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    Triple Works - The New Jeans World Tour

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    • HemiH
      Hemi
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      Thanks guys, its great fun sharing our simple lives with you!

      Day 11:

      Nothing to report.

      Day 12:

      For some strange reason I decided to walk the 7km journey home from the central city tonight. I can follow the coastline all the way to my neighbourhood.

      Te Papa is the home of our national museum and is situated on the cities waterfront. It opened in 1998 and took 4 years to complete. There was a hotel here first so they moved the 5 storey, 3500 tonne structure 120 meters down the road on a railway track… good old fashion Kiwi ingenuity!

      Because Te Papa is built on reclaimed land they dropped 30 tonne weights 50,000 times to stabalise the site… I can still hear that great thumping sound!

      The New Zealand flag… not to be confused with that other one.

      We have a massive food market on this side of Te Papa every Sunday. You can get Chinese Dumplings & Fried Bread, NY Pizza, German Sausage, French Crepes, Coffee, Fresh Fish (straight off the boat), Organic/Free Range everything and heaps more.

      Looking back at the city.

      Getting further away.

      I heard a strange noise coming from the drain under the road. I followed the pipe which exits into the ocean and found this little guy/girl? Its been years since I've walked around here but I remember there is a Penguin colony in the next bay… this is a Penguin isn't it?

      I love this boat shed. We've been getting some really high tides lately and you can see its close to flooding the shed.

      The Wind Wand on Evans Bay. The needle is 26m high and sways and bends with the wind… which is a lot in Wellington.

      I had to admit defeat here and get Nina to pick me up... I need to get back in shape!

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      • HemiH
        Hemi
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        Day 13:

        Mother-In-Law duties so nothing to report.

        Day 14:

        You can probably tell that we spend a lot of time in and around the ocean, so after work I headed down to Lyall Bay for a surf… can you believe its winter?

        On the way home I stopped at Wahine Memorial Park which is a tribute to one of our worst maritime diasters.  In 1968 the Wahine hit Barrett Reef in the harbour entrance and had to be abandoned. 51 people died in the severe weather as a result of drowning, hypothermia or being smashed against the rocks. This bronze propeller is from the Wahine.

        Wahine Memorial Park (Propellers to surfers) is also a great place to surf. You have to paddle out through a dangerous jagged rock keyhole to get out the back but the wave is awesome… as long as you don't fall!

        Evening view from the Park.

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        • natehateN
          natehate
          啓蒙家
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          hemi can you do every world tour please?

          killing it

          don't you know there ain't no devil? only god when he's drunk!

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          • HemiH
            Hemi
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            Day 15:

            Wellington became New Zealand's capital city in 1865. The Maori name for Wellington is Te Upoko o te Ika a Maui - which means "the head of Maui's fish". This comes from the Maori legend that polynesian navigator Maui fished up the North Island.


            I thought I'd share this great little video showing Wellington… what do you think?

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            • HemiH
              Hemi
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              Day 16:

              Its the last day of school holidays so I took the kids to the Toyworld for a little treat… thank god they're having a sale!

              Someone is grumpy?

              Poser!

              I got off lightly with a Finn figure from that weird cartoon kids and adults watch… I don't get it?

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              • HemiH
                Hemi
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                Day 17 - 18:

                Boring!

                Day 19:

                I had to view the new Vans range for early 2014. Most stores in New Zealand just sell the Authentic but I've always loved the Sk8 Hi. The Beatles model must have cost them a small fortune?

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                • S
                  shoque
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                  Speaking of Sk8 His, check this out:

                  http://tres-bien.com/brand/vans/og-sk8-hi-donald-true-blue
                  http://tres-bien.com/brand/vans/og-sk8-hi-mickey-square-classic-white

                  Some part of me desperately wants em, even though I know I will look like a clown. 😃

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                  • Finn666F
                    Finn666
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                    ^ that donald-true-blue is dope imo! 🙂 go ahead mate…

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                    • Max PowerM
                      Max Power
                      Raw and Unwashed
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                      Awesome, awesome tour updates, Hemi! You live in a beautiful place and I love your lifestyle. Plus the first Sk8 Hi is fantastic, still my favorite shoe.

                      @elclintor:

                      > I don't care what people say.. The Max Power way is the right way…

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                      • HemiH
                        Hemi
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                        Thanks Max. New Zealand is beautiful and we're very fortunate to live here.

                        Day 20:

                        The "Wellington" windy sign sits on the hillside entrance to Miramar and is the first thing you see when landing at the Airport. Originally, The Wellington International Airport (owners of the land) wanted to put up a "Wellywood" sign in a tongue and cheek reference to our film industry. There was a massive public backlash so they held a competition and this piece of crap won.


                        This is what it's like landing at the Airport… Which is usually followed by "Praise Jesus, I'm alive!"

                        The reason it's so windy here is that we lie right in the path of the roaring forties (the prevailing westerly winds). The central ranges deflect these winds through the narrow gap between the North and South islands known as the Cook Strait. As they get funnelled through this passage they get faster and stronger.

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                        • GilesG
                          Giles
                          IHUK Crew
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                          I'd have like Wellywood…

                          "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                          • Down under guyD
                            Down under guy
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                            Again, a super update Hemi. Yep Ive lived thru a couple of rough as landings to Wellywood airport in a howling South westerly. Makes you want to truly kiss the ground when you get off the plane.

                            Peace

                            Have a safe 2021 IH Peeps.

                            Peace

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                            • S
                              Snowy
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                              Okay, must remember to never fly into Wellington 🙂

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                              • HemiH
                                Hemi
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                                Day 21:

                                Went to visit my builder mate working just down the road.

                                The beginning of the alley - Hannahs Factory on Leeds & Eva Streets.

                                Hannahs was an iconic New Zealand footwear manufacturer founded in 1870.  This Factory was built in 1930 but has now been converted to apartments.

                                This old house was originally a boxing gym… but I think you can tell some weird hippie/artist live here now?

                                My mate Jamie hard… at work!

                                The end of the alley - Triple threat!

                                Show at the Opera House, drink at Soda and massage at Massage… that is an expensive date!

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                                • HemiH
                                  Hemi
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                                  Day 22:

                                  Long Saturday at work!

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                                  • natehateN
                                    natehate
                                    啓蒙家
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                                    convenient neighbor 🙂

                                    don't you know there ain't no devil? only god when he's drunk!

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                                    • HemiH
                                      Hemi
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                                      Natehate, luckily I don't drink.

                                      Day 22:

                                      Lazy Sunday!

                                      On our way into town to buy an xbox game for Caden.

                                      On our way home to play the xbox game.

                                      Caden taking photos

                                      He's getting pretty good.

                                      Mr photogenic.

                                      Bailey likes to come to training… and then she always falls asleep.

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                                      • SeulS
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                                        That Bailey is such a cute piglet!..

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                                        • ArabitA
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                                          Hahaha Bailey KO'd

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                                          • T
                                            twin
                                            見習いボス
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                                            Nice Hemi 😉 😉

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