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A Triumphant Week in Whangarei
... 3 days early! Well, it consisted of a motel and a pub and a nice view, so while I was downing a pint for lunch I promptly cancelled the booking and moved on! The iSite lost their whatchamacallit - serves them right for underestimating me!!!
I arrived at Hokianga harbour to catch the car ferry (or vehicular ferry as they call it) to Rowene. This was really good as I've not done this before, apart from the Cook Strait (so really I have), but this was very quaint and much much ...
Life at Little Earth
... s Market tomorrow.
We started going to the market the week before last. It is every saturday from 6.30 to 10.30 in the morning - we have been going at 7am, so we can be back in time for a proper breakfast before work starts at 10, this seems like a ridiculous time to be out and about on a saturday but it is definitely worth it. There are lots of stalls selling fruit and veges that are in season, plus a few other things like free ...
Tiki Tour!
... many people are terribly unhappy because they have failed to make themselves happy? At least I think that's what he meant. Or something about finding enlightenment. Too deep for me right then. Anyway, back to Bob, he and his wife had divorced over a year ago, and he described it as having worn clothes all his life and then suddenly finding himself naked. But he also realized that in his daily life, he wasn't being himself in his marriage. Here in NZ, ...
Viele Schweine, ein Wasserfall & Kauris
... vorbei. Wir muessen wieder zurueck.
Ich laufe noch den Alexander Walk runter & lasse mich von Kathrin & Chris am Lower Carpark abholn. Den restlichen Hatea Walk muss ich wohl ein anderes mal machen.
Zurueck an der Wrights-farm warten schon Joe & sein Kumpel Piere. Ich helfe ihnen noch das Verbindungskabel des Trailers zu reparieren. Waer doch gelacht wenn der "German sparky" das nicht hinbekommen wuerde.
Der weitere Nachmittag vergeht ...
Viel Arbeit aber auch ne Feier
... auf die Schweine verweisen, vorbereitet hat. Diese laden wir neben 4 lange Bleche auf.
Danach folgen wir Joe zu den Stellen an denen die "Schilder" angebracht werden sollen und tun dies.
Zum Wenden muessen wir zur Strasse runter. Auf dem Rueckweg sehen wir das Quad aufgrund der tief stehenden Sonne zu spaet. Trotz Vollbremsung landet dieses im Graben, zum Erschrecken von Joe & der Nachbarn mit denen er sich unterhaelt. Gott sei dank sass Joe nicht auf dem Quad ...
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