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dune surfing
apologies for the inconsistent colour temperature !
here's andrew, my travelling companion for the day crash landing and then posing with a sandy face
cape reigna reinga
at the very top of new zealand
where the pacific and the tasman sea meet
here are a couple of panoramas
blackpool rock
it's available everywhere
driving down 90 mile beach
90 mile beach is in the north of new zealand and as well as being a beach it's also a main road
so if you've got a car and up for a challenge you can drive down it (as long as you keep to the national speed limit of 100km/hr)
here's a video from inside the bus
and here's me taking some of the photos above
(some photos by andrew)
please wipe muddy footwear
i like this sign
smoking area
nice use of the arrow and cigarette there
chiropratic
"yup, we spell it with just the two c's. one at the front and one in the middle. no one used the one in the middle so we're just dumping it"
toe shoes
here are some shoes outside a maori meeting place. the top are toe shoes and the ones below are identical possible causing confusion on exit
'unpleasant experience'
they don't tell us what the unpleasant experience is. we can only guess.
there's an assumption here about holidays
there's a few assumptions here. like the fact you are on holiday.
and the fact your holiday isn't ruined already.
surely some mistake ma'am
i love the kiwi approach to facts and spelling and generally getting things right. much better to just do something then correct it later
here's a classic example from the local paper which suggests the picture in the article if of ex-prime minister Helen Clark (right). i suspect that's not her in the picture
classic kiwi signage
this style of writing on signs is classic kiwi. and it includes a couple of nicies too like
"nice friendly service" and
*even the locals say we're good* suggesting the locals are a hard to please lot. not sure if they'd like this sign.
the powerquilter
a new breed of super hero has evolved out of old people quilting
given the sack
mostly armless
is this your cat
fantastic lost cat sign in the streets of auckland. well worth looking at the big version to read the small print
very frightening mannequin
.. and friends
fush and chips
... and a tin of ketcup
comfortable rooms available
i would have thought the comfortable bit goes without saying ?
distruction
this was an historic building which just started to fall down so the council had to knock it down. suspicious hey ? it all happens in auckland sir.
no 2 coffee ?
number one as well as what ? number twos ?
trolley instructions
the wrong way up is the right way (except when it's wrong)
buzz
i had lunch with buzz yonks ago and part of his tooth fell out.
pedestrians cross with caution
they don't always
dougal's cook book
still going strong in our household and providing quality shortbreads
funky building
they have some strange architecture in NZ. and i love it
cycle route would suit ET
cycling in to the sky
bus lane
not everyone can read the word bus so they drew a picture of it. everyone can read lane though
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