Author Archives: Ross

Once More Around

Posted on August 14, 2012 by Ross

Back in May, while things were still not at full-tilt with the kiwifruit, we took any opportunity to get out and enjoy the days. Around Mount Maunganui remained a favourite. It is a nice round trip with a variety of … Continue reading →

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Biking the Karangahake Gorge

Posted on August 13, 2012 by Ross

The main road from Tauranga to Auckland  heads north west around Tauranga Harbour before heading inland at Waihi. The Karangahake Gorge provides a stunning low-level gap between the Kaimai Range to the south west and the Coromandel Ranges to the … Continue reading →

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Walk Around the Mount

Posted on August 12, 2012 by Ross

With fine days we tried to get out and enjoy the last of the summer. This was the summer that was late and carried on into autumn. Worse things happen! A favoured walk was the one around the Mount, aka … Continue reading →

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Meanwhile Back At Autumn

Posted on August 12, 2012 by Ross

Back in April, after Easter, work at the kiwifruit packhouse was start/stop. We expected that after last year, but it still made getting into any routine for night shift difficult. We’d just start t get a bit of a pattern … Continue reading →

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South into Spring

Posted on August 1, 2012 by Ross

Oh crikey! I’ve done it again – got up to date and then relaxed and let things get out of date. Bad, bad blogger! We’ve been busy doing not much – exploring around Hamilton and the Coromandel and hanging out … Continue reading →

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What Happened to June?

Posted on July 3, 2012 by Ross

Oh heck, now June has come and gone. And we’re on the move again – sort of. We’re alive and well at Simpsons Beach just north of Whitianga on the Coromandel Peninsula. Today we’re rocking and rolling in the wind … Continue reading →

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Awesome Autumn

Posted on May 31, 2012 by Ross

Woops, done it again! There I was all up to date and then I goes and rests on my laurels. Nevertheless, we’re alive and well and still working at the kiwifruit packhouse. We’re into the busy end of the main … Continue reading →

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Blogging With Pictures

Posted on April 13, 2012 by Ross

Once, long ago this was a blog of words. Then, inspired by my sisters, it became a blog of words with pictures. Somewhere the pictures faded from sight and for some time it’s been a wordy blog. And not even … Continue reading →

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Not Working at the Packhouse (Quilts and Maketu)

Posted on April 10, 2012 by Ross

Monday 2nd April was the start of a period of no-work. We’d just started to get into the swing of things when it all came to a stop. The start of the kiwifruit season is always start-stop and this year … Continue reading →

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Working in the Packhouse (and Little Waihi and Maketu)

Posted on April 10, 2012 by Ross

Our gallivanting around came to an end on Tuesday 27 March when we had to start work. Night shift started at 6pm. No avoiding it. We hoped that maybe the first night might finish early to ease us in, but … Continue reading →

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Forth to the Firth of Thames

Posted on April 9, 2012 by Ross

Friday 23 March we finally left Ambury Park, bound south and east. We stopped off at Traillite at Pukekohe for a couple of quick fixes before following our familiar path over the Bombay Hills and then east on SH2. We … Continue reading →

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Getting Wet at Auckland’s Beaches (Mahurangi, Wenderholm, Long Bay)

Posted on April 9, 2012 by Ross

We guessed we had another week “on the run” before work would start. So we headed north on Saturday 17 March to visit some of the Auckland Regional Parks on the coast. There are a couple of dozen of these … Continue reading →

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Back to Auckland (Clarks Beach and Port Waikato)

Posted on April 7, 2012 by Ross

Sunday 11 March was my Dad’s 103rd birthday. He died more than 30 years ago but that’s not the point. He was always declaring some day or other Aunt Mabel’s birthday before conceding that she’d been dead for some time. … Continue reading →

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Bay of Plenty Beaches

Posted on April 6, 2012 by Ross

Wyn finished her training at the packhouse on Thursday 8 March and we headed off to the beach. We left the car behind and took just Suzi motorhome. Where the road first reaches the coast east of Te Puke there … Continue reading →

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Auckland Art And Ambury

Posted on April 5, 2012 by Ross

Friday 2nd March we took the car and went to explore Onehunga. There is an interesting art gallery there, the TSB Wallace Arts Centre in the lovely old Pah Homestead. The setting is great and the art is very interesting. … Continue reading →

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