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Marking the Mountain

So one of the projects Dustin has been part of at work was changing over the marker poles on a very popular summit track on Mt Taranaki. They stayed overnight on the mountain and the helicopter dropped them off at the top with the gear and they worked their way down. He was taking photos through the day and one of them got in the news! That's his boss (and our mate) in the photo. http://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/89969367/installation-of-new-poles-on-mt-taranaki-to-benefit-all-mountain-users And already, the purpose of the poles has been put to use - they are GPS-marking where each one is and they are numbered so that if someone is lost they can find one and tell search and rescue where they are and then they have the co-ordinates and spend less time hunting for them... and a lot of people seem to get lost and injured on the mountain. http://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/90007874/Man-injured-on-Mt-Taranaki-is-flown-to-hospital?cid=app-android Just another day in

Hiding on the Backstreets

It was announced many months ago, we were looking for a fun summer concert to punctuate the season so we got our tickets and made our plans and finally last weekend the date came around. Bruce Springsteen was in town. (Not our actual town, but Auckland was closer than Christchurch.) Now, some of you will remember, we saw Springsteen back in 2014 - almost on a whim in a way. That show was so incredible that we hardly thought twice about going again. So, with friends we drove up to Auckland on Friday (when it's five hours away, we usually don't consider going the day of a concert!). At least we found some things to keep us busy Friday night - a food truck market for dinner and a free outdoor screening of the Richie McCaw story, Chasing Great. The movie was great and it was pretty inspiring to see that he wasn't necessarily considered the fastest or the best but that he was determined, focused and knew how to use attitude to get where he wanted to be. I definitely recom

Chit Chat

I started a chapter of Dance Dance Party Party here last month! There are a few of you that used to attend with me in Vancouver - it was just an hour of dancing fun at a rec centre and it was such good fun. You could be a DJ for a night too! So I thought it was time to try to get it started here so I could get my dancing fix regularly. And, for a little promotion I went on the radio show that I visited in December too. You can listen below! The first one went off without a hitch! We had a handful of gals who were keen and next time I expect there will be a few others. We're planning to run it monthly so it should be fun times!!