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Long story but here goes. While up north did a first fishing attempt with the drone and it went well until it crashed into the ocean on the second flight.. the fault was with me for not handling the situation appropriately… no matter how I tried to blame something or someone else. On testing the drone it came up with an error, so rather than risk flying it I sent it to drone hospital to let the expert drone doctors check and or repair it. Took about 6 weeks to get her back with the tick of approval from the repair service. Today the timeRead More →

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We arrived at Pinders Pond just out of Roxburgh yesterday, it was a stunning afternoon and got about charging bike batteries etc for our ride along the Roxburgh Gorge Trail from the Roxburgh Dam to Shingle Creek. After a good afternoon with plenty of sun the BBQ was out and ready to cook some awesome steaks for dinner and a nice wine. Waking from a good sleep to an overcast but not cold morning, the pond was like glass and so the feature image is of Pinders Pond. The only thing to do was clean up the breakfast dishes and through the door mat inRead More →

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A wet day with the promise of fine weather lead to a division to head to Cromwell for a few days… that was our thoughts yesterday as we packed up (well pulled the door mat in lol). I’d spent time washing our Moho to get the past six months travelling off her and was really hoping that the roads would at least be dry for the trip up the road from Otautau in Southland…. nah! They were wet and full of trucks throwing muddy spray up over any vehicles passing by them in any direction… if it was covid instead of muddy spray we’d allRead More →

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Noam Chomsky, one of the most important intellectuals in life today, has drawn up the list of the 10 strategies of manipulation through mass media. Give 5 minutes and you won’t regret it. If only to expand your knowledge. 1-The strategy of distraction The primordial element of social control is the distraction strategy that consists of diverting the public’s attention from major problems and the changes decided by political and economic elites, through flooding of continuous distractions and insignificant information. Distraction strategy is also essential to prevent the public from becoming interested in essential knowledge in the area of science, economics, psychology, neurobiology and cybernetics.Read More →

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Fine days down south are a rarity at the moment but I guess it’s that time of the year. With a break in the wet weather that has been hitting the country over the past 2 weeks… maybe more it was time to grab the first lot of grand children (William and Tessa) and head away for the day. Ok it wasn’t the warmest (for us more seasoned aged ones) but it was ok for the young high metabolise ice types. A good 4km walk along the beach in a cool breeze wasn’t too bad and the grandies seemed to enjoy the beach. Returning toRead More →