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Any engineers / Project Managers in Australia looking for a job? Or know of anyone there (Victoria mainly or Sydney willing to travel)? PLEASE let me know!!!

The start amounts of your 2nd property is a bit unclear to how you get that value. I guess this is more made up to leveraging off your 1st property to be able to buy your 2nd one and nothing to do with what % of income you are actually putting on on the bond of the 1st one, life expenses etc. We are sitting with the decision currently if we should be saving for the 2nd property or put as much into the current bond as we can. Our pay back are scheduled around the 15-17years mark now, but we can either reduce that or use the money to save (invest in additional shares to us as a 2nd deposit say in 5 years).

We did an overnight bike trip a couple of months back, easy gravel trails, only 87km... I was shocked to see so many roadie looking guys on e-bikes all the way. We were 2 of maybe 5 or 6 people on pedal bikes. Crazy I think. I can't imagine riding one myself yet, maybe when I'm old, fat or lazy one day.

I'm in group 2. But not sure I want to get it now.

Sad to think (for us) that that's not even 10% of the value of our house we bought here where we will basically be arms length away from our neighbors (at least we have a bit of a coastal view). Crazy.

We are testing out the medical service in NZ again. We went riding at Totara park again yesterday, a relaxing family cycle. Layla was with me on the MTB, her dad riding in front of us. We were going slow and still on the very gentle trails at the start. I came around the bend and there Thomas was lying on the ground, helmet off his head back to us. I put Layla down at my bike and went to look at what happend. He was lying unconscious. Blood everywhere. I started yelling for help, I didn't have my phone and at least the park was very busy. People came to help quickly, felt like the ambulance took for ever. He had to be carried quite far. Currently in hospital, a few broken vertebrae, very very bad deep cuts to his face, nose halfway teared off. Crazy! Crazy! That all this damage could happen on a normal piece of trail that had no bumps, not even a big slope. An area our 2 year old will ride with her own bike. We are in Middlemore hospital and I can't fault the service received here again. The only rediculous thing is the COVID restrictions. Layla can't come with. Now that he is in a ward I'm not really allowed in here either, only visitors for companionate reasons are really allowed (so when the patient is dying). Eish, don't know what the recovery will look like yet. They are finishing up plastic surgery on his face now which was done under full anesthesia. What a tough few weeks for our little family. Can only go better now.

I was in Napier area over Christmas/New years.... Don't do that too your kids! Rather choose Tauranga if you have to. Property there is a hit or miss at the moment thought, had different friends bought down there there last few months, some got a deal, others not at all I'd say.

Yip, when I was 4 months pregnant. We did it 'in reverse', so started closest to Taupos side. Enjoy, it's great.

Where's the rain? It's scary how dry it has been, definitely not the same place than a few years ago. I went up north this past weekend, the cows and sheep had no green grass to eat, done areas were actually barely any grass.

How tall are they? What is the weight of those 16" Munn bikes? I'm thinking of skipping 14" for my little one too, she's only 2.5 now but going comfortably on her balance bike and she's quite tall for her age.

I think yours will be much faster due to there not being Covid working restrictions anymore.

He got the invitation yesterday to his ceremony, it's on the 23rd of Feb.

So cool! Going to gift one for Layla on our 1st trip there soon. She can scratch the trails when we completed it. One day (soon) she will be able to go ride them alone. I say "soon" because last week as she was sitting in front of my MTB on our way home from school she said (in her broken sentences) "mamma, pappa, Layla winkel fiets koop" , so I asked for who is the bike, she said for herself. I replied by saying she has a bike, her reply "gros fiets, trap trap briek stop". Gros = big (in French) This holiday I thought her about the brakes on the bicycle and gave her opportunities to use it while upfront on the MTB. She loves the idea of having a big bike, so every time we have been going to a cycle shop (in the last year) she always goes to the bike with the pedals and brakes. She's not ready yet for pedalling I don't think.

Thomas sent his stuff in June. Got his 1st email reply today.

It is quite sad to say that all but 1 does not have suspension, so I will be okay to hang them. Then again, 'soon' there might be a little bike to add to the shed and at this current rate it will have suspension

In the new house we will only have a single garage, going down from a double now. We are already thinking of how we will store everything (mainly bikes x 4, windsurf x 3, bike trailer etc.). What are you guys doing now? We need all bikes to be accessible on a daily basis (because we use different ones during the week) and it needs to be weather proof (=dry). One car will still go into the garage too, so it seems bikes will have to get a shed. I have found these options for some inspiration but keen to know what you guys are doing? Maybe some smart way of getting it all into the garage...

Thursday is better for me too. Back to work only today after a week at Jury service!

If you have kids that like MTBing... I highly recommend you to buy this... Or just buy it for yourself https://kidsrideshotgun.co.nz/products/shred-til-bed

Went to ride at Totara park yesterday, it was pretty nice! We'd be going back definitely. Layla loved it

Not following the right threads

I'm getting to ride my MTB again Need to be even more fit though..

Where the beer is cheap Look at the specials for the joylab places (I think there is one or 2 places under them there), they typically have nice specials on week day evenings ... [i'm currently all about saving of course ]

Trek Checkpoint, bought in NZ. Edit: why I bought it: Not a carbon frame (carbon fork though) 2x... Gearset Disk brakes Many many options on frame already to mount things. (For bike packing)

I'm in. I use the ferry home so anywhere on the viaduct/waterfront/wynyard is good for me. I work @ 104 Fanshawe.

She's a very big/tall 2y4m old. Wearing 4y old clothes!