region. It didn’t hit New Zealand but 3,900km is getting close! Radio New Zealand - Rubbish from International Space Station dropped into Pacific Ocean Radio New Zealand - Rubbish from International Space Station dropped into Pacific Ocean A spokesperson says the debris that
Aviation
According to One News Air New Zealand are about to extend the re-branding exercise, which began with new uniforms, to the aircraft livery. The new brand will incorporate a redesigned tail, Koru and logo. I liked the clean white fuselage introduced with the last re-design but I’m
Aviation
It’s the end of an era as the last Boeing 717 rolls off the line. It was based on the McDonnell Douglas MD95, which in turn evolved from the Douglas DC9 Series, so represents the last of a long line of the Douglas Commercial aircraft dating back to the
