by Frank | Nov 1, 2011 | What's Happening
The 2011 photo-finish we witnessed (above) and legendary Phar Lap winning in 1930 (right). Coinciding with a conference Hayley had to attend in Melbourne, we grabbed the chance to watch the Melbourne Cup live. The Melbourne Cup is one of the great Thoroughbred horse... 
by Frank | Jan 16, 2011 | What's Happening
A few pics from our boys’ weekend January 15th/16th 2011 Aidan Ho, Ben Gray, Craig Wells, Chris Tansley, Mike Tansley, Mark Shaw, Randhir Sewgolam, Simon Knox & FTO What a bunch of guys!! We drove out in the middle-of-nowhere, past Pigs Head Rd out Whananaki... 
by Frank | Aug 27, 2010 | What's Happening
In August we took the trip over to Brisbane, Australia catching up with Hayley’s sister Melanie, then travelled out to Tangalooma for a few days. Melanie is like us a keen scuba diver and has dived several spectacular sites around the world. In 2005 we went... 
by Frank | Mar 3, 2010 | What's Happening
The annual Paradise Shelduck hunt in the last weekend of February has just been. As tradition has been for quite a few years now, my hunting mate Craig and I spent the Saturday morning on the farm outside Kaikohe. This time my boy Aidan also came along. Now we just... 
by Frank | Feb 8, 2010 | What's Happening
Ten years ago, we celebrated the new millennium in the far north, with lots of fishing and diving. Hayley and I then also dived the Rainbow Warrior by the Cavalli Islands outside Matauri Bay, its final resting place after having been bombed in Auckland harbour by...