April 17th 2007 09:07

Hi everyone

Now someone sent me these pics and thought I would post them as they are just a bit different.

'Now thats a big rock'

'Crikey, better get the washing in'

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Clean Green NZ? No not really

February 19th 2007 08:36

Now there has been some talk in the press about how clean green NZ is? Well after being here 8 years, I would say the only reason we have the appearance of being clean and green is because we haven't the same amount of people living here. As if we had a more of a population then we would have the same problems as other countries.
A good example is all the building of new houses and sub divisions that are springing up all over the place.
Now generally every year the generating companies warn, there isn't enough hydro water in the lakes, so they might struggle to match demand as if we were a thrid world country?

So my point is, why are all these big new modern houses that have all the gadgets, en suites not having solar panels fitted to heat the water when they are being built?

As if you are building a house costing $300,000 plus then to be honest and extra $5-10k for a good system isn't going to break the bank is it? You would think that it would be law to have all new houses to have solar panels but then thats too obvious really isn't it.

I read somewhere about how kiwi's don't insulate their homes very well, this could be due to the cost and also more grants would be useful as I couldn't get any help for my last home but wasn't earning enough at the time to afford it. But then it seems if I was a landlord who owned a few rentals, then I could get help to take out old open fires and woodburners etc.
But as I wasn't then I couldn't get any help to take out my old fire etc.

But then we do have something great in Chch and that is the SuperShed along Pages road, can pick up some interesting things there and amazing what people throw away.

There is a new short story posted on the short story blog and you can you the link on the short story blog to link to Swept from the Sea.

Spent tonight editing the remaining 10 pages of chapter 3 of the Chronicles of Lamora, so thats the first 3 chapters all done, so won't be long before sending them off.

thought for the day 'Mistakes are the portals of discovery' - James Joyce

Hal

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New Blog Address

February 13th 2007 02:25

Hi Everyone

I have a new blog domain name, so all new blogs will be at www.kiwiauthor.com

See you there

Hal

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New style of posts

February 10th 2007 06:58

Hi everyone

This will be another short post as been thinking about future posting as it takes an awful lot of work to post daily etc, so going to post 2-3 times aweek and maybe short story once a week. Been thinking about continuing on with Swept from the Sea

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Check out short story

February 8th 2007 08:51

Hello everyone

Well have finished 9 Days in May on my other site so check that out, so need to think what else to blog about? Well we have Valentines Day coming up, which leads me to an idea for a blog about dating, as thats always an interesting subject

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Final part of Walk on the Wild Side

February 7th 2007 08:16

It said about 3 hours, so by 9pm we should be on the road, hopefully back at Arthur’s Pass by 10pm and back at the back packers where we had beds booked for the night.
So feeling slightly refreshed, we set off not realising that what the condition of the track would be like. If you look at the photo can you see the track? We couldn’t half the time either

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Walk on the Wild Side continued...

February 6th 2007 07:47

Hi All
Well I hope you have been enjoying Walk on the Wild Side, it was a great trip although very tiring, so read on for the continuing adventure.

The Hut

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A Walk on the Wild Side continued

February 5th 2007 08:51

Here is the continuing saga from a Walk on the Wild Side

We puzzled about this so a while, crossing over and carrying on for about 20 mins before we saw another group of trampers coming down stream on the other side of the river. So after shouting across it turned out we were on the wrong side, so had to back track and cross back over again

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What is a Friend?

February 4th 2007 08:05

I thought instead of thought for the day I would share this with you all. Over the years I have lived in NZ, I have been very lucly to have made some awesome friends! So I thought I would pass this on.

What is a Friend

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