Archive For The “Environment” Category

Why petrol lawnmowers stink (yet manly Kiwis love them)

By David Young | May 20, 2008

photo credit: kevindooley I borrowed a friend’s lawn mower over the weekend, to finally trim our increasingly shaggy lawn, but unfortunately, after 10 minutes the engine seized and died. (due to no fault of mine, I was relieved to discover) My friend has since purchased another lawn mower to replace the dead one, but I’ve [...]

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Tramping: Enjoying New Zealand up-close

By David Young | May 5, 2008

On the advice of a friend, we completed our first “tramp” (hike) this weekend. We completed the “Bell Rock Loop Track”, within the Boundary Stream “Mainland Island”. This particular track took about two hours to complete, and was visually breathtaking. I felt a bit like a character from Lord of the Rings, running across the [...]

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