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11-13-2016, 10:05 PM
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The wife and I have done the trip from LA to Melbourne and it is a long haul but luckily we were in the upper cabin of a 747 in B-class so it wasn't too bad. Would love to go back and might get the chance next year with my wife's big Rio Tinto project.
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11-13-2016, 10:52 PM
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Person who doesn't update the user title
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Griff, nonetheless, check in when you can.
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11-14-2016, 05:10 AM
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I can hear my ears
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Yeah. I want to taunt you about the game
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11-15-2016, 11:12 AM
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The future is unwritten
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You can imagine how violent the quake was that tore up the ground and stranded these cattle on a grassy island.
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11-15-2016, 11:31 PM
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trying hard to be a better person
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These cows were apparently rescued by a couple of farmers with shovels. It would have been worth it to see them down safely. There's a few thousand dollars worth of beef there.
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11-16-2016, 08:56 AM
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The future is unwritten
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Yes, they were moved to another farm, so they're safe and sound... and tasty.
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11-17-2016, 06:50 PM
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The future is unwritten
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No! Get off the road train tracks, go back to bed.
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11-19-2016, 10:49 AM
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♪ ♫ I whip my train back an forth
I whip my train back an forth ♪ ♫
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11-19-2016, 07:43 PM
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Quote:
At least it wasn't.....
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11-22-2016, 02:20 PM
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still says videotape
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Having computer sync problem iphone to pc will update I hope! Frontier sucks as well.
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11-22-2016, 02:44 PM
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still says videotape
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Toad Hall
On the way to Abel Tasman, I spotted something familiar, so I snapped a pic on the way back.
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11-22-2016, 02:54 PM
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Earthquake!
So we didn't feel a thing. We left Wellington and flew to Queenstown before the earthquake. We saw some minor road and building damage in our travels but never felt a tremor.
Later in the trip we saw the USS Sampson which was in NZ for the 75th anniversary of their navy but was diverted for earthquake relief. She was the first US boat to visit since the banning of nukes from New Zealand.
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11-22-2016, 03:12 PM
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still says videotape
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Milford Sound
Milford Sound was the most spectacular place on the itinerary. We had a guided kayak paddle of about 3hours.
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11-22-2016, 03:25 PM
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Ben Lomond, the one in NZed
Lil' G and I hiked Ben Lomond forgoing the lift at the bottom it became an all day affair.
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11-22-2016, 03:54 PM
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still says videotape
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Politics
So NZ doesn't seem terribly enamored of our recent political choice making. We stayed at the Jugglers Rest in Picton. The dude sleeping in the next room was doing a one man show in the town's funky little theatre. It was hilarious and a little painful.
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