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WHERE'S BEST TO LIVE IN NZ AND WHAT DO WE NEED TO KNOW: PART 5!

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AngryBeaver · 27/11/2012 09:01

Look at us Chatty Cathy's!
Justa oh nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
(I'm not sure Grin)

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vvviola · 30/12/2012 06:40

We've been investigating the NYE fireworks for my parents. Consensus seems to be, best place are: Devonport (but beware the one-road-out issue), Birkenhead(?I think), Milford, or into the Viaduct area.

In the end, they're going up to a dinner at a vineyard at Warkworth instead.

We were warned that last year the fireworks were a bit of a bust - low cloud meant they were very hard to see.

lollystix · 30/12/2012 06:57

I can see the sky tower from the corner of my deck - do you think I'll see any ( if I'm awake - DH had to remind me today it was NYE tomorrow-how times have changed)

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AngryBeaver · 30/12/2012 20:39

I'll def be in bed too ...not bothered anymore!
And lolly a cacooche, is a word a czech friend used to use. It kind of translates,I think, as a "good/kind" face.
But yes, Jesse Metcalfe's eybrows are quite ridiculous.
We could always wax him?!

Yes to too many suds, I too shall stop with the top loader powder!

Saw Mary Poppin's. Call me hard to please, but I wasn't overly impressed!

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vvviola · 31/12/2012 09:16

Either I'm going mad or there is no "countdown to midnight" on any NZ channel!! DH & I were all set with snacks & wine to stay up, but according to the listings there is no countdown - just lots of movies.

I actually went and checked the date!! Blush

Chances of us staying up til midnight are decreasing by the minute.

justaboutchilledout · 31/12/2012 09:32

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AngryBeaver · 31/12/2012 22:31

huh. Odd! I didn't notice because I was very drunk I watched the Titanic for a while then collapsed went to bed.

Happy New year ladies. Lot's of us had a very trying 2012. I hope 2013 is a huge improvement. xx

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vvviola · 31/12/2012 23:37

Well we finally caught the fireworks on sky news, opened a bottle of sparkling wine & then switched over to the history channel Grin

DD2 obliged by sleeping 7 til 12:30 Grin

Happy New Year everyone! Hope 2013 is a calm happy one for everyone xx

vvviola · 01/01/2013 00:14

(I don't want to derail the New Year greetings... So if anyone with experience of the dreaded chicken pox would like to pop over to children's health where I'm currently stressing out! the cheek of my paediatric nurse mother going away for two days just when I need her Wink)

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AngryBeaver · 01/01/2013 03:08

Oh dear, vvv hope your guys are spot free soon x

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WhatSheSaid · 01/01/2013 03:59

littlestkiwi how is your bach search going?

I have just started going through Bookabach, Holidayhomes and Holidayhouses looking for somewhere for a long weekend with the in-laws in Feb. Last time we went to Tairua in the Coromandel which was gorgeous but they want somewhere closer (it's only 2 hours drive).

thelittlestkiwi · 01/01/2013 04:58

I've booked a place in Tutukaka for three nights and put a request in for another in the Far North. This place in Tutukaka looked great but they wouldn't do a three night break for us.

www.bookabach.co.nz/baches-and-holiday-homes/view/2377/locale/tutukaka

Not sure it's much closer than Tairua though!

WhatSheSaid · 01/01/2013 05:13

Nice place! No, unfortunately not closer than Tairua, Tutukaka is more like 2.5 hours drive I think...I'm looking at Algies Bay, Snells Beach etc as they are so close to Auckland. Would love to go to the Coromandel though.

frikonastick · 01/01/2013 05:50

I am starting to panic a little now. Shippers are sorted (yay me) but still no accommodation. Bloody hell, all I want is a fully furnished rental. You'd think I was looking for a snowball in hell.

frikonastick · 01/01/2013 05:51

Oh, and happy new year! Grin

thelittlestkiwi · 01/01/2013 05:56

frik- you might have better luck on gumtree for furnished rentals. There are not many around though.

WhatSheSaid · 01/01/2013 05:59

No, furnished rentals are v rare. Is it Tauranga you're going to?

frikonastick · 01/01/2013 06:13

Tauranga Yes. Am looking everywhere. It's weird, when I looked like, 4 months ago there were loads, so armed with my false sense of security I went on my merry way thinking, oh cool, well that's not so hard then.

But nnnoooo, now there's frikking nothing to be found!!

I was originally just looking at sort term lets on realestate.co.nz, but am now all over home stay, holiday house etc etc etc. and am mostly thinking fuck me, but clearly there is cash to be made on the whole holiday home front, they are so expensive! Although, am hoping some might give a massive reduction in rates for the longer booking.

Bloody frikking bollock ache that moving country is

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WhatSheSaid · 01/01/2013 06:21

friknot sure which area of Tauranga you want to be in or how many bedrooms you need, but this is all the stuff that comes on a search for furnished rentals on Trade Me

www.trademe.co.nz/browse/categoryattributesearchresults.aspx?134=2&135=23&136=&153=Furnished&132=FLAT&59=0&59=0&122=0&122=0&29=&search=1&sidebar=1&cid=5748&rptpath=0350-5748-

frikonastick · 01/01/2013 06:48

Thanks justa! :-)

Whatshesaid, I have contacted quite a few of those, it's the availability periods that are the problem, which is why I had graduated to Bach search. BUT, having said that, I do see one that I hadn't noticed before, just going to email them now, so thanks very much.

Anyone got a drive way we can park a caravan on........ Lol!

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AngryBeaver · 01/01/2013 07:11

Well done frick.
It is a ballache finding furnished. We stayed in motels until we found a rental (unfurnished) then we bought blow up beds, and bits from Briscoes, to see us through until the container arrived!
Not easy, but you're a pro at this!
wss I was amazed by that rental until I saw it was for 1 person!!

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frikonastick · 01/01/2013 07:24

AB when we lived in syria we 'camped' in our house for 3 months with no furniture. We literally had beds and the kitchen. That was it. No cupboards, couches, tv, bookshelves literally an empty house except for beds, pots and pans. I swore then, Never Again! But obvs it was worse there cos you couldn't actually get anything, whereas NZ I would be able to just buy stuff if we are prepared to spend the money. The other reason I want furnished is that it looks like our container will take on best case scenario 4 months to get there, worst case, 6 months. Which a long fucking time to be camping and making do really, especially with kids.

Am now looking into motels! Thanks for the tip

WhatSheSaid · 01/01/2013 07:27

Yeah, the first one was just for one room in the house but there were other listings for whole houses...more than I thought there would be.