Wayne Potgieter

nope. The only toy I had to play with was something called "outside".

nope. We are in mt maunganui 25 to 27 august for the mt maunganui half marathon. Wanna come with?

coming home.

nelson...the city for cyclists. These were taken at the airport.

like a lot of good stories it begins with two chaps having a beer.

mapua wharf

the site of the first rugby game

My kids enjoying abel tasman

Tahunanui Beach

What a gorgeous country. The weekend in Nelson was amazing. We stayed at a quirky little place called the Wheelhouse Inn. The owner, Ralph and his wife Susan, left Long Beach California in 1973 to sail around the world. After a year island hopping around the South Pacific, they stopped over in NZ to sit out the wet season. They never left. They sold the boat and after the 2 kids were born they moved to Nelson and set up the inn. Everything is nautical themed and our room (The Captains Quarters) was decorated to look like, well...a captains quarters. Saturday we got up a bit early and went to the Nelson Market. After this, we took the kids to Tahunanui beach. What a stunning beach. There is a picture of it in the winter bliss. Snow covered mountains in the background. After the beach, we decided to go check out rabbit island. This is definitely apple countryside. So many Orchards.... After Rabbit island we took a slow drive to Abel Tasman national Park. With a few short walks in the park the kids were starting to get a little bit grumpy. We then returned to Nelson and had a late lunch/early supper at the East Street Cafe.. essentially hippy paradise. I felt out of place because i have washed my hair within the last 6 months, but the food was excellent. We then watched a gorgeous sunset over the bay. Sunday morning, we dove to the town of Mapua and had one of the best coffees of my life at the java hut. We sat at a long table (the only table in the place) and spoke with all the locals having a quick cuppa and then went exploring in the village. Its such a quaint little town. On the way back to Nelson, we stopped at the World of Wearable art museum and the classic car museum. This was a real treat. The kids giggled at all the crazy bra designs. I realized how old I am getting when three of the cars I have owned in my life were in the museum. My kids asked if plastic existed when I was born! the little ****s. We then took a climb up the little mountain that is the exact center of New Zealand. That was pretty special. After this, it was time to head to the airport. At check in the lady at the counter told me that boarding was through gate 1. She did not find me amusing when I asked how many gates there were. those that have traveled in the regions will understand why this is actually hilarious. Small town airports are not exactly very big. But the truly amazing part of the entire story is that my flight was on time....and yes, we flew jet star! I will post some pictures in a few minutes.

Hey Intern. Who should I vote for? (Can I get a nice snapshot of New Zealand's current political situation) Anyone else is free to comment.

we are taking a quick trip to Nelson for the weekend.

i am busy with mine at the moment.

Next one in Hunua?

It's gonna be weird putting faces to all the names. I'll be parked in the parking lot with a white Toyota Highlander. Orange riding shorts and a black cube bike. Wife has a black and red giant. Because we all use weird hub usernames. Please introduce yourself by your hub name and your real name. My hub name is wayne and my real name is also wayne. It's tricky to remember so I won't hold you responsible if you get it wrong.

the more the merrier

Awesome.

unlike Both the fact that you can't make it and the wiggles. Devil things.

Hey patches. Are you coming to the bike ride on Sunday are or you washing your motorbike?

Um. Nevermind. ???? See you all on Sunday.

Weather not looking good for this weekend folks.

toyota highlander.

Time to let one of my bikes go. Hardly been used. It's on trademe but if any of you are keen I'll take it off trademe and we can do a seperate deal. https://www.trademe.co.nz/1367201936

Have a great weekend everyone. Stay chill as.

This has been a pretty full on week. Work has been insane. First few weeks at a company are never easy. Then, was accepted by Massey to study the Bsc Psych. Received the first few modules worth of content. This is definately NOT going to be a UNISA style degree. It's got me a little nervous actually. I am going to have to dig deep to make it to graduation. Real deep. I suppose that's what I wanted, a challenge.