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[dino3310]

I have heard people make little people in that time.....

naa man the making process only take a couple off minutes
its the baking that takes 9months

[clint640]

Lastly, Iain apart, is anyone else interested in the Oz photo evening because if so, I will try and get a projector from somewhere?
Remember that provision of somewhere to crash is eminently feasible.

I've seen the Oz pics on advrider but wouldn't say no to another viewing on the big screen over an ale or two, if we can make it we will most likely take you up on that offer of some floor space to crash on Fri night too.

Cheers
Clint

[Bass]

I guess the tides will be the next thing to maybe think about?

You know....I hadn't even considered the tides. Better look them up then

I will be definitely keen to kip on your floor too if the offer is there

Deal! We can probably do better than the floor, I reckon

I got a projector, it belongs to work, just need to figure out how to bring it, leave it and pick it up again

Scholar and a gent!

[Bass]

I've seen the Oz pics on advrider but wouldn't say no to another viewing on the big screen over an ale or two, if we can make it we will most likely take you up on that offer of some floor space to crash on Fri night too.

Cheers
Clint

The ADV shots were about 1/7 of the total - my biggest problem was picking what to use. Crash space reserved; any interest from Rosie?
If she's put off by the sand, I had thought that we could head straight down the beach to the campsite, get set up and then go play with unladen bikes.

EDIT: Whoops, missed the "We" on the first skim read. I take it the booking is for 2 then?

[ducatijim]

I have heard people make little people in that time.....

Argh.....fuck that.

[Taz]

naa man the making process only take a couple off minutes
its the baking that takes 9months

A couple of minutes!! Damn I feel inadequate...

[dino3310]

Argh.....fuck that.

yep thats where it starts

[Mom]

I have heard people make little people in that time.....

I can not wait till he reads that little gem

[paturoa]

A good tide calculator here http://www.niwa.co.nz/our-services/o...services/tides

..has high tide on the 13th at 1pm and low tide at 1pm on the 20th - I'd strongly recommend the 20th unless you plan to be on the beach by 9am on the 13th.

Well done on the job front!

[Bass]

..has high tide on the 13th at 1pm and low tide at 1pm on the 20th - I'd strongly recommend the 20th unless you plan to be on the beach by 9am on the 13th.

Thanks for that. I'll have to have a bit of a think though, cos getting out the next morning is also a consideration and low tide at 1pm gives us high tide at about 8am the following morning..............unless we don't use the beach to get out......

[ducatijim]

Thanks for that. I'll have to have a bit of a think though, cos getting out the next morning is also a consideration and low tide at 1pm gives us high tide at about 8am the following morning..............unless we don't use the beach to get out......

If I remember correctly, and I mostly don't, we stayed behind the dunes from stealth camp till we cut the track up the bluffs? Am I right, we would not need to revisit the beach in the am?

[Rosie]

The ADV shots were about 1/7 of the total - my biggest problem was picking what to use. Crash space reserved; any interest from Rosie?
If she's put off by the sand, I had thought that we could head straight down the beach to the campsite, get set up and then go play with unladen bikes.

EDIT: Whoops, missed the "We" on the first skim read. I take it the booking is for 2 then?

Yes, a booking for two I don't like sand, but I'll try to be brave

[Crisis management]

On a completely different subject but i know you'll appreciate this one Neil!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_3vL...layer_embedded

[Bass]

If I remember correctly, and I mostly don't, we stayed behind the dunes from stealth camp till we cut the track up the bluffs? Am I right, we would not need to revisit the beach in the am?

Exactly right and what I had in mind to get around the problem of a favourable afternoon tide being unfavourable the following morning.

Right, being playing around on the Niwa site and here's how it goes: -

6/11 high tide 10.05 am - 7/11 high tide 10.49 am - height 1.5 m
13/11 high tide 3.34 pm - 14/11 high tide 04.04 am - height 0.8 m
20/11 high tide 9.20 am - 21/11 high tide 09.58 am - height 1.0 m

What this amounts to is that Paturoa is right - not with the exact time of high tide as it turns out but that access on the weekend of the 13/14 is difficult. In fact high tide timing could not be worse for what I am planning on that weekend even though it will be a relatively low tide peak. Sorry guys, but that means a change of plans and the weekend of November 13/14 is out.
The weekends either side are ok however, for getting in on the Saturday and not impossible for getting out early Sunday if we need to. I am hopeful that the Sunday tide will not matter though, because as Jamie points out, the last time we were in there, we found a quite well-established track from the campground up the bluff.
Can't guarantee that it still exists, but that just adds more interest, eh?

So, to summarise, it's either Nov 6/7 or Nov 20/21.

Let me know your preferences.

[Bass]

On a completely different subject but i know you'll appreciate this one Neil!

Oh yes, seen those before. Turns out that you can make anything fly if you can bolt on enough power.
Control is a (w)hole different matter though

The most inventive I have seen, in the flesh so to speak, is a witch on a broomstick where her cape was a Rogallo (hang-glider) wing.