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Safety Room day 54 : Goodnight & Sweet dreams.
Saturday the 16th of April, 2011. Dear friends, it has been a while since my last post (around two months, in fact). Following the Fairlady registering her displeasure with gearbox troubles on Day 67, things turned from bad to worse; much, … Continue reading
Posted in Fairlady, Nissan Datsun, Trailer
Tagged "Character", fail, Fairlady, Impediments, Nelson, South Island, trailer box
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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 65 : Best laid plans.
Friday the 11th of February, 2011. 10 days left. With the number of days left on the road dwindling, we feel a rising sense of dread or even panic as the banality of everyday life looms. After today, we only … Continue reading
Posted in Wellington
Tagged "Character", fail, GOLD!, Indoor accomodation, North Island, Serendipity, Wellington, WIN!
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Day 62: Loss lies in knowing the way.
Tuesday the 8th of February,2011. 13 days left. This day has been shortlisted for the Limp Celery awards; “When Serendipity Attacks” & “Best 180”. The heavy beating of the rain on our solid roof spoke to us of sensibility and … Continue reading
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Tagged ALTON!, camping, fail, GOLD!, North Island, Serendipity, WIN!
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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 32 : The trailer got ditched at last!
Sunday the 9th of Jan 2011 I’m writing this now from a deck step in a camping ground just out of Warkworth – I think we could be in Northland, but I’ll have to double check. Andis is trying to … Continue reading
Day 29: Japanese knicknacks solve everything?
Thursday the 6th of Jan 2011. This is another story with two sides, but I have no idea how the other one looks. I’m writing this post around 20 days after the events occurred, but they are no more clearer … Continue reading
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
Day 27: The tell-tale smell of petrol.
Tuesday the 4th of Jan 2011 We had driven for almost 60kms toward the Coromandel when I finally figured it out. The triumph at solving the puzzle was horribly curdled by the magnitude of my stuff up, and as the … Continue reading
Posted in 280ZX, Nissan Datsun, Tauranga, Uncategorized
Tagged fail, Fairlady, Impediments, North Island, Tauranga
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Day 24: A trio of budding Falconers.
Saturday the 1st of Jan 2011 Having stayed up terribly late the night before, the first day of the new year was started by a sharp knock on the door and a request to leave. Delightful. The confident plan we’d … Continue reading
Anna Wilde
Aleksis
Andis Kavalieris
Who is New Zealand? 