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First night food

Posted on August 24, 2019 by Purupuss

In case you don’t know what macaroni cheese and green and orange drinks look like.

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To the big smoke

Posted on August 24, 2019 by Purupuss

24 August 2019 Today started off with pretty much a normal Saturday morning. I did make sure that I had a shower as Auckland’s running low on water and I didn’t want to waste any having a shower on Sunday. … Continue reading →

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Mountain hunting

Posted on August 23, 2019 by Purupuss

We’re off to Taranaki (well at least New Plymouth) again. Will we see the mythical mountain this time? I tried to find a photo from last time to use as the blog header – and that was an epic fail. … Continue reading →

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Birthday surprise

Posted on April 7, 2018 by Purupuss

For my birthday, D.C. gave me (us) the chance to take part in a Sunset and Night Phototour. http://www.aucklanddaytours.co.nz/auckland-night-time-photo-tour.php. This necessitated an unexpected trip to Auckland, with the unusual luggage addition of a tripod, but it was worth it. (I … Continue reading →

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My new toy

Posted on December 7, 2017 by Purupuss

Paid for today. Name to be decided.

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Scooting home

Posted on December 4, 2017 by Purupuss

I tried to post this last night, but for some reason WordPress, or maybe Firefox, wouldn’t let me. Tonight I’m (sadly) using Microsoft Edge. Fingers crossed it works. I’ll say one thing. The Grand Mercure is a hang of a … Continue reading →

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Unwinding ourselves

Posted on December 3, 2017 by Purupuss

It wasn’t such a rush this morning, but we went down for breakfast – in the Ruapehu Room. There were various fruits available, bacon, scrambled eggs, fried tomatoes, sausages, hash browns, hot cakes, pancakes, mushrooms, baked beans, pastries – small … Continue reading →

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Spiralling to the Chateau

Posted on December 2, 2017 by Purupuss

I didn’t get much sleep last night. I got up soon after putting the light out to turn the air conditioner on. They had it at 16˚, which I thought sounded a bit cold, so I turned it up to … Continue reading →

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Chateau Grand Mercure

Posted on December 1, 2017 by Purupuss

I know, that’s not a very exciting heading, but I haven’t had time prior to this to try to get this entry into my blog sorted. I’ve been too busy with trying to create this year’s Christmas card (fail, so … Continue reading →

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The Weta Workshop – Thunderbirds are Go Experience

Posted on October 25, 2016 by Purupuss

Behind the doors of a top secret base on a South Pacific Island…  A short note: As I’ve used a number of Maori words in this report, I will try to give you some idea of how to pronounce them. … Continue reading →

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