I did a trip up to Waihi beach over the “long weekend”, leaving Wed. My car blew a head gasket just north of Taihape, and we ended up getting a rental and towing my trailer the rest of the way, which meant we arrived early the next day. I did two trips up the coast, and the third day was spent playing in the surf.
Now I need to work out the most cost effective way to get my car back home, and sell it.
Here’s the GPS tracks and a few photos from the trip.
That’s the more extreme end of the spectrum, we were paddling in much calmer conditions. Mostly just noseying around the rocks. And yes, we were surfing in sea kayaks, it’s a slightly different game to board surfing as we’re catching waves much further out than the other surfers, and ideally peeling off before they actually curl over and break. We had a competition, which I actually came third in.
I think that’s the inside of my pocket, I didn’t notice that photo was in there.
In our two bathrooms we have a switch panel with 4 switches: one for a light, 2 for heat lamps, and 1 for a fan extractor. As we tend to forget the fan extractor I want to make this smart. Something like this...
I’ve considered going the other way with our bathroom, and just having one switch for everything, as we almost always use the fan and lights all at once. Have you considered just having two switches, one for heat lamps and one for fan and light?
A smart switch just sounds like something to go wrong to me.
Among the list of organisations that have been invited to apply are organisations associated with projects that would destroy a pristine mountaintop and rip up the seafloor....
I have a lot of respect for Forest and Bird, but using highly emotional language like “destroy a pristine mountaintop and rip up the seafloor” and describing this as a “war on nature” make it much more difficult to take them seriously.
One of the things I really dislike about NZ politics is the amount of hyperbole and over the top language used, from both sides of the aisle, and I very quickly lose interest in what someone has to say if they talk like that.
If what you’re saying is true, the truth of the matter is bad enough without them needing to exaggerate.
I originally started training to be an electrician, before being offered an apprenticeship as an alarm technician. It’s a unit standard based qualification, so a lot of it crosses over.
This would be amazing for anyone heading out to the bays or Wellington Airport, no intersections or lights to worry about, and it would make life so much easier for the CBD as well, not having so much through traffic in the CBD.
The whole point of my reply was pointing out why public transport isn’t an option for me, and why, no matter how good it gets, we will need to upgrade our road infrastructure eventually.
Given what a mess Wellington traffic is, especially getting in and out of the city, I don’t think many people are driving at the moment when public transport is an option.
I honestly think most of the people who could use PT are already on it, at least in and out of the city.
There’s something else to consider, and that is all the people you lure off the road and onto public transport are not only now costing you money, but you also lose the revenue from them driving their vehicle, not only the RUCs or fuel excise, but the GST on all the running costs.
Poll: Labour could return to power if election held today (www.1news.co.nz)
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Aotearoa Weekly Kōrero 29/4/2024
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How to make bathroom switches smart? They currently have 4 manual switches.
In our two bathrooms we have a switch panel with 4 switches: one for a light, 2 for heat lamps, and 1 for a fan extractor. As we tend to forget the fan extractor I want to make this smart. Something like this...
Government forced to release its ‘top secret’ fast-track list (www.forestandbird.org.nz)
Among the list of organisations that have been invited to apply are organisations associated with projects that would destroy a pristine mountaintop and rip up the seafloor....
Residents of Auckland's City Gardens Apartments ordered to evacuate over fire safety (www.rnz.co.nz)
I work with fire alarm systems for a living, so it’s fascinating to see a building get so bad it is shut down entirely by the fire brigade....
Government investigates 4km tunnel under Wellington (www.rnz.co.nz)
This would be amazing for anyone heading out to the bays or Wellington Airport, no intersections or lights to worry about, and it would make life so much easier for the CBD as well, not having so much through traffic in the CBD.
Aotearoa Weekly Kōrero 11/4/2024
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NZ Government announces ban on walking - April fools joke on Auckland transport forum (www.greaterauckland.org.nz)
Highly recommend reading this April fools post and the many comments of people who thought it was real.
2028 total solar eclipse in New Zealand likely big tourism drawcard, astronomer says (www.rnz.co.nz)
I’d love to see this from on the water, what do you all think? I’m amazed someone bought a house especially to see it though, that’s just amazing.