White lining/lane splitting and general hooliganism

[craigsyd]

If you are going to work in orewa buy a place in orewa.

When you get here make sure you do the conversion to NZ license as soon as possible. It not very difficult and will not even take long.

When you get here give a shout and I will take you trough the ropes with road laws and those type of things. This might sound weird but if you are using forman and hendricks you might want to rethink your options

hmm I have always made it a point of never working where I live and vice versa. I currently work in Hout Bay and I live in Royal Ascot (Milnerton) so that will give you some idea of the amount I commute currently - with heavy traffic since the Parklands virus started. I prefer not peeing in the fountain I am going to drink from later so to speak, so I like not to bump into my patients on a Sunday morning at the local shop unshaved and with a hangover.

What does the comversion to NZ entail? Thanks for the offer will def give you a shout when we arrive. I take it F & H are an emigration facilitator? As far as emigration is concerned we are handling everything ourselves. We phoned one company here mainly out of interest and they said its not worth working through them for NZ, as it is easier to do it yourself, especially if you have a job offer and are on the skills shortage list, which both me and my partner are on. (Dentist & snr tavel consultant respectively)

[craigsyd]

Craig, you will love it here.

You will have to take a trip down this way and you will definetly want to stay here.

If you are patient too, you can pick up a great bike with low KMS for a great price

Well we can't wait any longer. We have done some extensive research and reading up and we are counting the days. We will def take a tour of the two islands on bike, probably summer hopefully later this year or early next.

Been looking at websites selling used bikes. I can pick up a brand new VFR for a good price, but can't seem to find any second hand BM1200GS's for sale anywhere. Will do final research when I am there, but don't want to wait long as I hate being without my wheels.

[craigsyd]

I agree with enigma. the ponsonby price thing--um waaaay out of date--like 10 years.One place i predict is gonna explode soon price wise is KUMEU
and the hassle is if ya live in kumeu and work in orewa ya have to ride over 15 km of clean windy roads with a very light population.

Thanks for the tip - will look into KUMEU. The windier the roads, the better.

[enigma51]

hmm I have always made it a point of never working where I live and vice versa. I currently work in Hout Bay and I live in Royal Ascot (Milnerton) so that will give you some idea of the amount I commute currently - with heavy traffic since the Parklands virus started. I prefer not peeing in the fountain I am going to drink from later so to speak, so I like not to bump into my patients on a Sunday morning at the local shop unshaved and with a hangover.

What does the comversion to NZ entail? Thanks for the offer will def give you a shout when we arrive. I take it F & H are an emigration facilitator? As far as emigration is concerned we are handling everything ourselves. We phoned one company here mainly out of interest and they said its not worth working through them for NZ, as it is easier to do it yourself, especially if you have a job offer and are on the skills shortage list, which both me and my partner are on. (Dentist & snr tavel consultant respectively)

The conversion is very easy you sit a writen test (More like scratching for the lotto as it is multiple choiche scratch the silver stuff on the right answer) but dont worry its not like the SA learner license thing where they try and ask you the most in sane questions its is pretty easy. You might need to do the riding thing as well not always the case but does happen.

As for where to stay. If you work on the north shore stay on the north shore if you work in the city try and stay on the city side of the bridge. If you work in manukua papukura etc stay on the south side of the brige. They traffice here is nothing like Cape Town. A bad traffice day in Cape Town is a good traffice day over the bridge. But in saying that come here and decided where you want to stay as there is some realy pretty places around.


You will love it here espicially the riding its like chapmans all the time nice and twisty but not on top of a mountain. So dont worry the speed limit thing might sound slow its actualy not .......... if you are in a car. PM me when you are in NZ then I can help you out with license thing etc.

Before I forget good move on the do it yourself you will save a lot of money

[vifferman]

I thought it was almost compulsory for Saffers to live in either East Coast Bays or Howick? :spudwhat:

[outlawtorn]

I thought it was almost compulsory for Saffers to live in either East Coast Bays or Howick? :spudwhat:

It's true that, so far I've not met any other 'Saffers' who live anywhere else. When we started asking about where to live in Auckland most people told us Browns bay is a really nice place, so that's where we have setup 'base', but we are looking to move out of the city completely.

[SPman]

It may seem like 15 Km kumeu to orewa,but it's more like 45

Ssssshhhhhhh. Its all in the way you ride.

[craigsyd]

The conversion is very easy you sit a writen test (More like scratching for the lotto as it is multiple choiche scratch the silver stuff on the right answer)

As for where to stay. If you work on the north shore stay on the north shore if you work in the city try and stay on the city side of the bridge. If you work in manukua papukura etc stay on the south side of the brige.

So I'll just have to Tata ma chance with the conversion

Thanks for the bridge info - makes a lot of sense. We will be staying in the city for two weeks to give us some initial ratting time to find a suitable place, and then we will rent for a while until we find an area we want to buy in. All very interesting stuff! Thanks for the offer of help. I will pm you when we arrive and we can take it form there.

[craigsyd]

I thought it was almost compulsory for Saffers to live in either East Coast Bays or Howick? :spudwhat:

hehehe first I hear of that.

[craigsyd]

It's true that, so far I've not met any other 'Saffers' who live anywhere else.

Looks like I got quite a bit of suburb ratting to do! Gonna need my bike ASAP!

[RiderInBlack]

but we are looking to move out of the city completely.

Try Wright Rd in Albany Heights The houses there are surrounded by a bush reserve Can not even tell your close to the city. My Old Landlord and Landlady are selling theirs and going to Ozzie (Fools). It's as close as a country boy like myself would tolerate being near a city.

[Vagabond]

I thought it was almost compulsory for Saffers to live in either East Coast Bays or Howick? :spudwhat:

I must b the only saffer in Papakura

[Coldkiwi]

I thought it was almost compulsory for Saffers to live in either East Coast Bays or Howick? :spudwhat:

sounds about right to me! I've lost count of how many families from SA I've meet out there in the last 10 years!

[crashe]

I thought it was almost compulsory for Saffers to live in either East Coast Bays or Howick? :spudwhat:

Gee you should see them all out in West Auckland....
there are heaps out my way.....

So they have all migrated from Howick to become a "Westie".....lol.