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Public service announcement: we’re back

Sunday, January 8, 2012

We had a lovely time Down Under, now we’re back to the short days and looooong nights (which jetlag is letting us really appreciate) of Europe. If you were thinking about robbing our apartment: missed your chance. As I said, we had a lovely time. We caught up with friends with babies (thanks Tim & [...]

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Hexpedition Southerly

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

We’re off to New Zealand for a much-needed dose of summer. We’ll be back the first week of January. If you happen to be in that hemisphere, look us up in Golden Bay; we’ll be staying with my folks, under Leetch and Pemberton in the phonebook. We’ll be pretty internet-deprived (not that that’s a bad [...]

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Golden Bay: down on the farm

Wednesday, March 21, 2007

Another photo album. In Golden Bay I stayed with my folks, on their farm. Despite this, there are no photos of sheep. We did lots of other traditional Golden Bay things though. For instance… Beaches Tata (and a shag) Wharariki (walking on trees, and a seal) Bainham on the Abel Tasman (more shags) Haymaking (you [...]

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Wanganui

Tuesday, March 20, 2007

Another photo gallery. In Wanganui I stayed with Ian and his fiancée Katie. Ian is a pilot and flying instructor, and I finally (after many years of promises, of living in different places and of foul weather when we did coincide) got to fly with him, in a wee four-seater with Katie and a friend [...]

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Long overdue, trip photos

Monday, March 19, 2007

My camera arrived today, which gave me the final push needed to start putting my photos online. You’ll find the beginnings at http://picasaweb.google.com/tikitu; I’ll post here every now and then as I get new galleries up and running. First up: The Golden Bay Agricultural and Pastoral Association Show (the A&P show). The annual show combines [...]

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