Crikey how time flies. Last time I blogged about the countdown it was 30 weeks to go until the end of my contract at work. Now the last 7 weeks have passed in a flash.I apologise that blog has been dominated by house stuff and the interesting side of New Zealand had... After much speculation, trials and tribulations professional soccer is coming to Wellington. They will be competing in the Australian A-League replacing the defunct New Zealand Knights FC who played out of Auckland.It was touch and go whether they’d win the... No, this is not a picture of our building site but rather the remnants of a lahar that sent 1.4 million cubic metres of water, mud and volcanic material out of Mount Ruahpehu yesterday. This event has been predicted for many years with civil defence systems on stand... If I could put these pictures side by side you’d be able to see the light and dark of NZ’s microclimates in one place. Today it started wet, dark and miserable but by lunchtime the wind had started to blow the clouds away to leave a stunningly beautiful... As you might expect in a place called Tunnel Gully that there would be a tunnel! Not to disappoint there is indeed the former railway Mangaroa Tunnel which you can walk through. It’s pitch black, a little wet in the middle and takes courage to walk through it... 