The Boy on The Plane

A pic of the lad on the plane yesterday?

Na not really, but it is cool that both of the chaps have been on a silver bird before the age of 6 months. And they love it!

Who Said the Shield Was Dead?

Parades are back.

Parties.

Props sleeping with it.

It even crossed cook Strait for a funeral...has the Log O Wood ever attended a funeral before?

Note to NZRU: DO NOT TINKER WITH THE RANFURLY SHIELD

Robbie Williams: High as a Kite

Can I have some of his drugs??? (<--Click)

Two Big Games This Weekend

Go the Warriors vs the Roosters....

....and Go Wellington for the Ranfurly Shield for the first time in 156 years!
Random Old Wellington Shield game v Hawkes Bay from TVNZ archive, check out the crowd invasion at the end!

Its All On

November 8 is election day. On Southern Amp Eve.

Garbage down the toilet

Ok you all know I'm a bit of a music freak...well one of my favourate acts in the 1990's was "supergroup" Garbage featuring fiesty Scottish lass Shirley Manson. It's been a while since Garbage has an album, so long in fact that she has had to resort to a cameo role in TV series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, ...

....as a urinal. Now thats just tragic. See for yourself...

Science or Doomsday?

Some say this 27km wide chamber in Europe will create a mini black hole. Others say it is just an experiment.

I guess time will tell one way or the other...in the next couple of weeks at CERN!



Stuff.co.nz cartoon today has a nice take on this

Apparently Wednesday September 10th is "Big Bang Day". They had to pick a "Hump Day" didn't they?

Haha

The Razors Edge loves a good Odd Spot story, and this one is a right royal cock-up by the Wellington bureaucrats.

From the NZ Herald

Dads Day

My boys rock. These fine young men just bought their Dad a ticket to Southern Amp. How cool is that?!

It is an honour to be their Dad

Neil Young to Headline Big Day Out!!!

Fantastic Choice....his recent track Lets Impeach The President to whet the appetite...



And a wee interview...Hippies of the world unite

Its Spring!

Welcome to spring...and true to form its 21 degrees here.
In todays news roundup, a little story about springing in the wrong direction...

I am a little bit confused as to why the police would need to analyse the trampoline though, with thousand witnesses I would have thought it was rather obvious!

On goes the snow

As the latest storm system dumps down on top of the already record winter, I see from Stuff.co.nz that Angelus Hut in Nelson Lakes National Park, a favourate of mine, is buried!

Astounding.

Boobs on Bikes Parade in Auckland

Pic from yesterdays parade in Auckland. No wonder the Council went to court to get the thing banned!

My eyes....they huuuurt!!!!!!!

Never Seen the Port Hills so plastered.

Well, the predictions were right

For the 5th time this winter we have snow to sea level. I love it!

There could even be another one this weekend....

What a Winter!

Courtesy of Graeme Kates at Softrock.co.nz I see there is an incredible snow event continuing in the Alps. Lovely day here in ChCh, although we have had snow settle 4 times this winter , including a blizzard last Saturday morning- and theres the hint of a 5th dump early next week in town


But from what I understand its the first time in nearly 2 decades since avalanches crossed the Arthurs Pass highway, and as is on Graemes site above is photographic evidence of this now occuring...a Class 2 slab avalance crossing the highway. There is no road capable of getting anyone to or from the West Coast at present. Frightning thought is that there is a few more days of snow to come up there. Gulp!


Stay out of the backcountry folks.


On another note, Rest In Peace Gottlieb Braun-Elwart. He challenged us, he opened new opportunities, and most importantly he lived his life doing the things he was passionate about. A true champion of the High Country- today is a very sad day, as well described by the PM.

Why I didn't make it to the Olympics

Thanks Rob :)


I'll enter the Javelin Catching Event thanks

Funniest thing I have seen in ages

I saw this on ALT TV last night and laughed so hard there were almost tears.

Enjoy!

A few random Mountain Man pics

From all over the traps really, great times and some of you AUTC trainspotters may spot familiar faces ...you can click on the pics for big fat blowups :-)

Global Cooling

As the "Global Warming" debate rolls on, NZ continues to rock through a particulalry snowy winter. So snowy in fact that an avalanche warning has been issued for the Tararua Mountains near Wellington for the first time in 80 years! Full story on Stuff...click here