Sunday, May 18, 2014

Peter Jackson visited….

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…well actually it was his NZD$80m Gulfstream G650 plane

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that was reported about in the papers last year

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that touched down for a hour or so at the Nelson Airport Friday.

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Friday, May 16, 2014

Typical Nelson Autumn Day…

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…starts out this way each time, so calm. View looking south west over Haulashore island in the foreground, with Rabbit Island beyond.

Thursday, May 15, 2014

The Full Moon going down…

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…this May morning did look quite…

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….spectacular even if I do say so myself.

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and I particularly like this one.

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Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Quite stunned at what you can get…

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…straight out of a modern camera tonight….no post included.

Saturday, May 10, 2014

Kids under your feet…

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…this Saturday…

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pop them down (between 10:30am ~ 2pm)  to the Nelson airport for the Open Day ….

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…they can see military helicopters ….

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…and a tent city…

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...complete with cadets….

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This is part of Exercise WiseOwl 98,

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…staged in Nelson this year.

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Plus the rescue chopper is there too.

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Just another thing to do in #gigatownNSN

Sunday, May 4, 2014

Art Deco…

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…they even built houses that way …. back in the day. And #gigatownNSN has quite a few. This beaut example still even retains the theme in the front fence too.

Friday, May 2, 2014

Yeah its ok…

Nelson does seem to spawn its own set of “enthusiasts” who seem to think that when the outside air temp is 9 degrees C…hey what…….

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…..thats the perfect signal to go out for a dip in the Haven.

Monday, April 28, 2014

Transport is now perhaps reflecting…

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…the semi-tropical climate Nelson usually has…

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…along with practically all NZ sunshine hour records.

Thursday, April 24, 2014

Cricket is something I absolutely love…

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and even if the Mumbai hydrabads or the Delhi Goodguys don’t come down under…

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…I don’t care.

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Reckon that recent events involving national teams have already cemented the fact that locally we have the property, on the ground so to speak…..that we can “cut it” up there with the best of them tomorrow.