Thread: The Lucky Country

South Island with the Mrs being a nurse I'd pick Christchurch, Timaru, Dunedin, Invercargill (if you don't mind the cold but everywhere probably will be for you anyway). Christchurch isn't too bad now, plenty of open spaces, particularly in the central city area. It is slowly being rebuilt. Rentals here are expensive because there are a few less houses and a lot of extra bodies in for the rebuild.

With anywhere here the distances are not that great to get to anywhere else anyway. Hokitika is only a slow 4 hour drive away, you could nip over the bumpy bits, nab some of R93's reds (that are not there) and nip back again to dry your feet. Three to four hours will get you into wallaby, cham, tahr, just about anything country.

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Originally Posted by gadgetman

Hokitika is only a slow 4 hour drive away, you could nip over the bumpy bits, nab some of R93's reds (that are not there) and nip back again to dry your feet. ]

4 hrs!!! Jayzus!!! That on a skateboard? Takes me 2:15-2:25 to my door in Kaniere from the Caltex at the Russley corner in a sheepshagger. Bit faster at night.

I catch ya in any of my spots BH I can promise you will get the real West Coast experience, banjos and all!

Originally Posted by R93

I catch ya in any of my spots BH I can promise you will get the real West Coast experience, banjos and all!

Jack to translate for you, that means a gouge in the eye with all three thumbs on his right hand.

Originally Posted by Rushy

Jack to translate for you, that means a gouge in the eye with all three thumbs on his right hand.

Yup. I will have to unzip the fly on my overalls to get out my right hand and I will be gouging the hell out of your big brown eye
After that introduction we will then deal with the issue of you poaching my pozzies

Originally Posted by R93

Yup. I will have to unzip the fly on my overalls to get out my right hand and I will be gouging the hell out of your big brown eye
After that introduction we will then deal with the issue of you poaching my pozzies

Southern hospitality right there.

Originally Posted by R93

4 hrs!!! Jayzus!!! That on a skateboard? Takes me 2:15-2:25 to my door in Kaniere from the Caltex at the Russley corner in a sheepshagger. Bit faster at night.

I know one guy that used to work at the hospital to the south that used to do it in 1:40 - 1:50. He reckoned no one ever did the trip with him twice. Yeah, my old beast is slightly underpowered. I tend do to it in 2:50 - 3:00, unless I hook yet another broken Holden on the back during the journey.