Unlike the rest of the country Greymouth has had excellent weather this weekend – it really made some community events even better. One was the annual Art in the Park show at Shantytown. Shantytown itself is a bit cheesy (speaking as a qualified historian), but a nice enough place to spend an afternoon. They had [...]
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A Weekend in Greymouth
Posted by dkendon on March 4, 2012
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Arras to Paris!
I had decided to buy a breakfast at the convent for €3. It turned out that I was too early and only had the continental. Dammit! Bread, jam, cereal, hot chocolate, milk, orange juice. I headed for the train station to buy a ticket to Paris. “Parelez-vous Anglais?” “NON!” Oh. I managed to imply that [...]
Posted by dkendon on October 12, 2011
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Canukkale Day 2 – Gallipoli
I thought I’d be able to visit Troy in the morning. However the first bus leaves at 9.30, and it’s a 1 hr return trip, so to guarantee that I’d be back in time for my Gallipoli tour at 11.30 I’d have to get straight back on the bus when I arrived. So instead I [...]
Posted by dkendon on September 9, 2011
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Bridge to Nowhere, Whanganui
Being a historian the idea of going to an abandoned settlement appealed to me, so I decided to walk through the old Mangapura farming area. This was leased to returned servicemen after WW1. However most of these would-be farmers walked off the land during the 1920s, unable to make a profit clearing the thick bush [...]
Posted by dkendon on January 15, 2011
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History Tour: Tauranga
Possessed by a need to get out of Auckland I took a week-long trip to Tauranga in the holidays. Unfortunately Zadok was playing up and I could hear the CV joints as soon as I crossed the Bombay Hills. My first stop was Waihi. Here you can see the old pump house (above) and the [...]
Posted by dkendon on October 25, 2009
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