Our Beautiful Country

[1 Free Man]

A few photos in here of our local beach, a ten minute drive from here ! It's a bit overcrowded in these shots but ya get used to it
http://picasaweb.google.com/sinfullb...each#slideshow
And twenty minutes up into the hills from here, you have the other extreem ! Again you have to wade through the crowds !http://picasaweb.google.com/sinfullb...orge#slideshow

Hey Sinfull
great pic's. Ones of the beach taken down by the Waitohu stream end if I'm not mistaken. Pic of the dog in the stream reminds me of the time I took my german shorthaired pointer down there. She got caught in quicksand right on the edge of the water. nearly lost her. Quite scary at the time.
The footbridge up the gorge? Is that the one by the school house flats??
A place of true beauty the old gorge. Shame old Charlies power scheme never got off the ground, but then again maybe it was best. Mother nature and the nob's in wellywood were against him from the outset. Got stuck in the MEG in an old FORDSON truck many moons ago. It went in OK and never had the legs to get up the other side. Mates had to walk all the way out to Arcus's. Ian came out in the landrover to pull the truck out. LOL that was about 3 in the morning by the time they got back. Funny as hell when you look back on it.

[T.W.R]

Here's a few

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/album.php?albumid=680

[sinfull]

Hey Sinfull
great pic's. Ones of the beach taken down by the Waitohu stream end if I'm not mistaken. Pic of the dog in the stream reminds me of the time I took my german shorthaired pointer down there. She got caught in quicksand right on the edge of the water. nearly lost her. Quite scary at the time.
The footbridge up the gorge? Is that the one by the school house flats??
A place of true beauty the old gorge. Shame old Charlies power scheme never got off the ground, but then again maybe it was best. Mother nature and the nob's in wellywood were against him from the outset. Got stuck in the MEG in an old FORDSON truck many moons ago. It went in OK and never had the legs to get up the other side. Mates had to walk all the way out to Arcus's. Ian came out in the landrover to pull the truck out. LOL that was about 3 in the morning by the time they got back. Funny as hell when you look back on it.

Yep ! You know the place pretty well !
That was the first time i'd been up the gorge in near 10 yrs lol Not sure if its the S.H flats but more n likely ! Spanking new bridge though !
Say we'll be spending a bit more time up there this summer, Mrs is a bush nut and there be dozens of great hikes up there, where as i'm a beach bum so give a lil take a lot lol !

[chrisso]

Some great pics there peoples...Ive shown them to these Aussies( so far Lake Wakatipu has had a bike and a sheep added to it...( didnt help that I Paintbrushed the Titanic & an Ice burg lol)
Hows about some pics of the Southern Alps??

[dipshit]

I have some Southern Alps ones but not so much bike related...

http://www.photoshare.co.nz/PhotoSha...6532ul9959.jpg

http://www.photoshare.co.nz/PhotoSha...326ulb5146.jpg

http://www.photoshare.co.nz/PhotoSha...9871ul8808.jpg

http://www.photoshare.co.nz/PhotoSha...511ulb7799.jpg

http://www.photoshare.co.nz/PhotoSha...8690ul3830.jpg

[chrisso]

Nice....cheers

[DMNTD:Me]

Motorcycle heaven. For the interested, this is just north of the Waipoua Forest in Northland

I miss home suddenly!
WTF did I ever move away?!

[Grahameeboy]

I miss home suddenly!
WTF did I ever move away?!

Ask Annette....

[DMNTD:Me]

Ask Annette....

Yep, got to give her something for being able to draw me away
I lived literally 5mins North of the Waipoua Forest for over a decade

[McJim]

Some videos of places I've ridden here:

http://www.youtube.com/user/NZMcJim

Will be posting some more in the near future. As you will see I'm such a nana that you get every opportunity to get a good look at the countryside! :

[Grahameeboy]

Yep, got to give her something for being able to draw me away
I lived literally 5mins North of the Waipoua Forest for over a decade

But you are with your true love where ever you are mate....

[Gremlin]

But you are with your true love where ever you are mate....

Are you talking about the bike, the forest, or Annette?

[McJim]

Are you talking about the bike, the forest, or Annette?

Well it's not like he can carry the forest around with him so that narrows it down a bit...now....how many bikes does he have?

[Gremlin]

Well it's not like he can carry the forest around with him so that narrows it down a bit...now....how many bikes does he have?

I think the more important Q is whats the average ownership span of one. 30 days?

Well, we do know that No. of bikes > No. of missus'

[McJim]

I think the more important Q is whats the average ownership span of one. 30 days?

Well, we do know that No. of bikes > No. of missus'

Mmmmm - happiness is having more bikes than wives. I wonder if we could sell that concept in Arabia?