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Osborne and the Olympics

August 14, 2012November 23, 2015 N8N 0 Comments cartoon pukeko, Daniel Mills illustrator, osborne

Osborne has clearly been watching too much telly of late… (From the pen of Daniel Mills, illustrator, graphic artist and

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Homecoming present

August 13, 2012August 14, 2012 N8N 7 Comments Gordonton tuis, Thailand travels

After a month’s backpacking around Thailand we’re back in Gordonton. It’s chillier than I remember but the grass is green

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Leeches and tigers and bears, oh my!

August 6, 2012August 7, 2012 N8N 2 Comments Khao Sok National Park, leeches, Thailand travels

We are now in the deepest jungle. Wild tigers, elephants and barking deer roam free. Pythons and pit vipers slither

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Paradise paved

July 31, 2012August 20, 2012 N8N 1 Comment kantiang bay, Thailand travels

We threw our backpacks onto a tuktuk and sped off to the south end of Koh Lanta. And found paradise.

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The surprise garden

July 31, 2012May 3, 2014 N8N 1 Comment Kelly Willoughby, organic gardening, urban gardening

Garden writer Kelly Dyer finds a surprise when she gets home. It’s not every day you arrive home from work

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Snake 1, Cat 0

July 22, 2012 N8N 5 Comments cat vs snake, Thailand travels

Little kitty was sitting in the middle of the path. As I was missing Marley the N8N office moggy while

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