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kiwiwinter: July 2004
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Story of some Brits living in New Zealand for the Southern Hemisphere Winter in 2004. Saturday, July 31, 2004. Kaikoura - Whales, Seals, Birds, Mountains. Had and amazing day in Kaikoura starting with a whale watching tour. In all, pretty impressive for a day out only 2 hours from Christchurch. An Hislop's organic cafe is a real treat for food in Kaikoura too! Sperm Whale - Identifiable by 45 degree blow hole. AM and Nadine - Whale Watching Tea Shop. Interesting rock formations on the beach. This is the ...
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kiwiwinter: Great Movie - Touching the Void
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Story of some Brits living in New Zealand for the Southern Hemisphere Winter in 2004. Saturday, October 16, 2004. Great Movie - Touching the Void. Went to see Touching the Void on Saturday - what a great film/documentary about a legendary climbing accident. This is one very special film that portrays the story quite differently than the book, like an almost totally fresh perspective. What an amazing film. Highly recommended. Read the book too, it's awesome. Posted by litsl at 15:36. Hokitika - Franz Jose...
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kiwiwinter: A nice cycle ride up the port hills / white squall
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Story of some Brits living in New Zealand for the Southern Hemisphere Winter in 2004. Sunday, October 17, 2004. A nice cycle ride up the port hills / white squall. In the end we got a shower and played Lord of the Rings RISK. Which, playing 'Evil' this time, won easily! Humph - AM's previous victories must've been from playing the Evil side. We decided that the game is quite unbalanced so played using standard RISK rules, and I won that too, well, as good as, we ran out of time a bit.
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kiwiwinter: Dolphins prevent NZ shark attack
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Story of some Brits living in New Zealand for the Southern Hemisphere Winter in 2004. Wednesday, November 24, 2004. Dolphins prevent NZ shark attack. BBC NEWS - Dolphins prevent NZ shark attack. Well, there you go, those Great Whites are out there around this coastline! Apparently quite close to shore near the South West of the South Island too, due to some warm current there. Mind you, I do wonder why these attacks arent more common, given how helpless we are in water by comparison! A nice cycle ride up...
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kiwiwinter: New Arrival for Gerald and Tresna - Timothy
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Story of some Brits living in New Zealand for the Southern Hemisphere Winter in 2004. Monday, October 11, 2004. New Arrival for Gerald and Tresna - Timothy. Many congratulations to Gerald and Tresna on the birth of their son Timothy. Timothy has started life in the limelight on the front page of the national press. He is the first baby born in Auckland City Hospital's new birthing complex. Here's Timothy in the papers. Posted by litsl at 23:42. Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom.
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kiwiwinter: Milford Sound - Kayaking Around - Drove to Dunedin
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Story of some Brits living in New Zealand for the Southern Hemisphere Winter in 2004. Wednesday, October 06, 2004. Milford Sound - Kayaking Around - Drove to Dunedin. Awoke fairly early in time for our pick-up at the lodge at 8.30 by a super jolly guide (Will) from Fiordland Wilderness Experience. We awoke early mindful of our previous trip with FWE where we managed a super faff about 6am outside Bill and Daphne's house in preparation for our multi-day Doubtful Sound trip. Ann-Marie at the rudder end.
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kiwiwinter: Pat Farr Cup - Christchurch Interclub Swim Meet
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Story of some Brits living in New Zealand for the Southern Hemisphere Winter in 2004. Sunday, November 21, 2004. Pat Farr Cup - Christchurch Interclub Swim Meet. Today was the fourth and final Meet of the newly formed annual "Pat Farr Cup" championships, which is held between all the Christchurch Masters Swim Clubs: QE2, JASI, Kaiapoi and Wharenui. The final standing after four meets was:. 1st Wharenui; 2nd JASI; 3rd QE2; 4th Kaiapoi. One of the teams even managed to produce an ex-olympic swimmer. In...
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kiwiwinter: Earthquake and headache weather
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Story of some Brits living in New Zealand for the Southern Hemisphere Winter in 2004. Tuesday, November 23, 2004. Earthquake and headache weather. News: An earthquake measuring 7.2 on the Richter scale struck off the coast of the South Island today. No big deal. Far worse were the North Westerly Winds which brought heavy cloud and gave me a bad headache and nausea all day. Thank goodness it has rained now. Posted by litsl at 14:05. Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom. View my complete profile.
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kiwiwinter: SPIDER IN MY HOME OFFICE!!
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Story of some Brits living in New Zealand for the Southern Hemisphere Winter in 2004. Thursday, October 14, 2004. SPIDER IN MY HOME OFFICE! On the phone to B tonight when a big spide crawled up the wall in my office. She said, "Has it got a white tail? Yis" I replied. "Kill it! She said. "Even my Mum kills them, they're a pest imported from Australia". Nastly blighters have a bite worse than a bee sting and can lead to some ulceration, vomiting, headaches (and ridiculous screaming from just walking about).
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