Once again I have neglected you poor readers who are obviously teetering on the edge of your seats awaiting another exciting notshetland update. Well here it is.
Over the past week or so since I last updated the blog a few things have crossed my mind that I think deserves commenting on. The first being Mobile Phones. Or rather, the use of Mobile Phones whilst driving.
In NZ you can still legally use a mobile phone while driving. I didn’t actually realise it was still legal to do so until I read about it in the newspaper. Since then there have been big debates about it and it looks as if the NZ government are going to implement a law banning the use of mobiles by the end of the year. One of the punishments being bandied about is to confiscate the perpetrators phone and then post it back to them, along with a fine. In this day and age where people cannot leave the house or function without their mobile to hand I can see how this could be very effective. A cunning way to make people think twice about using their phone whilst driving.
Also in the past week or two have been birthdays. Lots of them. Happy birthday, Euan, Emma and Me to name a few. Unfortunately my birthday celebrations had to be a subdued affair due to me having an interview the next day. Interview?!?! I hear you say. Yes an interview. It will be a week tomorrow since the interview and they said that I should hear back from them at the start of the week…not looking great. I haven’t got my hopes up too much as the total number of applicants was 168. Even to get as far as an interview is pretty good as far as I am concerned. Still waiting to hear back from a few more applications, so please everybody, cross your fingers, legs, ears or anything else you can cross.
On Saturday we took a hurl up to Waihi to show Aidan the gold mine.
After that we went down to the park to have some lunch and let Aidan feed the ducks and little birdies.
Once we had finished scoffing, we headed towards Waihi Train Station, bought a return ticket to Waikino and hopped on the train to trundle along the Goldfields Railway.
We sat in the Open carriage EA3868 built in 1911 and admired the scenery as we were dragged along by the diesel-powered engine.
The trip takes about 30mins each way with a turnaround of about 15mins in Waikino.
Saw some kind of hawk gliding overhead but, as usual, had the wrong lens on the camera. All in all I think a good day was had by all.
(Pictures: A happy Aidan trundling along the track)
On Sunday we went up to McLaren Falls to trek along a short bushwalk to see a waterfall.
We drove along and saw some kind of Cockatiel/Parrot/Budgie type things flying around which I couldn’t get a picture of due to me driving at the time. After that we went down to the waterfront so Aidan could feed some more ducks and things.
After all that we headed to Carol and Grahams where we had been invited for grub. Grub was good, beer was good and then it was home to get Aidan chucked into the bath before school the next day.
In other news, I have now uploaded the monthly 2006 photos to twabble.blogspot.com and have uploaded a few aircraft submissions to the CRCShetland website.
3 comments:
I hope you realise you'll have to re-do all the touristy things with us when we're there in January!! The gold mine and train ride look awesome :-)
Everything crossed for those job applications. Ask for 6 figures. The more you ask for, the more they'll think you're worth ;-)
Sorry no been in touch fur a wee whiley, been absolutely flat oooot!! Excellent photos. Guid luck we aa interviews/job applications bro. Say Hi ta wee man fae wis. Spik shun, tak care :)
was that a 9 day blog?
might be quicker sending us the update we royal mail........
hoop du hid a fine birthday........
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