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gecko

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live in the NZ rainforest (and a little glass cage in the visitor centre)

you’ve been framed

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trundler park

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trundler – the new name for trollies ?

in the land of the upsway down, it’s always christmas

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christmas puds in April ?  it’s all upsway down

huntley and palmers

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one for all your people back in Reading.

larger than life

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air new zealand safety information

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some great pictures here.  i love how safety cards make the horrendous quite natural and mundane through cartoons.

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you can even continue breastfeeding if you are in the posh seats

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those in the posh seats (to the right) also get to look slightly fed up with the whole thing

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more breastfeeding

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this lady is looking slightly more in trouble.  we can see that in her eyes.  and her hands.  i think she’s saying “don’t you know there’s an emergency on, please stop sketching”.  or perhaps she’s been caught red handed sculpting a new head for her daughter out of white clay

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this chap is eating an apple.

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and this final chap is playing peek-a-boo through his armbands.

gates

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closed due to the flu ..

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telecumbers

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extend to taste

english recipe beans

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our mate

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standard is slow

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sissor cut (and various trims and cuts)

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spooky church roof

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waitakere ranges regional park

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it was cloudy when we arrived in auckland on sunday and it was even more cloudy yesterday

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so, what better thing to do in the rain than visit your local rainforest

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it’s quite an amazing sight.  not that we could see much of it

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over the precipice all we could see was more clouds

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but as we stood there, almost like a miracle of healing of our vision, the clouds softened

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and for a few moments we could see more of the rainforest as it rolls down the mountain in to the sea

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we’ll definitely be going back here as it’s quite amazing

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and, like new zealand itself, you can read all about it in guide books (or in this case the visitors centre), but it’s only when you throw yourself in to it in person that you get a feel for what it’s really like

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and we’re impressed !

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shame about the rain though !


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oh bouy

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joined at the hair

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scary beasts

poor fish (literally)

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towers

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