Tag Archives: new zealand
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Wordless Wednesday ~ Sunset
3Wednesday 26 August, 2015 by Uncle Spike
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Weekly Photo Challenge: ‘Half & Half’ (III)
3Monday 20 July, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This week’s third entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge depicts one’s ‘better-‘ or ‘other half’; hence a couple are …
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Jump…and I did
10Friday 19 June, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This is a song I still play regularly in the old car. It’s the amazing Van Halen and their anthemic …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: On the way (I)
18Friday 29 May, 2015 by Uncle Spike
…to being fit! This week’s first entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge was taken in Auckland, New Zealand, and …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Enveloped (IV)
10Monday 18 May, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This week’s fourth and probably final entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge shows a gazebo (we think) that …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Forces of Nature (I)
15Friday 08 May, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This week’s first entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is the crater of Maungawhau, the 28,000 year old volcano overlooking New …
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Gallipoli: lifelong dedication
13Friday 24 April, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This is my second post about the one hundred year anniversary of the Gallipoli Campaign of World War One. Large official centennial memorial …
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Gallipoli: 100 years
10Friday 24 April, 2015 by Uncle Spike
One hundred years ago, the almost 9 month Gallipoli Campaign of World War One ended. The Allied forces withdrew from the peninsula, …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Cover Art (III)
2Sunday 26 October, 2014 by Uncle Spike
This week’s third entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is my view of the alternative cover art I could envisage for …
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REBLOG: The most epic aircraft safety video, ever!
7Sunday 26 October, 2014 by Uncle Spike
For all nerds, geeks, and Middle Earthlings everywhere… OR anyone just bored of the usual airline safety videos. Kudos to …
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REBLOG: The Gift
1Saturday 28 June, 2014 by Uncle Spike
A great read about life… The Gift.
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SPIKE WRITES: My Turn As Repeat ‘Guest Blogger’
3Sunday 16 February, 2014 by Uncle Spike
As it happens, Uncle Spike has just been a guest blogger on that interesting travel site, Hitch-Hikers Handbook. It’s my …
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Being an Arse (Assistant Rafting Support Employee)
11Saturday 30 November, 2013 by Uncle Spike
Ever heard of the Franz Josef Glacier? I certainly hadn’t, well not before I stumbled across it on my travels …
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Not Arrested After All…
9Saturday 19 October, 2013 by Uncle Spike
I really wanted to get arrested once. Seriously, I thought it would be a bit of a laugh. Ok, so …
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Me And My Two Wheeled Taxicab
7Tuesday 17 September, 2013 by Uncle Spike
Who says taxis should have 4 wheels? Mine didn’t… New Zealand; that beautiful collection of islands of the southern hemisphere, …
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