Tag: Flooding
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Evacuation by helicopter: what a day!
While Chris goes to Australia and Jay goes home, I planned to ride from Alexandra, south of Queenstown, to Christchurch before flying back to Brisbane for Easter with Katherine, Andrew and Chris. And so, I planned to ride the Sound to Sound route, planned by the same people who planned and mapped the TA which…
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A visit to Hobbiton, and more rain
We ended yesterday with a really nice meal in Matamata, at a small Mediterranean restaurant. As is typical for us, we had a couple appetizers and one main course. As appetizers, Chris had grilled mussels, which neither of us had had (really good) and I had pan seared Haloumi over a tasty mix of chickpeas,…