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Tag Archives: travel
Great Ocean Roadtrip
The weekend before linux.conf.au, I decided to go on a roadtrip with @chrisjrn down south of Melbourne for a roadtrip through the rural areas and along the Great Ocean Road. I started the trip with a pickup from @chrisjrn from … Continue reading
Tagged ballarat, boats, ferry, great ocean rd, lca, melbourne, rocks, travel
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AirNZ 747, yay!
For my trip to linux.conf.au in Melbourne/Ballarat I had rescheduled my flights from Wellington to Auckland due to the fact that I had booked my flights before my lovely lady dragged me up to Auckland to live with her. It’s … Continue reading
linux.conf.au 2012
In a couple days I’ll be flying out to Melbourne, Australia for linux.conf.au 2012, the undisputed greatest week of the year, being held in Ballarat. I’ve been attending this conference since 2006 in Dunedin and it’s continued to be an … Continue reading
Tagged ballarat, conference, lca, linux, linux.conf.au, melbourne, roadtrip, travel
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Xmas Break
I’m now back in Auckland after a week and a bit of tripping down to see Lisa’s family in Hawkes Bay and mine in Wellington, as well as catching up with friends along the way. In some ways it was … Continue reading
Tagged auckland, geekflat, hastings, napier, travel, wellington
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Xmas & New Years Plans
Time is rushing by in Auckland and already making xmas and new years plans. I’ll be heading down to Hawke’s Bay for the Xmas period with Lisa’s family and then down to Wellington for a few days to see my … Continue reading
Tagged auckland, friends, hastings, napier, roadtrip, splathro, travel, wellington
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Wellington Visit Nov
Yay, I’ll be down in Wellington for a short visit on Friday 18th and Sat 19th of November. :-) Flying down for a work project on Friday, plans out in town with friends on Friday and brunch on Saturday. If … Continue reading
Tagged friends, travel, wellington, work
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Walk Te Araroa?
I’m not a particularly outdoorsy kind of person, but there have been times when I’ve ventured out into the sun and been rewarded with painfully blistering skin instead of my delightful geek tan (as witnessed with my recent snowboarding efforts). … Continue reading
Tagged travel
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Kiwicon in Wellington
Having only just moved to Auckland, I’ve only just started reassembling my computer setup and unpacking boxes, yet already back down to Wellington attend the 5th Kiwicon Hacking & Security conference. Looking forwards to it, it’s always an interesting conference … Continue reading
Tagged auckland, friends, geek, Kiwicon, kiwicon, travel, wellington
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Week in Auckland
Been a busy week – I flew up to Auckland first thing on Monday morning and just arrived back tonight on Sunday. There’s a bigger update here on how things are going with the move and plans, this post is … Continue reading
Tagged auckland, food, splathro, travel
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Slowly morphing into an Aucklander
October is shaping up to be a pretty insanely busy month, I haven’t even had the time to update my blog for a while or finish some of the project I’ve been hacking away at. :-( This month is pretty … Continue reading
Tagged auckland, changes, love, splathro, travel, wellington, work
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