[Dazza]

Hiya gang

Sorry not been posting, but what a whirlwind of a few months we have had, plus only just got our own broadband setup up. Well a quick little update is in order I think.
We are living in Kaiapoi just 20mins north of Christchurch, we have bought our own house. Wendy started work 3 weeks ago and is enjoying it, I played the house hubby bit and loved it, all good things must come to a end, I start work tomorrow :wah We have found a brilliant kindy for Luke who loves it which was a big worry for us.

We have made some great friends here, some of the forum ie. Moorf, Tara, Andy & Jo, KC&S plus others I cant remember all the names, we have made some nice Kiwi friends.

We are all well and very...very Happy here and absolutely wouldn't return to the UK.

Must dash Tara & Danny have just arrived, we are off doing a little off roading down to the local river.

Hope everyone is well.

Daz, Wendy and Luke.

[Smiler]

Hi Dazza, Wendy & Luke

Glad to hear you are finally up and running on BB. Well done on the house purchase. Any pics? It sounds great from Wendys description at the meet.

It's great to hear you are settling in so well. Good luck with tomorrow too. :nice1:nice1

Deborah x

[Marie P]

Great to hear from you at last, glad you are settling in .

Take care love from Marie and Co x

[Diny]

Good to hear from you. Sounds like all is well. Keep us posted.

Diny

[tonyb]

Hi Dazza

Glad to hear you have settled well.
We too are looking to settle in Kaiapoi or Rangiora when we come over in September.
I wont ask how much you paid for your house but are the prices what you thought they would be?? and is the quality of houses what you imagined they would be.?
And my last question (honestly !!) Do you know how long it would take to drive from Kaiapoi to Cashmere outside of the rush hour.
I know you must be busy, so sorry for all the qustions

Thanks in advance

Tony

[Kim39]

Great to hear from you Dazza, and good to hear you are settling in nicely. Been having a bit of lunch with Kat & Rob today in Tirau as they are en-route to Christchurch. So they should be with you over the next few days.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v721/Brierley1964/katandrob003.jpg
Friendly faces for you. left to right...Kim, Elaine, Paul(cardy), Bev,Kat and Rob.

Kim

[katandbob]

hi guys just popped into an internet cafe, kids were biting at the bit to talk to us.
we will be in Chch on Monday, after a quick pop into Dinys and Smilers on the way

see you soon....Kat and Rob

ps did you like the english pub we found! ha ha

it was great to catch up with Kim and Cardy etc.....will post one of the kids when I can get on the bb again

bye for now

Kat

[Tara Sage]

Guess who got stuck when they were off roading :D

Didn't you boys!!!

:laugh :laugh :laugh

Hope work went well today, catch up soon

[Moorf]

Tara ... PLEEEEZE tell me you had a camera.... (hope the motors are okay! :uhoh )

[Tara Sage]

Unfortunately Wendy and I had staid home for a girlie afternoon and some wine :p

I would of loved to of seen it, The truck was very muddy and Dazza didn't look much cleaner either! :laugh

As luke would say Uh Oh

Both the motors and Men/boys are all fine

[Dazza]

Guess who got stuck when they were off roading :D

Didn't you boys!!!


Hope work went well today, catch up soon

Cheers Tara ;)

Excuse 1.
Technically it wasn't my fault we got stuck, if the 2ft deep rutted quagmire wasn't there we wouldn't have got stuck :exit

Excuse 2.
We got stuck on purpose to test out our vehicle recovery skills, we passed that with full marks. Me panicking "Oh my god Wendy is going to kill me" and Danny running off to find someone to help pull us out. (Thanks to the kind chap who yanked us out)

Helen there were pictures taken, but not by me. The helpful chaps mate took some :o

[zardell]

Hi.

Soo nice to hear from you....glad you are settling in well and are loving it.

Hope you are both happy in your jobs and that Luke is settled in his kindy.

Take care,

Julie

xx

[Dazza]

Hi Dazza

And my last question (honestly !!) Do you know how long it would take to drive from Kaiapoi to Cashmere outside of the rush hour.
I know you must be busy, so sorry for all the qustions

Thanks in advance

Tony

Hi Tony

Sorry didn't reply sooner, one of our friends travels from Kaiapoi to cashmere, I asked her last night. It all depends on what time you travel, it would take you around 30 - Min's peak time. Rangoira would be another 10min's on top.

[marcia]

Hi Guys great to hear you are all settling well!!

Now get some piccies posted!!!

[willsken]

Haven't done it that much, but really enjoyed off roading - is it popular over in NZ?

[Moorf]

Helen there were pictures taken, but not by me. The helpful chaps mate took some :o



I'll pay ..... :D

[Moorf]

Haven't done it that much, but really enjoyed off roading - is it popular over in NZ?


Can't speak for areas other than Canterbury but here it's very popular. Many people take their cars down to one of the braided rivers and drive up or down it either hunting or just having a laugh in their 4x4's. There's also the fact that if you want to get out into the isolated spots and to many of the smaller lakes or further into the foothills you do need to get off the main roads and onto the gravel tracks, which is kind of "off road" in that whilst it looks relatively driveable it can be distinctly "off road" at points. We're not talking muddy hillclimbs or swamps just testing roads that do have fords and can be boneshakingly corrugated (is that the word?!).

You'll soon realise why many have 4x4 capabilities as it gives you access to areas otherwise out of bounds. Plus it's a good laugh.... :D

[Diny]

Off roading is very popular up here too. In fact, my father in law is the founding member of the Manawatu 4WD club - we have a pile of old cine films (been put onto video) taken over the last 30 years or so of when they all went off on their weekend offroad jaunts.

It's excellent fun!! Also beach driving is pretty good too. If any of you have the opportunity to give it a go my advice is DO IT !!!!!

Diny