New Zealand - The Good, The Bad and The Ugly.

[davetapson]

Trying Bushman's Grill tonight which is supposed to be good.

Bushman's Grill is like Spur with better steak house ambience, and small kids play area.  If you looking for Spur experience (i.e. if you have young kids!) it's well worth a go.  

 

https://www.bushmansgrill.co.nz/

 

[Wayne Potgieter]

Just an FYI - Pohutukawa beach in Long Bay regional park is a nudist friendly beach.

 

I learnt this the hard way yesterday with my wife and kids in tow.    

[davetapson]

????????????

 

Yeah, and the sights you see are not quite what ones fantasies might mislead one with when one imagines nudist beach...

[Wayne Potgieter]

 

Yeah, and the sights you see are not quite what ones fantasies might mislead one with when one imagines nudist beach...

Net Voel. Ou man Voel.

[Craai]

Just an FYI - Pohutukawa beach in Long Bay regional park is a nudist friendly beach.

 

I learnt this the hard way yesterday with my wife and kids in tow.    

 

When you say "hard way" do you mean....

 

Scratch that... just saw your follow-up comment. Ugh

Edited April 19, 2021 by Craai

[davetapson]

Need to get an mtb for 10 yo.

 

Bit stymied with the 'but he will grow out of it' but that's part of the deal I suppose.

 

Small adult 27.5? Probably Torpedo 7?

[patches]

Need to get an mtb for 10 yo.

 

Bit stymied with the 'but he will grow out of it' but that's part of the deal I suppose.

 

Small adult 27.5? Probably Torpedo 7?

 

Whilst my last attempt at judging the size of a kids bike was horribly incorrect (ask Wayne, haha), I can concur that Torpedo 7, 99 Bikes (formerly Bike Barn) and Evo Cycles are likely your best bet for new.

 

Alternatively there are 2-3 large FB groups for buying and selling MTB's in NZ, if you want to try the previously-loved route. There may be some sweet deals up for grabs.

 

These are the 2 main groups:

 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1771529079799907

https://www.facebook.com/groups/273350502828890 

[Wayne Potgieter]

Need to get an mtb for 10 yo.

 

Bit stymied with the 'but he will grow out of it' but that's part of the deal I suppose.

 

Small adult 27.5? Probably Torpedo 7?

I ended up letting my guy (11 - but short) use a second hand 24 inch Giant XTC Junior. He is a little big for it to be honest. But for around the hood thrashing and riding to school, it's perfectly fine and I don't really care what happens to it.

 

When we hit trails, he takes my wife's Small Giant Trance 2 27.5. It's a good fit but it's a lot of bike (hence why we don't let him take it to school).

 

If you are toying with sizing, you are welcome to take the 27.5 Trance and see how he rides it. I don't mind at all if you borrow it for a weekend and go for a few rides. It will probably give you a good understanding of the fit before buying something. Sometimes it's difficult to make an assessment in a store.

[Clippies]

Hey guys. I'm fresh off the boat from Joburg & staying on the Northshore. Need to find someone to show me around some of the riding spots. MTB & road. Clippies I see you in the area. Would be keen to buy you a beer sometime if you like

Hey Kenneth, keen for a beer and Northshore makes it easy. Thursday is good for me. Will also ride this weekend, probably out at Woodhill so if you are keen you are welcome to join. Riverhead gets a bit messy after the rains and not worth it unless you like gravel roads. 

[Clippies]

Need to get an mtb for 10 yo.

 

Bit stymied with the 'but he will grow out of it' but that's part of the deal I suppose.

 

Small adult 27.5? Probably Torpedo 7?

 

Dave, the Marin hardtails at 99 Bikes are a good deal. 

[eibmoZ]

Seems we again have a few guys shore side that ride.

 

Ping me your details if interested and maybe we can get a whats app ride group going?

[patches]

Seems we again have a few guys shore side that ride.

 

Ping me your details if interested and maybe we can get a whats app ride group going?

 

Hi eibmoZ, I've pinged though my application to join this North Shore Bicycle Gang which you speak of!

[patches]

Had a tough day in the office on Friday...

 

Early morning departure from Whangaparaoa marina

 

Heading out from there to the mussel farms near the Coromandel

 

Good day fishing! Action packed! We each got our 7 for the day!

 

Luckily one of the others on the boat mentioned that Oceanz (Greville road) will fillet for you at $3.50/fish.

 

I ended up with around 2kg ($90) of snapper fillet!

 

 

[davetapson]

Had a tough day in the office on Friday...

 

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Early morning departure from Whangaparaoa marina

 

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Heading out from there to the mussel farms near the Coromandel

 

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Good day fishing! Action packed! We each got our 7 for the day!

 

Luckily one of the others on the boat mentioned that Oceanz (Greville road) will fillet for you at $3.50/fish.

 

I ended up with around 2kg ($90) of snapper fillet!

The mussel farms are legendary.  We were camping out on the Coromandel one time at Te Puru and the boaties were catching so much they came over and said 'here you go' and gave us a bunch of fillets.

 

Same time there was a Maori family who where tucking into a bucket of something so went over to have a look and came back with a basin full of pipis. 

 

TBH preferred the snapper to the pipis...

[patham]

 

 

Luckily one of the others on the boat mentioned that Oceanz (Greville road) will fillet for you at $3.50/fish.

 

I ended up with around 2kg ($90) of snapper fillet!

 

Cool. And getting someone to do the hard yards of filleting is even better. 

 

My fav snapper recipe is mix salt, pepper & dried herbs in flour, dip the fillet in egg, coat with the flour & pan fry.

 

Drop some garlic prawns in the same pan in the last few minutes - gives a little cross-pollination of flavours.

[patches]

Cool. And getting someone to do the hard yards of filleting is even better. 

 

My fav snapper recipe is mix salt, pepper & dried herbs in flour, dip the fillet in egg, coat with the flour & pan fry.

 

Drop some garlic prawns in the same pan in the last few minutes - gives a little cross-pollination of flavours.

 

As a vaalie I have no clue or business filleting a fish 

 

But yeah, definitely some nice battered fillets on the cards. Plus I recently discovered this:

 

 

So tasty on everything it graces! And as it says on the bottle "Great on Fish"