10 days in Orewa
Jan 29th 2012, 7:25 am
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10 days in Orewa
Frantic but productive! Bought a car and a UTE, set up personal bank account,got NZ driving licenses, 2 teenagers enrolled at college and 16 year old has part time job in coffee shop. met great neighbours and had barbie at their place, applied for a few jobs, arranged training for "Hire a Hubby", joined the great library, daughter enrolled at dance class.
Just the highlights and luckily we had already bought the house (on the internet) yes we are mad, starting clearing the jungle like garden.
Been to Kiwi car boot sale and saw Hot rods on the beach. Sourced some potential work for Hubby.
Very content especially after 7 years in France everything is so much easier hope it continues
Just the highlights and luckily we had already bought the house (on the internet) yes we are mad, starting clearing the jungle like garden.
Been to Kiwi car boot sale and saw Hot rods on the beach. Sourced some potential work for Hubby.
Very content especially after 7 years in France everything is so much easier hope it continues
Jan 29th 2012, 9:28 am
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Wow very busy lol welcome to the beautiful Hibiscus coast 
Jan 29th 2012, 6:42 pm
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Very busy indeed, well done
PS Have PM'ed you x
PS Have PM'ed you x
Jan 29th 2012, 7:53 pm
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Well you have been busy
. Welcome to this side of the world.
Hope you've also found your local theatre: Centrestage Theatre behind the Council offices on Centreway Drive
. I shall be there all day today for a rehearsal of Barnum, not that I'm in it. I'm Mrs Props!
The theatre also has a youth theatre group if you're interested. Hope you've been to the TipTop Ice Cream shop
. Welcome to this side of the world.Hope you've also found your local theatre: Centrestage Theatre behind the Council offices on Centreway Drive
. I shall be there all day today for a rehearsal of Barnum, not that I'm in it. I'm Mrs Props!The theatre also has a youth theatre group if you're interested. Hope you've been to the TipTop Ice Cream shop
Jan 29th 2012, 8:44 pm
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Well you have been busy. Welcome to this side of the world.
Hope you've also found your local theatre: Centrestage Theatre behind the Council offices on Centreway Drive. I shall be there all day today for a rehearsal of Barnum, not that I'm in it. I'm Mrs Props!
The theatre also has a youth theatre group if you're interested. Hope you've been to the TipTop Ice Cream shop
. Welcome to this side of the world.Hope you've also found your local theatre: Centrestage Theatre behind the Council offices on Centreway Drive
. I shall be there all day today for a rehearsal of Barnum, not that I'm in it. I'm Mrs Props!The theatre also has a youth theatre group if you're interested. Hope you've been to the TipTop Ice Cream shop
Jan 29th 2012, 11:19 pm
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Wow you have been busy,
was good to hear from Neil and chat with you. I was over for the Hotrods, they were very cool
was good to hear from Neil and chat with you. I was over for the Hotrods, they were very cool
Jan 30th 2012, 9:48 pm
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Orewa is a nice place
If i lived in Auckland i'd try and commute from there!
If i lived in Auckland i'd try and commute from there!
Feb 2nd 2012, 7:23 pm
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Awesome
Feb 14th 2012, 10:35 am
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What's EASY in Orewa?
I find everything difficult in auckland (just itself)
well I might try again later, but don't know why - its an incredibly STRESSFUL place to be.
Feb 14th 2012, 10:57 am
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When my brother worked for the internal affair, he used to commute for full two hours every morning and evening. catching two buseS to Auckland downtown, ,, poor boy often fell asleep in the bus, sometimes he got off in Orewa on his way home..,,,,
(my mother said that sad story,, how tired he was,,, ) leaving home at 7.00 am and come home at 8 pm........of course often no breakfast and late dinner all the time - that makes him fat. . Life style in Auckland is horrendous - you spend 4 hours commutes.........why live in NZ?I am not saying Orewa is awful. it can be a nice place if you are retired or have a job in North Shore. but if you study at Auckland university or have a job in downtown, then its not worth it.
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Feb 14th 2012, 11:00 am
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I like Auckland. I found Welly to be very oppressive.
Feb 18th 2012, 6:06 pm
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That'll be the 'no language barrier' thing. Totally get that - the good news is it takes a long time for the novelty of communication being easy to wear off.
