Miss Millie does lunch at the Chateau

[Grant`]

What can I say. I don't read maps, I just follow along behind, I really had no idea how far we were from anywhere really. Don't feel bad, I did not go and see my daughter in Hamilton either

Ok i will let you off this one time, but that doesn't let Mark off

[Maha]

Ok i will let you off this one time, but that doesn't let Mark off

I let myself off ..no wait, that doesn't sound right Anne spun and won two free coffees at T/Mutu Z and I didn't fancy a beer, so had a coffee then headed to Pirongia but didn't stop again till Rangiriri.
We will make a special trip to see you soonish.

[wysper]

I tell you, we live in the most beautiful country for sure. Coming home today through the back roads of the King Country, it takes your breath away at times. We travel at just able to smell the roses/silage/cow shit/new mown grass kinda speeds generally. I saw a HUGE flying fox today and recall thinking "what mental bastard would attempt that?" I am google searching the adventure company to give to a guy I work with. Right up his alley

Agreed.

For some reason, one of my favourite sights is when heading north and over the brynderwyns just seeing the vista of Northland. I spent my high school years in Whangarei, and for some reason, that moment always feels a little like coming home. Even though I was born and bred in the Waikato and have lived here almost all my life except for the 6 or so years during and after high school which were up in Whangarei.

The view is not particularly awesome but invokes some great memories and nice feels.

[Maha]

I saw a HUGE flying fox today and recall thinking "what mental bastard would attempt that?"

I saw that also, think it was on the Waipapa road close to that Dam we stopped at. My first thought was, that Telstra had put the Ultra Fast Broadband cable a tad too high..

This door in the side of the cliff opposite the dam was....different.

[Drew]

This door in the side of the cliff opposite the dam was....different.

There's usually a labyrinth of tunnels and corridors under and around dams.

[trustme]

If you get the chance stay a night at the Chateau, they will lock the bikes up in the garage over the road. The Mrs loves it

[unstuck]

May be what you are looking for......http://www.adventurewaikato.co.nz/flyingfox.html

[Mom]

May be what you are looking for......http://www.adventurewaikato.co.nz/flyingfox.html

Yepper that is it

[Maha]

If you get the chance stay a night at the Chateau, they will lock the bikes up in the garage over the road. The Mrs loves it

I have done some Flooring work there over the years, always in bloody cold weather. Only once in the Chateau itself, the other times were up the mountain in two separate ski lodge's.
The weather was so bad at one of them , the chair lifts were not working so I followed a sparkie down to the Bruce car park on foot. The van I was using was iced over, so drove dwon the Bruce with my head out the window until the snow turned to rain...ended up with a fucked van by the time I got back to Taupo.

[Mom]

If you get the chance stay a night at the Chateau, they will lock the bikes up in the garage over the road. The Mrs loves it

I have stayed a night at the Chateau once. As I recall it was my 20th wedding anniversary. For something to do my now ex thought climbing to the summit of Ruapehu would be a great idea So Mom, Dad and 3 kids did exactly that. We got caught out in some really filthy weather up the top and got really, really cold coming down. Then to add insult to injury, he was so tight that the 5 of us shared a room. One of those kids stay free deals. Happy Anniversary!