I GOT MY BIKE FIXED. PUT A NEW REAR TYRE ON IT PLUS A COUPLE OF INDICATORS. SAFETY FIRST! AS IT WAS SITTING IN MY MATES CARPORT IN CHRISTCHURCH NZ FOR QUITE A WHILE EVERYTHING WAS GLUED UP AND I NEEDED TO TURN A FEW SCREWS TO GET THE OLD LADY ROARING AGAIN. A BIT OF FRESH OIL AND SHE WAS WETTER THAN AN OTTERS POCKET!! READY TO BE TAKEN DOWN TO QUEENSTOWN.

NEW OIL FILTER

I WAS IN A BIT OF A RUSH AS I JUST GOT BACK FROM SYDNEY WHERE I PURCHASED A TOYOTA LANDCRUISER THAT WILL TAKE ME FROM AUSTRALIA TO EUROPE..

FIRST STOP LAKE TEKAPO ( TO TAKE A POO)

I GOT 99 PROBLEMS BUT THE BITCH AINT ONE… – PRE WEDDING SHOTS

KEPT RIDING.. 483 KILOMETERS FROM CHRISTCHURCH TO QUEENSTWON. ON A 1400CC SUZUKI INTRUDER ROADBIKE TRYING TO GET THERE BEFORE THE SUN GOES DOWN..

NOT ONLY TIME WAS FLYING

270 DOLLARS FOR EXCEEDING 100KM/H AND HAVING NO PLATE.. IT BLEW OFF SOMEWHERE ON THE WAY

SHANNON                           PJ                                T- ROY                              PHIL

BIRTHDAY BREKKIE – THE BOOTSHED – OH YEAH PJ LOVED IT! WE ALL DID!

CREAMY MUSHROOMS AND BEACON.. DEVINE

STRENGTHENED WITH THE BEST INTAKE WE FELT LIKE PUSHING TRAKTOR TYRES UP THE HILL

AND STRAIGHT UP ON THE ‘ON THE LUGE’

DEFINITELY THE FASTEST TEAM ON THE TRACK

HANGING AROUND QUEENSTOWN

MEETING FRIENDS FROM MY HOMETOWN.. ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE GLOBE

GETTING ‘SCHNECKES’ TATTOOED ON OUR ANKLES

SCHNECKES ENYOYING THE SUN

BIRTHDAY DINNER – JAPANESE

NEXT MORNING – SUNDAY – ACTIVITY DAY

THINKING WITH BEAUTIFUL FRESH FLOWERS IN OUR HAIR

SCHNECKES IN THE BUSH

CHISSELED BY ZEUS HIMSELF – ADONIS’S

BASKET OF DREAMS..

HANDSTANDING WHEREVER POSSIBLE

VISITING THE OLD BRIDGE ON OUR WAY TO HISTORIC ARROWTOWN

THE FERRY HOTEL

DOING THE LAUNDY ON OUR WAY TO WANAKA

FAIRWELL BREKKIE.. THE BEST BREAKFASTPLACE IN WANAKA

YEAH. WE ATE A LOT

ORGANISING A NEW NUMBERPLATE.. CABLETIES SHOULD DO

WIRING AND FIXING THING TO GET IT LEGAL FOR INSPECTION.. PAIN IN THE NECK

WHAT A MATE.. DINNER DATE WITH ‘NATURAL PEACH’ ALIAS PJ

QUEENSTOWN LAKE RESFRSHMENT.. WATER TEMPERATURE 4.5 CM

134 M JUMP

A BIT BLUSHED

FIRST SWING FOR SCHNECKE

FAIRWELL DINNER WITH THE BEST GUY IN LL OF NZ

FROM A WORK RELATIONSHIP OVER FRIENDS TO REAL SCHNECKES

I MISS YOU PJ

ON MY WAY EVEN FURTHER SOUTHON THE ROAD… DESTINATION MILFORD SOUND

SELFIES..

MILFORD SOUNDS – A MAGIC PLACE

I LOVE ASIANS – AND ASIANS LOVE ME .. SHE SHE

ENJOYING A GLASS OF WATER – FRESH OUT OF THE WATERFALL

SCHNECKE LOVES THE SOUNDS

KEA BIRDS

FIGHTING OVER THE BEST SEAT

MY PERSONAL GO-PRO OPERATOR MR KEA

HEADING NORTHAGAIN THROUGH AMAZING WANKA STRAIGHT INTO

THE BLUE POOLS

BEAUTIFUL WEATHER UNTIL YOU GET COMIG CLOSE TO THOE GLACIERS

WAISTCOAST RAINFOEST – WITHOUT RAIN

THE FOX GLACIER

GETTING CLOSE TO THE MIGHT FRANZ JOSEPH

SLEEPING THERE.. NOT MUCH LEFT

LAST CHANCE TO GET A WHITEBAIT SANDWHICH BEFORE LEAVING THE WESTCOAST

CUTTING ACROSS FROM WEST TO EAST VIA ARTHURS PASS

CATCHING UP WITH THE GANG

ON OUR WAY TO THE CASTLE HILL CAVE STREAM WITH MY NEW AUSSIE MATES

WATER UP TO THE WAIST – NO LIGHT – 500 METERS THROUGH ROCK – BREATHTAKING ADVENTURE

CASTLE HILL ROCKS

THE DRONE – BEST TOY EVER

THE ROCK ON THE ROCK 😛

SHARING FOOD WITH OLD MATE RADAR 

I USED TO WORK JUST AROUND THE CORNER FOR ABOUT 7 MONTHS SO THE TWO OF US BECAME BESTIES.. TOLD HIM SIZE DOES NOT MATTER TO ME

VISITING THE OLD WORKSITE.. SPENT 70 TO 80 HOURS A WEEK RIGHT THERE FOR MORE THAN HALF A YEAR..PROJECT IS DONE AND EVERTHING PACKED UP. FOUND A TINY WASHER THOUGH. MEMORIES

COMING PAST MY OLD HOME FOR ABOUT A YEAR CHRISTCHURCH IMPRESSIONS

CHRISTCHURCH GOT DEVASTATED BY AN EARTHQUAKE IN 2011 TEMPORARY SHOPPING OUT OF SHIPPING CONTAINERS

MEETING OLD FRIENDS – SMOOTHIE SUSI IS ALWAYS UP FOR SHARING BANANAS WITH ME

TO BE CONTINUED