Category Archives: The Big Trip

I’m Back

Posted on 15 February, 2008 by Nathan

I’m back now which everyone should know by now… Sorry to you if you didn’t know, there must be a good reason… :-S Anyway, regular readers probably noticed my updates getting more and more infrequent.  Its been ages since my … Continue reading →

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Skydiving!

Posted on 21 December, 2007 by Nathan

Woooooooooooooo! Skydiving is awesome! I did it from 15000ft (The highest available) where you free fall for 60 seconds and in those 60 seconds travel 2 miles vertically down to earth where your new best friend pulls the parachute cord … Continue reading →

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Long Time No Blog

Posted on 21 December, 2007 by Nathan

Woah, has it really been that long since the last post? My apologies to anyone that has been faithfully checking back every five minutes… no one? Good good. Since I’ve done a fair bit in the last few weeks I’ll … Continue reading →

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Mountains and Chimneys

Posted on 24 October, 2007 by Nathan

“What a day!” Is what we were all saying Monday night. We’ve got some new buddy’s by way of Rich (cheers rich), Steffan, who’s from Machen and his mate Ben, they both work at this camp and conference centre called … Continue reading →

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Arthurs Pass

Posted on 11 October, 2007 by Nathan

Howdy folks, I’ve got something new to blog about (yay). Last Saturday we went on a road trip to a place called Arthurs Pass which is like a little village in a national park of the same name. Melissa and … Continue reading →

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I Gots A Job

Posted on 22 September, 2007 by Nathan

Yes! Is the answer to all your questions as to whether or not I’ve found a job yet, lol. You can all let out a big sigh of relief he he. They rang up about an hour ago saying they’d … Continue reading →

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Settled In

Posted on 2 September, 2007 by Nathan

Hi everyone. Its around week 4 in Christchurch and we’ve moved into a house with four students so I’ve now got my own room and my own bed after staying in hostels (and cars) for nearly 3 months its nice. … Continue reading →

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Back To The Future

Posted on 15 August, 2007 by Nathan

K, so I went from Australia – GMT+10(ish) to Rarotonga – GMT-11 then back to New Zealand – GMT+11 all because of a line someone drew on the maps. Marty and Christopher Lloyd had it tough! Our last night in … Continue reading →

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Kia Orana

Posted on 3 August, 2007 by Nathan

Thats hello in Cook islands maori which is slightly different to New Zealand maori so there. Rarotonga is like the main one of the cook islands and is where the government which only looks after a few matters before the … Continue reading →

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Reached Darwin

Posted on 19 July, 2007 by Nathan

Haloooo, its me again, well who else could it be eh?  I’m in Darwin this week which is the Northern Territories capital.  Its very nice compared to some of the towns we’ve seen on the way up, there’s some stories … Continue reading →

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