Well it's raining again, thankfully before the long weekend.

Some days you just see something and go SH*T. This one of those days. To a non car fanatic, it's a bit of oh hum, but this is just Ooooo......! to everyone else. NICE!!!

Keeping in theme with taxi's, another through the busy streets of Cairo. Not much else to report apart from trying to throw out a lot of crap before I move!

Well it's official. Another page is turning and with that so is the Burnley experience. In 2 weeks time, the flat that I grew to love is disbanding and moving onto other pastures. Adios amigos. 'sniff'

After what seems like tonnes of water falling from the sky, we have broken the shackles into some simply stunning sunshine. Hallelujah!!!

Something out of the Lord of the rings? A rather knarly example of the amazing pohutukawa, Metrosiderous excelsa.

Taxi ride in Amman, Jordan.

A tropical paradise in amongst the maddening metropolis. Also, I heard the first Cicada of the season today and whilst digging around in the garden, a few more emerging from hibernation.

This image goes out to an old flatmate, Petr, now living in the Czech Republic. Elizabeth St, Mt Eden. The old place looks a lot different to the old rundown, overgrown shack of old. Good luck with all fulla.

I'm shattered. That is all!!! Oh, image is of a ship coming towards me at pace. As you were!!

Best wishes to one of my best buddies. 35 today. Happy birthday bro!!!

Bathurst 2005. Craig Lowndes taken out by a rouge (Holden) tyre hitting his windscreen and Greg Murphy (above and Holden) shunting Marcus Ambrose with 20 laps to go out of the race. Seems to be some sort of conspiracy against Ford winning!!!!

For some silly reason, I bet somebody, I could drink 24 bottles of Heinekin in 12 hours. Seems like a simple thing to do, 2 an hour. Finished with 10mins to spare feeling bloody aweful! The things we do, Cheers!!!

Never in my life have I seen such destructive force as I did here. Massive crushers, slicers, claws and electromagnetic devices that lift slice and dice huge wads of steel. Something to just sit back, watch and go HOLLY SH......!!!!

Just when I thought it was time to hang up the gumboots, leggings and raincoat, mother nature thinks that maybe we need a little bit more aqua to keep us going!

I've been honoured to hug a very precious piece of New Zealand history. This mighty lump of wood is the last remaining, privately owned chunk of the lone pine that stood atop One Tree Hill. Soon to be at home at our new work HQ in Ellerslie.

After what must be the strangest and interesting last three days, I thought why not post something a little different so I've found a couple of video files that are fairly strange and interesting. First a bike (1.4MB) stunt going wrong, bloody funny cos it's not me, and a bit of street jumping come martial arts (6.6MB). Enjoy!

With the official return of daylight saving, life now seems so much brighter in the evenings. All be it a little more difficult to get those lazy bones out of bed that extra hour earlier. Hooraa!!

It seems the Burnley experience is coming to an end. 2/5ths of the flat have purchased their dream home. Congratulations to that. So in the next month we shall be turning out the light that has been shining for almost 2 years.......'sniff'......Bon voyage!

Golly, it only seems like this morning I greeted Spring and the new month of September, then all of a sudden, I'm blindsided by October. WHAT THE....? It's been a day dedicated to the couch after some long island ice teas got the better of me and my memory last night! Thank goodness for The Family Guy and back to back Simpsons on Sky!

I've got truly lazy with camera so I've resorted to publishing some international flavours. Christmas, London 2003. Note the billboard. God my head's sunburnt!

To be rudly awoken by some 'halfwit' (substituted) at 1:30 in the morning

trying to score a nine year old radio. MUTHERF%*CKER (Not substituted).

The crystal clear waters off Motuora Island.

From one coast to the other. This image is from the northern tip

of the Coromandel Peninsula atop the Moehau Range.

I woke up this morning and threw on my Turkey tshirt, and with a good friend

living in Bodrum I thought I would post a pic of the sunset over Permakalle.

Clarks Beach. A small community among many dotted along

the south west shoreline of the Manukau Harbour.

This is a glimpse of an absolutly immense view of the

Manukau Harbour and Tasman Sea from Manukau's South Head.

This image looking north towards Auckland across Huia & Titirangi.

It's funny how you can never remember how feeling well is so bloody good,
except when your feeling like crap. Thank god it's FRIDAY, and I'm feeling fine!!!

Time to cook the troops a large hearty dinner.

The Main Trunk rail route into central Auckland.
An unappealling introduction to those who arrive on it!

Architectural flare within the Queen Street Cinema complex.

A lightning strike in the dead of night. Is been a day of hail and thunder.
Thankfully, I've been tucked away in a classroom all day. HOORAY!!!

From calm to chaos. A raging northerly wind overnight, found a number

of vessels floundering on rocks along the Waitemata Harbour shoreline.

It's election time again. The political artists once again come out to play.
The narrowest of margins, 1 seat between National and Labour before special votes counted.

The once proud Carlaw Park, the home of NZ Rugby League,
now a shadow of its former self. A carpark......RIP!

Early morning vehicle ferry to Waiheke Island.

Night shot of the mighty Sky Tower.

A celebration of 9 years and 163,000 km's.

Old trusty has hit 200,000 km's. Congratulations!

The wash in the sea is from a pod of around 30 dolphins.
I watched them for about 15 mins, closely hugging the coast. AWESOME!!

The signs of spring are everywhere.

The new life of a tree fern bursting forth.

The result of a truck getting wedged against a motorway median barrier!

The front wall of an apartment block downtown.

I love the image but the building is hideous!!

What a great place to spend a working day.

Early morning Gulf Harbour, Whangaparoa Peninsula.

HUH!! Has the red man learnt tricks from the green man!

When apartment blocks go wrong, very very wrong!!!

Fishing for dinner off Orakei Wharf.

The calm before the battle.
Australia vs. New Zealand.

Tri Nations final, Eden Park.

Tiri Lighthouse.
Tiritiri Matangi Island, Hauraki Gulf.

Spring has sprung. Welcome to the 2005 season.
Cornwall Park, NZ.