Nov 24, 2009

After playing around with the Hollywood sign for the WordPress logo competition, I decided to make our own version of the Hollywood sign in Christchurch. Seeing as New Zealand is such a great place for major films these days. This is basically the view from my window every day (minus a power pole or too). I took this a couple of hours ago at 7pm. The sun is...

Oct 8, 2009

A few months ago, during my trip to the UK, I was walking along Blackpool’s promenade when I came across the world’s largest glitter ball. Quite impressive but it does look a little odd just sitting there above the beach. I’ve played with the image a little to show a bit of appreciation for a certain fine blogging platform.

Oct 5, 2009

I’m sure I’m far from being the only South Islander that has bagged Auckland. While working in the corporate training industry, I had visited Auckland for a training expo and had found the road network to be a nightmare. Since then, all my memories of Auckland have been based around the poor traffic system. For this reason, I wasn’t...

Jun 25, 2009

I’m an avid follower of Heather Ellis’ photography work. Not only because she is a close friend of mine, but because she has a great eye for a picture and has recently been travelling the world and displaying her work on the Heather Ellis Photography website. It’s great to see a New Zealander’s opinion of the world, and Heather does a...

Jun 8, 2009

As of this month, New Zealand has three claims to fame: 1) Lord of the Rings, 2) We have the only rugby team that dances before a game (ner ner), 3) We are the world’s most peaceful nation. That last one is quite a substantial claim, and a claim that I, for one, am very proud of. According to the Institute for Economics and Peace List, we have knocked...

May 28, 2009

About 15 minutes drive from Cathedral Square takes you to an awesome part of Christchurch; Sumner. Sumner has its own unique culture and it is a very laid back suburb, popular with surfers. Early one morning, I got up before sunrise, filled a mug full of coffee and headed down to the beach to wait for the sun to come up. Many people mistake this image for a...