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Jan n Neil Sep 10th 2009 11:06 am

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These rabbits are HUGE Probably scare the dogs to death :rofl:

We move in tonight, said goodbye to the appartment this morning, and had a our favourite meal of choice in town last night, Thai. Must learn to cook it.....


The rented house is in an olive grove, we have no feel for acreage but we think its about 5 acres. I walked all around it last night and it took ages :rofl: Fortunately we don't have to cut all that grass, the olive grove bit is under contract to someone else.

The flowers are coming out, the sky is clear at night, the birds sing in the trees, I can't wait for our first weekend there.


Right, enough of this thread, will do a "week 3" next week :thumbsup:, subtitled, "life in the country" :rofl:

Jan

alanmacc Sep 10th 2009 12:34 pm

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Originally Posted by Jan n Neil (Post 7921538)
These rabbits are HUGE Probably scare the dogs to death :rofl:

We move in tonight, said goodbye to the appartment this morning, and had a our favourite meal of choice in town last night, Thai. Must learn to cook it.....


The rented house is in an olive grove, we have no feel for acreage but we think its about 5 acres. I walked all around it last night and it took ages :rofl: Fortunately we don't have to cut all that grass, the olive grove bit is under contract to someone else.

The flowers are coming out, the sky is clear at night, the birds sing in the trees, I can't wait for our first weekend there.


Right, enough of this thread, will do a "week 3" next week :thumbsup:, subtitled, "life in the country" :rofl:

Jan

5 Acre ........ youll get lost in the garden!!!

P2L Sep 10th 2009 1:15 pm

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Do you think your 'bunnies' might actually be hares?? :unsure:

We have one on our subdivision (Rolleston) who runs down the road and back a couple of times a day.

I feel quite sorry for the poor thing; its environment is shrinking on an almost daily basis as more sections are bought up. My DH on the other hand wouldn't mind getting in some target practise!! :frown:

If they are hares, they make good dog tucker!!!! :D

Jan n Neil Sep 10th 2009 1:53 pm

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actually yes I think they must be, large heavy and with big ears :ohmy:

We were told the area has a lot of bunnies and possum: haven't seen any possum yet, and, if they are hares, I haven't seen a bunny yet :rofl:

alanmacc Sep 10th 2009 2:59 pm

Re: Week 2
 

Originally Posted by P2L (Post 7921794)
Do you think your 'bunnies' might actually be hares?? :unsure:

We have one on our subdivision (Rolleston) who runs down the road and back a couple of times a day.

I feel quite sorry for the poor thing; its environment is shrinking on an almost daily basis as more sections are bought up. My DH on the other hand wouldn't mind getting in some target practise!! :frown:

If they are hares, they make good dog tucker!!!! :D

Yup i have seen that chernobel hare too, firt time I saw it I thought it was a dog!!

P2L Sep 10th 2009 3:24 pm

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Originally Posted by alanmacc (Post 7921976)
Yup i have seen that chernobel hare too, firt time I saw it I thought it was a dog!!


:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

Don't think he's learnt the Green Cross Code yet :ohmy: although he does seem to have a good sense of direction :)

sr71 Sep 10th 2009 3:32 pm

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Originally Posted by Jan n Neil (Post 7916632)
But perhaps one of the best finds is the radio station in CHC, The Rock on 93.7. Totally brilliant if you like obscure rock music, better than Kerrang or similar in the UK, with witty presenters not afraid to say it like it is.

You've obviously never listened to Planet Rock then, it's worth listening to over the internet and has plenty of obscure classic rock.

Jan n Neil Sep 10th 2009 3:45 pm

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Originally Posted by sr71 (Post 7922006)
You've obviously never listened to Planet Rock then, it's worth listening to over the internet and has plenty of obscure classic rock.

Planet Rock was our DAB station of choice in the UK, but they play a lot of very old rock, and sometime, just sometimes, it got boring. Manchester's new Rock Radio was better, but right now I am really enjoying the tracks they are playing on the Suzuki 1000 countdown at the moment on The Rock :thumbsup:


Jan

Batty Sep 10th 2009 6:47 pm

Re: Week 2
 

Originally Posted by Jan n Neil (Post 7921538)
These rabbits are HUGE Probably scare the dogs to death :rofl:

We move in tonight, said goodbye to the appartment this morning, and had a our favourite meal of choice in town last night, Thai. Must learn to cook it.....


The rented house is in an olive grove, we have no feel for acreage but we think its about 5 acres. I walked all around it last night and it took ages :rofl: Fortunately we don't have to cut all that grass, the olive grove bit is under contract to someone else.

The flowers are coming out, the sky is clear at night, the birds sing in the trees, I can't wait for our first weekend there.


Right, enough of this thread, will do a "week 3" next week :thumbsup:, subtitled, "life in the country" :rofl:

Jan

That's very evocative - have a wonderful weekend :thumbsup:

NZ4Now Sep 10th 2009 7:07 pm

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Glad you are enjoying your 2nd week in the Garden City! We have definitely been having some good weather :thumbup:

Numptyhead Sep 10th 2009 8:52 pm

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Oh Jan,
5 acres in a Olive grove, what I wouldn't do for that:sneaky:

Sounds idyllic. How lovely:D

Jo-Chris Sep 11th 2009 9:00 pm

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Love the update glad to see that you are settling in well:D looking forward to reading week 3!

willand tina_h Sep 11th 2009 11:35 pm

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Originally Posted by Jo-Chris (Post 7925169)
Love the update glad to see that you are settling in well:D looking forward to reading week 3!

wow 5 acres!!!!!!!! What a dream come true that could be for you both? So pleased for the pair of you and the beauty dogs :thumbsup:

Tina, x

Jan n Neil Sep 12th 2009 8:01 am

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OK, the dogs.....


they are not our best friends this morning, the little one has discovered that the back fence is not quite continuous and went for a little walk on his own. Bear in mind that I didn't want to disturb the peace yelling his name, but I also don't know the area and didn't have a clue where he might be . He came back, very pleased with his adventure, eventually, and then slept for hours. Need to modify the garden today :rofl:

It's 3.5 acres -ish, we found out yesterday. Still massive, though, to us Brits..:rofl:

The big black GSD came face to face with a hare yesterday: she didn't run after it, but that's probably cos she was trying to work out what it was :D


Jan

Kija Sep 12th 2009 8:48 am

Re: Week 2
 

Originally Posted by Jan n Neil (Post 7926261)
OK, the dogs.....


they are not our best friends this morning, the little one has discovered that the back fence is not quite continuous and went for a little walk on his own. Bear in mind that I didn't want to disturb the peace yelling his name, but I also don't know the area and didn't have a clue where he might be . He came back, very pleased with his adventure, eventually, and then slept for hours. Need to modify the garden today :rofl:

It's 3.5 acres -ish, we found out yesterday. Still massive, though, to us Brits..:rofl:

The big black GSD came face to face with a hare yesterday: she didn't run after it, but that's probably cos she was trying to work out what it was :D


Jan

They're SO CUTE!!! :wub: The one of the left looks a lot like one of mine. Thank heavens your dog got back, can't imagine how it felt when he wandered off like that!

3.5 acres must be heaven! I love reading this thread, keep it up :thumbsup:


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