Crimey, I think I was old when you were born, what's that make me?Doctor told me no scrounging for atleast a week today. Sprained MCL in left knee. Wife says I'm getting old.
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I was thinking the same thing when I read that Joe .
Hey Cowboy, my cousin is heading your way in a week or so. He's taking a long cruise around Australia and NZ., The cruise line called them and told them the air quality down there was very poor, and if they wanted to they could cancel there cruise for a 100% refund if they did it 2 weeks prior to their departure date. I think they are still going.
I hope they are not just putting gas in the carb!!!
Yea Joe + Steve, I was thinking the same thing … just didn't want to say anything!!!
New South Wales, eh? Rings a vague bell
. That'll certainly be a change for her from what things have been like in the last couple of months.
That could do it, if you felt the knee go 'inwards' towards the other knee when you landed. Don't kick anything with the inside of your foot for a while otherwise you'll know all about it.
G'day Joe, sounds good. I'd stihl go. The air quality is not flash at the moment but we are expecting good rain over most of the fire affected areas so hopefully that'll be that. There's also an awful lot of Australia that is not blanketed in smoke even now. Over in NZ they'll be getting pretty sunsets and in any case there are so many things to see and do in such a small area over there so they'll have a great time regardless.
KiwiBro
Mill 'em, nails be damned.
Smoke is nothing major here. Got some nice sunsets down South around NYE and up here in the North about a week later but not much since. More chance of sunburn than smoke complications. Never really liked the cruises around NZ as they don't really give the best impression of NZ. They are far too touristy for my liking. Camper van, a month, and hanging with locals at every opportunity is the best option. But i guess that can be said of every country. Just gotta feel safe the locals aren't gonna have you (over) for dinner. Apparently, white people taste like pork when boiled up.
Hey Cowboy: My old boss's son got done in California and now is in Australia flying the big planes that drop fire retardant. In such a big area how do they decide where to dump their loads? There would be so many critical areas.
MechanicMatt
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Looking good.
I'm starting on a new site Friday. So I'll be going from one to the other. Should be set for a long time.
KiwiBro
Mill 'em, nails be damned.
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Decided to try out my yard sale axe since I'm not supposed to be doing much. 
Going to do some research on how to sharpen an axe. Didn't do bad but won't split with the fiskars.
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Yes, I agree they are an awesome band, but had a giggle, cause I’m half Kiwi myself, on the wrong side of the world, North of 50 in a frozen hell atm, and my dad chose Canada over shorts and gum boots ....
Keep on ..... Runnin’ Load’s !!
We went on a Caribbean cruise with my cousin and wife the year I retired. I enjoyed it, but was not thrilled by it. The whole cruise was set up around selling jewelry to the ladies. Contests every day on board. Jewelry stores on every island linked to the cruise lines. Then the casino's. I'm not into jewelry or gambling. The following year we went on a cruise to Panama. We started doing things on shore on our own instead of the excursions offered by the lines. I figured out that when the cruise line plans an excursion, they drive you through the best parts of the towns. The second cruise we hired local tour buss's and they got you to the end point much faster by going the fastest route, through the poor parts of town. The abject poverty a mile away from the tourist traps is unbelievable. Ferrell dogs every where, drunks asleep on the side walk. Getting trash off the islands is very expensive, so even the nicest villa's had refrigerators, cars, TV's just pushed over the hill in the back yard.
I have 2 friends in NZ, and I'd love to go there to hunt Red Deer, maybe someday?
KiwiBro
Mill 'em, nails be damned.
Yeah, have never seen the attraction of such alternate reality tourist spots. Works for some people I s'pose but getting away from those places, and soaking up the real culture from real people that are the backbone of the countries being visited seems far more appealing. Hopefully the stars will align and enough both time and money materialise simultaneously to spend both visiting other countries before age kicks that in the teeth.
When I was young I'd go for endless Summers (surfing) or endless Winters (snowboarding) that took us to some cool places. I very much liked inland BC before it got crazy. there's no way I'm going back to those places when retiring though - they are better in the now alternate reality of my memory, I suspect.
Had a mate years ago that ran hunting/fishing tours in the South Island. He did well but I think he sold the bidness and left NZ. There's plenty of game around but time and money are generally the roadblocks.
Wouldn't mind a prospecting camper trip if not too old by then and can convince the financial controller to come along. Spend a few months researching the best (adventure but safe) country or countries, fly in, grab a camper and some gear, disappear into the wilderness and see what we can find. Even the Aussie outback hunting opal for a few weeks, etc. Just get the F out of the cities.
Hunting opals could be high on my bucket list. But, I know my financial controller would not go for it.
Thinking of hunting Opals, I saw a special on TV a while back. It was out in the West US. You paid so much for a buck and you could fill it up in a mine. Then they had a sluice box set up and you would pan your bucket and got to keep any gem stones you found. The bucket of minings was pretty cheap, and they showed almost every one finding nice gems. Where they made their money was polishing the gems and setting them in rings and such. I wouldn't take a vacation to go there, but if I was within a few hours drive, I'd give it a go. It looked like it would be fun for kids, thinking they were finding treasure. My wife and kids want to go to Norway since that's where my mother was from. I'd like to do that too.
MechanicMatt
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