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Its not even a big house, but its nice enough with decks front and back. Its lovely with stunning views but Id want to be just a bit higher up from sea level IYKWIM. Apparently the owners are going to knock it all down and build their dream house on there. Its a pity the weather wasnt better so my littlun could go play on the beach. Typical that today the weather is just beautiful.

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went out on the boat this morning...and the pohutakawas are out! Lovely. It was a bit breezy but ace.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y26...IMG_3638_2.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y26...IMG_3632_2.jpg

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In fact it was a howling gale! :lol:

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Did you catch anything :cool:

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Nah - we werent fishing today - just going for a spin. A few folk went out the same time as us and came back and they hadnt managed to catch anything. We were talking to the fishing inspector man and he said no one was catching anything today :( Must have been too windy for the fish or something :)

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My uncle owns some boat somewhere but to be honest I am not a swimmer and I spent a week on a yaught a few years ago and I was so unimpressed it was untrue. I like the rush of the speed boat so maybe I have just missed a part of it along the way?

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Its a wee speedy boat we have ( but out on friends RHIB today) you couldnt sleep on it or anything - its just for zipping about and having a laugh and fish and dive off - its perfect for that. Ever get up here we'll take you out on it - we have lifejackets :D

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Ok when I've got myself sorted I may take you up on that offer :D

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Anyone got any new shots over the Christmas period?

:D

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Just got a new camera, just waiting for days off to go and try it out..............watch this space!

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http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y26...e/DSC00193.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y26...e/DSC00237.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y26...e/DSC00224.jpg


anything to oblige :D

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http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y26...e/DSC00221.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y26...e/DSC00214.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y26...e/DSC00268.jpg

seafood all got by my own fair hands :) :)

pretty much all food :o

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Laura they look lovely :)

Hope you lot are having a whale (lobster or scallop) of a time :D

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Anyone have anymore NZ pictures to post as love seeing them all :)

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Some recent photos of my Christmas Day walkabout.

The alien mother-ship has landed in the port hills of Christchurch.
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...Day2006023.jpg

some burros on a hillside near Taylor's Mistake.
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...Day2006025.jpg

A holiday bach at Taylor's Mistake. If you look closely to the left you'll notice a wee place built into the side of a cave.
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...Day2006026.jpg

On the Scarborough Track heading into Lyttelton.
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...Day2006034.jpg

The British Hotel and Pub in Lyttelton.
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Oh, alright. I know you are snoring.
Wake up!
Here...:beer:

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great pics thanks.:) I think I've seen the 'alien mother-ship' house in a magazine. Fab interior. That wall of glass is lovely.

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Excellent thread but it needs more photos, :) anyone have some of auckland and the surrounding areas? :)

Woulsd be good also if members put the locations down as it helps me know where things are in relation to where I am going to be living :):)

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Piha beach.... pics taken winter 05 winter... and yes it WAS that hot in winter we caught the sun.

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Great pics Sarah thanks - what is the alien mothership ? :confused:

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What is the alien mother-ship? It's a rather unique house in Christchurch. Definitely not a typical Kiwi bungalow.

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Some pics I took last summer of sunsets..... taken from the decking of the rental house we were in.

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Awesome pics Sarah :D :D :D

Can almost feel the heat thru the screen

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Ooooh lovely pics Sarah & Happy! :) I love that far-out house! :D

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Ok - some Auckland ones.

Mr Batty indulging his pyromanic tendendcies on Christmas night on our deck.

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b2...eJ/2007004.jpg

Bethalls Beach in West Auckland on Tuesday. It was windy but warm enough that I shed my cardi.

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b2...eJ/2007015.jpg

It was CROWDED

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b2...eJ/2007007.jpg

I don't know what these things are called but I want one

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b2...eJ/2007009.jpg

A cave. It's like a beacon to a man

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b2...eJ/2007011.jpg

And then it was too dark to go into and the tide was coming in fast

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b2...eJ/2007012.jpg

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Thanks batty its appreciated :)Nice pics too better grab a spot on that beach quick there may be none left soon. :)

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Hee hee - there were actually loads of people around - it's just that it's a very big beach. That's the Tasman sea, much wilder than on the other side where we live. My hubby decided there and then he wanted to live out there :D It's really lovely.

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More more more more pictures - love seeing them :D

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Yay piccies! So nice to see you Batty & hubby. :) I laughed out loud at the "A cave. It's like a beacon to a man" LOL! :D

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me too!! :D

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Fantastic pics everyone! Pixie, those cray fish look delicious, I'm sitting here at work drooling!! STILL haven't had one! Saw something called 'bugs' on a seafood menu on our Christmas hols but wasn't sure what it was so didn't order it. Didn't know if it was thier nickname for crayfish? My hubby things they look like insects, so maybe.

Anyway, I'm putting a pic of my kiwi on this great NZ pic thread hope that's ok! Taken at the park yesterday, it was her 2nd birthday and the highlight for her was definatley playing on the swings!

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Oh my gosh Jude she's absolutely ADORABLE!!! :) :) :) Please give her a hug and a kiss from me and my littl'un - who, at 5, is now to big and heavy to lift into those swings! - for her birthday. :)

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oww thanks Maz :D

I sure will, I am working today but picking her up from my mum-in-laws hotel later, she is looking after her whilst FIL and hubby are at the cricket.
How are you today?

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Aaah cricket! There's something I miss a lot. *goes into happy memory mode* I revised for my 2nd year exams at uni infront of the cricket at Northants County Cricket Ground. I'd take a salad with me, a hipflask of rum (and I bought cokes at the bar :D ), my sunglasses and sat underneath the radio commentary box on the patio there. Occasionally I'd forget my revision. :D I got the highest marks of my entire degree. :D

Anyway *out of wistful mode now* thanks for asking, I'm very well now. Especially this evening as my mother-in-law left to stay with her daughter today. MIL has been staying with us as her new house gets built, since the end of November. And it does seem like 6 weeks too long. LOL! :D

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Awwwww what a cutie!! I hope she enjoyed her birthday and that the weather was ok for you when you got there. Dont they grow up so fast!! :D :scared:

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some taken this morning - there is a yacht race of some sort in Russell...

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y26...e/IMG_3865.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y26...e/IMG_3859.jpg

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[QUOTE=Batty;4250950]Ok - some Auckland ones.

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Hi Batty,

Lovely pics. :) The activity is called land yachting, so I think they are land yachts. Pretty cool. I tried it out many years ago, although to be honest, it wasn't really windy enough that day.

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Here's another couple.

We go to Waikaraka Park speedway most Saturday nights. Last night Steve Williams, Tiger Wood's Caddy was racing but had to retire with car trouble. He's 1NZ (won the Nationals last year) for Saloon cars. Anyway, these are Modifieds - V8s and soooo fast! Before anyone asks - the umbrella on the right was to protect the lady from the dust


http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b2...eJ/Jan7005.jpg

And this was in Helensville today (West Auckland) I've put another pic on the 'simple pleasures' thread - when they got out of the water :)

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b2...eJ/Jan7009.jpg

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Excellent pictures hun ;)

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Yay racing! Hubby will be very pleased. :D I love mallards, too. We had one nest in one of our flowerbeds, too cute. :)

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Hey up you lot :)

Well I have been here 5 days now and taken shed loads of pix. You'll love 'em. They are all of the Whangarei, Tutukaka and the Bay of Island (Laura I gave you a call but you were out).

Off down Tauranga way tomorrow so will do Rotorua and Wakatne ect.

I will up load them all when I get back. Well some of them anyway, I have taken over 400 so far :eek:

Anyway gotta go booked for a steak later :D

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oh no! did we miss you - are you off south already. Sorry - we were at cape Rienga yesterday. Terrible weather.
poop!
Well it was nice to talk to you anyway!
So what did you and yours think so far?