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Another wet day in the Garden City today and cool at the same time. No worries though there is always something to do in the Garden City and today Tom suggests 10 Pin Bowling. Jude and I have not been 10 Pin Bowling for at least 10 years so it was going to be an interesting session. After a hearty breakfast of porridge and joining Tom with Eggs Benny, it was off in the Jimny to Extreme Entertainment for 10 Pin Bowling. I have to say we had a really great time as Jude came out on top in the first game. The second wasRead More →

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After a couple of weeks waiting our Suzuki Jimny has arrived. Two weeks ago Jude and I hunted around for a new Jimny in Christchurch, it was not a successful search as we ended up in Timaru where Hollands Suzuki had the only new Jimny JX a manual gearbox. We didn’t want the Sierra or Safari model with all the electronic luxuries like aircon, mags, roof rack, electric windows, central locking, electric side mirrors, side runner bars etc etc, we just wanted the JX basic model with no electrics to short out. The good thing is all the models are equal in every other aspect.Read More →

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Tom and Kimberly have never been to Akaroa so it was up early, cloudy, grey and cool was the weather for our trip today, seems this weather is all Christchurch is good for these colder days. With breakfast out of the way off we headed of to Akaroa, the first stop to be Little River for a cuppa, then the windy road over the hills to Akaroa for lunch. It was cool and miserable in Akaroa and very few people about, what a difference to the summer period for this place. Many of the shops were empty of customers and it really makes you wonderRead More →

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Otago was our main stay for the summer and autumn but it was Southland (or as I call it Safeland)once again drew us back for family catchups and others things. Our last port of call was Manapouri for a couple of days before heading back to Lowburn for a few days… the weather was well and truly changing to the cooler weather patterns and it was not long before we moved off to Twizel or as our friends Sally and Adrian would say There we enjoyed a 30km bike ride around the canals past Lake Rautaniwha to the main highway Salmon Farms returning to Twizel.Read More →