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submitted 7 months ago by thevoyagekayaking to c/newzealand

Quite a fascinating story, and I was absolutely amazed he was found alive.

Something the article doesn't mention though, is the only way he could have been lost for so long is to not have a map and compass, GPS, or means of communication with him. Part of the reason I wasn't expecting this to have a happy ending is it never really occurred to me that someone going into the bush alone wouldn't have a PLB.

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submitted 8 months ago by thevoyagekayaking to c/newzealand

Fuck me, our justice system is beyond useless. Not even a financial contribution towards the tracks due to the damage done?

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submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by thevoyagekayaking to c/offtopic

It's amazing to me that we've come full circle, back to Torpedo7 being an online only retailer once more, or soon to be at least.

I'm not sure how the warehouse group managed to balls that up so badly, they just didn't offer good value at all as a retail store.

I've still got a Torpedo7 branded tent from back in the day when they had like two stores.

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submitted 11 months ago by thevoyagekayaking to c/newzealand

I think the most likely outcome of this is traffic chaos as everyone decides they'd rather park on the road than pay central city parking rates in the middle of nowhere.

Seriously, $5 an hour is absurd.

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submitted 11 months ago by thevoyagekayaking to c/newzealand

I actually cycled this route a few weeks ago, I can see why people are upset. There has been a large number of vehicles come through that have absolutely chewed up the ground, in places there are multiple pathways formed as one has become impassable.

Maintaining vehicle and cycling access, as well as marking out where the road actually is, is the best outcome in my view.

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Me and two others completed this trip today, with slightly rougher conditions than I anticipated, but nonetheless a successful trip.

One of the cool things about this paddle is it's just under 20km on the water, but only two km to get back to the start point to retrieve your vehicle

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submitted 1 year ago by thevoyagekayaking to c/offtopic

Me and two others completed this trip today, with slightly rougher conditions than I anticipated, but nonetheless a successful trip.

One of the cool things about this paddle is it's just under 20km on the water, but only two km to get back to the start point to retrieve your vehicle.

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submitted 1 year ago by thevoyagekayaking to c/newzealand

This is quite fascinating actually, I had no idea there was such a thing as a planked waka.

I'd love to see a reconstruction of this one day, it sounds like an extremely capable craft.

[-] thevoyagekayaking 23 points 1 year ago

This was an extremely high hour machine, 13,000 on the airframe and 26,000 on the engine. Not sure if that's significant, but it's definitely interesting.

[-] thevoyagekayaking 10 points 1 year ago

I'm very much on the same page, pics or it didn't happen. If there really was a moose population, there would be prints, poo, antlers, or some other evidence.

Instead, we have a number of sightings, almost always by people from areas where moose live, but no photos.

And I believe the fact it always seems to be Americans or Canadians is significant, perhaps they're more likely to think moose when they see a shape, rather than a NZer, who would assume it was a deer?

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submitted 1 year ago by thevoyagekayaking to c/newzealand

What do you think, are they still around?

I do notice all these sightings seem to be from tourists, and they never take photos.

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submitted 1 year ago by thevoyagekayaking to c/offtopic

I'd love to know what actually went wrong here, and what products they were using.

It's remarkably easy to get smoke and flames when you screw up mixing resin, entire buildings have been lost due to mistakes like that.

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submitted 2 years ago by thevoyagekayaking to c/newzealand

There's a large number of invasive species in NZ that could have been eradicated, had decisive action been taken early on to remove the infestation, including a number of marine plants, so I'm glad to hear in this case we are making the effort and trying to eliminate this pest outright.

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submitted 2 years ago by thevoyagekayaking to c/newzealand

Pretty impressive for Stabicraft that a 300 kg dolphin can crash land in the boat and not damage anything.

[-] thevoyagekayaking 8 points 2 years ago

That system sounds like a bit of a nightmare to use. And worse to turn off.

[-] thevoyagekayaking 7 points 2 years ago

Chloe being ahead of both Peter's and Seymour as preferred PM must surely rankle.

[-] thevoyagekayaking 7 points 2 years ago

A more generic aerospace and technology community would be better, in my view. I'd like to discuss the benefits companies like SpaceX can bring to NZ as well, for example.

[-] thevoyagekayaking 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I'm at Matauri Bay Campsite for the week, yesterday I made the 11.5 hour drive from the hutt Valley to here, and today we went "rock gardening", which is when you hug the coast and play amongst the rocks, paddling through narrow channels, and generally moseying around.

Tomorrow I aim to get over to the Cavalli islands, which is the main purpose of the trip.

https://www.relive.cc/view/vrqDpNRpKLq

[-] thevoyagekayaking 11 points 2 years ago

I've got plans for tomorrow, tides wait for nobody.

I kinda hope the whole idea of getting utterly plastered on new years is becoming old fashioned anyway.

Also I'm broke.

[-] thevoyagekayaking 7 points 2 years ago

Heading off into Queen Charlotte sound until Monday, the conditions are ideal as well.

https://files.catbox.moe/f7a6zu.jpg

[-] thevoyagekayaking 8 points 3 years ago

Makaro Ward island

It was a great day to be on the water, especially in Wellington. Photo taken on Ward island, we did a trip to Somes and Ward from Seatoun.

[-] thevoyagekayaking 14 points 3 years ago

Please don't link websites that have full screen popups.

[-] thevoyagekayaking 8 points 3 years ago

In fairness to the AI, human writers are far from infallible. Anyone remember the Cambodian midget fighting league?

[-] thevoyagekayaking 22 points 3 years ago

Oh man, Lemmygrad will not like this one bit.

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