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Day 67 : Returning home Part Two.
Sunday the 13th of February, 2011. Our 67th day started at a the Hawthorn Lounge, a crowded Poker bar in central Wellington. After pretending to play cards for a while we returned to the Fairlady and made our way to … Continue reading
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Tagged Big decisions, camping, Disappointments, expenses, fail, Fairlady, GOLD!, Positivity, Scenery
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Day 33: A few rounds with the sea.
Monday the 10th of January, 2011. Today’s destination was Whangarei and we were packed up and heading toward it at a remarkably early and efficient hour. We didn’t notice the pink sheep in the front paddock when we pulled in … Continue reading
Posted in Northland
Tagged camping, expenses, fail, GOLD!, Kiwi culture, North Island
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Day 28: Two sides to every black day.
Wednesday the 5th of Jan, 2011. This day has been shortlisted for a Limp Celery (award), under the category of “Most Unpleasant Day.” My intentions for this day were for it to be one of the Very Best of the … Continue reading
T minus 19 days : Daughters and Cameras
The period of time between 7am and 5:30pm was unpleasantly stressful. Multiple phone calls to CourierPost were left unreturned, leaving Andis and Anna to anxiously pace the house as they waited for their second most expensive equipment item to arrive. … Continue reading
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Tagged Disappointments, Equipment acquisition, expenses, fail, Fairlady, Impediments, Investments, preparation, racing stripes
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T minus 20 days : big day on no sleep
There were no tears today, but only just. At times, the pair found themselves trying to hand turning the seized wheels of motion, and at others, running just to keep up as their project made sporadic leaps of progress. Their … Continue reading
Posted in 280ZX, Fairlady, Investments
Tagged Big decisions, expenses, Fairlady, Impediments, Investments, preparation, Public feedback, racing stripes, Sponsorship
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T minus 25 days : Hidden blessings
While they may have had to pay extra to set the trailer box up as a ‘new vehicle’, with all new registration plates, doing so has now resulted in the trailer needing a WOF only once every 12 months, rather … Continue reading
Posted in Investments, Preparation, Trailer
Tagged expenses, Investments, pass, preparation, trailer box
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Impediments
Upon taking their newly bought equipment trailer for it’s WOF, Andis and Anna discovered that it has been left unregistered for so long that its plates have lapsed (have been wiped from the records), resulting in the need for registration … Continue reading
Posted in Preparation, Trailer
Tagged Disappointments, expenses, fail, Impediments, preparation, trailer box
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T minus 33 days ~ Progress thus far ~
By the time they caved and created a blog, Andis and Anna had already come some ways in preparing for their trip. Recognizing that they couldn’t drive from end to end of NZ in just any old car, they spent … Continue reading
Posted in 280ZX, Christchurch, Fairlady, Investments, Nissan Datsun, Preparation
Tagged Big decisions, Christchurch, Equipment acquisition, Expectations, expenses, Fairlady, Investments, preparation
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Anna Wilde
Aleksis
Andis Kavalieris
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