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

[hayleyearth]

The accent thing is quite funny.

 

I always thought Kiwi accents, although similar to Aussie accents, are a lot more mild and tolerable.

 

Speaking to an Aussie, I was that they can't stand Kiwi accents, and whilst they don't love South African Accents, they are more tolerable to them, than the Kiwi accent.

 

There are just some Kiwi's I don't understand, and some of them don't understand me, like my flat mate - he asks me to repeat myself with every single sentence I say, now I have started to speak like a retard, well actually I just don't speak to him anymore - we are rarely home at the same time anyway.

 

Thank goodness the Kiwi's I hang out most with/get along best with understand me and I them.

[marko35s]

I feel so free here.

 

That line says it all really.

[bertusras]

Got this in my mail this morning:

 

 

Building Recruitment is a New Zealand recruiter in the Construction industry. Their clients have vacancies for experienced workers, so they are visiting Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town next month to recruit.

You are invited to attend one of their free 90 minute seminars to learn how to turn your dream of moving to New Zealand into a reality.

 

Registered for the 5th of September, looking forward to it!

[Delgado]

 

 

For Brits, Yanks, and a number of other countries, an Aussie tourist visa is a quick and free online application.

 

 

I'm sure that has most to do with the ease with which SA "passports" are issued and dispensed, just ask Wesley Snipes!

[patches]

A friend of mine works for LinkedIn and wrote the following article on moving to new places.

I thought it was worth a read.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/dont-sabotage-your-move-ditch-netflix-meet-people-instead-luke-mocke?deepLinkCommentId=6172149272180518912&anchorTime=1471555059486&trk=hb_ntf_MEGAPHONE_ARTICLE_COMMENT

Edited August 21, 2016 by patches

[hayleyearth]

For the peeps looking for road races close by.... http://dynamoevents.co.nz/events/

I am signed up for The Team Championships (all 7 races) and then a couple more like the Around the Lake (Taupo) etc .......... somehow I have been roped in to race with a ladies road team and our main sponsor is a tea company http://www.teatotal.co.nz/

[hayleyearth]

[patches]

This weekend I rode 500m up the road onto a dirt track, then about 3km along onto another. All basically in the "back yard".

 

This particular trail (Worsley Track) is multi- use. So MTB, walkers, 4x4 and dirt bikes. It also runs along the edge of the new $20m Christchurch Adventure Park which they are building, so one can see signboards at the entry points for construction vehicles.

But yeah, so much fun, all in the local hood!



Top of Hunstbury Track (bottom is about 500m from home). Snow capped Southern Alps in the distance 

 

 

http://www.remotemoto.com/photos/1276/worsleys-track-69640.jpg

 

http://www.remotemoto.com/photos/1276/worsleys-track-69654.jpg

 

http://www.remotemoto.com/photos/1276/worsleys-track-69650.jpg

 

Some pics of Worsley track.

 

 

[Ramrod]

This weekend I rode 500m up the road onto a dirt track, then about 3km along onto another. All basically in the "back yard".

 

This particular trail (Worsley Track) is multi- use. So MTB, walkers, 4x4 and dirt bikes. It also runs along the edge of the new $20m Christchurch Adventure Park which they are building, so one can see signboards at the entry points for construction vehicles.

 

But yeah, so much fun, all in the local hood!

 

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Top of Hunstbury Track (bottom is about 500m from home). Snow capped Southern Alps in the distance 

 

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http://www.remotemoto.com/photos/1276/worsleys-track-69640.jpg

 

http://www.remotemoto.com/photos/1276/worsleys-track-69654.jpg

 

http://www.remotemoto.com/photos/1276/worsleys-track-69650.jpg

 

Some pics of Worsley track.

looks awesome. think wayne and must do a boys weekend there

[patches]

[Wayne Potgieter]

looks awesome. think wayne and must do a boys weekend there

You dont have to ask me twice...

 

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[Skylark]

You see what Nz does to saffas?

They put their beers in tea cozies and engines in their Mtb's and then they want to point fingers at Jacob for corruption ai, ai??

Edited August 23, 2016 by Skylark

[patches]

You see what Nz does to saffas?

They put their beers in tea cozies and engines in their Mtb's and then they want to point fingers at Jacob for corruption ai, ai??

 

There's a fair bit of road cycling going on here in the Port Hills. Think I need to start my strava next time I go for a ride 

[hayleyearth]

You see what Nz does to saffas?

They put their beers in tea cozies and engines in their Mtb's and then they want to point fingers at Jacob for corruption ai, ai??

 

Beer is expensive man, one needs to drink it slower (but still need to keep it cold)...kinda like a matured whiskey now

[Wayne Potgieter]

Just entered the taupo cycle challenge. [emoji15]

 

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[hayleyearth]

My colleagues here in NZ........