We hadn’t really watched earlier seasons of TV3’s “The Block NZ” but when Josh was captivated by Australia’s “House Rules” I suggested he watch The Block NZ — as they say the rest is history. When the time came for … Continue reading
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On the last day of 2017 I took the boys to the beach at Mission Bay and found this on the sand a little above the high tide mark. Nearly missed it at first but really glad I didn’t. When … Continue reading
The block started a couple of weeks ago and I have been itching to drive past and see how it has progressed. Now the 11th of October 2015 the houses are really starting to look like something from the outside. … Continue reading
We went to the kids arts festival at Corbans estate in Henderson on the 16th of May 1015 and had a great day. There was lots of things to do and once you got into it lots of activities to … Continue reading
Being somewhat block-a-holics and having heard that The Block 2015 was to be in Sandringham Josh and I felt we just had to have a look see. So far as I can tell we have the right place at the … Continue reading
We have been waiting a very long time but finally EMUs, Electric Multiple Unit, have been running on the Western Line in Auckland. We noticed them testing late last year at night and then just before Christmas they were testing … Continue reading
Today my train was cancelled because vandals had put graffiti on it. Along with approximately 500 other passengers my train to Waitakere I was pretty annoyed. As the trains go from Britomart to Newmarket they stop on a bend just … Continue reading
This Thursday, the 19th of February 2015, saw the passing of my father in law and Josh’s grandfather Russell. He was 82. Josh and Russell always got on and we will all miss him. At heart Russell was a family … Continue reading
Spotted recently above the Victoria Park Market renovations to the old car park building: … Continue reading
Not sure if it’s official but the Auckland Transport electric trains are currently testing on the western line as you can see in the above photo. From reports it sounds like they may have started test from around September we … Continue reading