Category Archives: Nostalgia 1970s and 80s

Leaving the West Coast – Up the River

Posted on November 28, 2017 by Ross

This blog has been stuck up a creek down the Coast for a few weeks now. It’s time to get us out of there. We’d had a great week exploring and enjoying the West Coast, and were on our way … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily log, Nostalgia 1970s and 80s | Tagged Haast, Haast River, Mt Hooker, Paringa Valley, Pleasant Flat, Tunnel Creek, West Coast | 6 Comments

Old Haunts Become New Hangouts – Dunedin’s Exchange

Posted on October 11, 2017 by Ross

These days I catch my bus home from work outside what I still think of as the old Chief Post Office. It’s a long long time since it was a post office. But it was. Now that I remember, one … Continue reading →

Posted in Nostalgia 1970s and 80s | Tagged Dunedin, National Insurance Building, Princes Street, Southern Cross Hotel, Valuation Department | 5 Comments

The Big Red Part 4 – Leaving Tom Price

Posted on October 9, 2017 by Ross

Once upon a time, in the faraway part of a land nearby, I spent six months working as a TA (Trades Assistant) with a fine and very diverse bunch of fitters near a town called Tom Price in the North … Continue reading →

Posted in Nostalgia 1970s and 80s | Tagged Australia, Julia, Kingswood, North West, Tom Price | 2 Comments

Ko Whanaupaki Tōku Māunga – Flagstaff is my Mountain

Posted on September 24, 2017 by Ross

For Māori, whakapapa (genealogy) is not just about the family tree. It is about a wider context, including linking us to our land and waterways. I think it is something we can all take something from as we lose touch more … Continue reading →

Posted in Nostalgia 1970s and 80s, Tramping and Climbing in 1970s | Tagged Flagstaff, Otago Tramping & Mountaineering Club, OTMC, Silver Peaks, Silverpeaks, whakapapa | 6 Comments

Voting for a Great Leap Backwards

Posted on September 20, 2017 by Ross

I used to like elections; well loved them really. Although I’m thinking more of the local government ones which most people find extremely uninteresting. But not me. I enjoyed them, especially being a candidate for something. Elections for the community … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily log, Nostalgia 1970s and 80s, Soapbox | Tagged City Council, Community Board, Dunedin | Comments Off

Photo of the Day #26 – The Big Red – My Part

Posted on September 30, 2013 by Ross

This is the last part of my 1970s nostalgia saga of dust and diesel. I’d flown north from Perth to Tom Price and been impressed by how long it took the jet to get there. It was a long way … Continue reading →

Posted in Nostalgia 1970s and 80s, Photo of the Day | Tagged Australia, Mt Tom Price | 1 Comment

Photo of the Day #25 – The Big Red Part 2

Posted on September 29, 2013 by Ross

I’ve always liked this photo. For me it somehow captures the time and place. Mid 1970s. Out back up north in West Australia. Specifically the Theiss Bros maintenance yard at Mt Tom Price, adjacent to the open-cast iron ore mine. … Continue reading →

Posted in Nostalgia 1970s and 80s, Photo of the Day, Photography | Tagged Australia, cameras, Mt Tom Price | 1 Comment

Photo of the Day #24 – Down Memory Lane – The Big Red Out Back

Posted on September 28, 2013 by Ross

In the mid-1970s I lived and worked for 6 months in the middle of not much in the north of West Australia. Mt Tom Price is the name of a hill, and the town nearby. Mt Tom Price is composed … Continue reading →