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  • Blacked Out Blacked Out

    I was lucky enough to score a few tickets to the All Blacks game at the Westpac Stadium last week.  The weather was perfect - rain and a bit of an ice cold southerly breeze to fin...

  • Two Weeks, Lots Of Fun Two Weeks, Lots Of Fun

    It's been a fast two weeks for sure, but massively rewarding and enjoyable, never ever thought I would say that about the school holidays! Bethany and I have had an absolute bla...

  • Bird Brain Bird Brain

    **Warning, graphic pictures included** Here at Dawes HQ we're all about preservation of animals.  We've been tempted to have Bailey stuffed recently due to his chewing activities...

  • Gnawty Dog Gnawty Dog

    Oh our little bundle of ginger fluff that we like to call Bailey keeps us on our toes that's for sure! Over a year old now you would think his puppy ways were behind him, but it se...

  • Castlepoint Trip Castlepoint Trip

    It's been the usual all quiet here at Dawes HQ again, mainly because we have been away on a little trip! We decided to try and dust off the Winter blues and shake of the nasty c...

  • The Better Direction The Better Direction

    You may have heard me mention before that I am a huge believer that sometimes things happen for a reason, that life takes you in a different direction on purpose, and that at these...

  • Morning Tea With John Key Morning Tea With John Key

      Now of course anyone who doesn't know their NZ politics will be asking who is John Key? For those of us here in New Zealand we know Mr John Key - as the Prime Minister! We w...

  • Birthday Boys! Birthday Boys!

    Anyone who knows us will know how much we love Denver and Bailey. For us we have dogs to be part of our family, enjoy our life and live alongside us, and in return we get more rewa...

  • Discoveries Discoveries

    It was Mothers Day here last Sunday, and not one for only being spoilt once a year (my lot know to spoil me everyday!) we decided to explore a piece of shoreline we hadn't yet v...

  • Another Zooper Day Another Zooper Day

    Before going to sleep on Friday night, Bethany turned her smile upside down, I asked her what was wrong and she said, quite randomly, 'I miss the Zoo'. So to be able to send our pr...

  • Anzac Day 2010 Anzac Day 2010

    5am the alarm went off and for a change we were the ones waking Bethany up, we really wanted to go running into her room, slam the door open, jump onto the bed, rip the covers back...

  • The Golf Ball & The Stone The Golf Ball & The Stone

    Once upon a time there was a Dawes Family, a Mammy Dawes, a Daddy Dawes, a Bethany Dawes and a Denver and Bailey Dawes. It was a nice summery afternoon, the Dawes Family were all ...

  • Lindale Farm Lindale Farm

    We couldn't decide as we left Shannon if we wanted to go to Lindale Park to the Lindale Kids Farm or not. Its somewhere that we have been before and reminded us dearly of all the u...

  • Owlcatraz Owlcatraz

    Sunday morning arrived early at just after 5am, Bethany asking someone to stop snoring will stay with us forever, the funniest thing to hear 'excuse me, excuse meee, can someone s...

  • Lift Off Levin Lift Off Levin

    We have had a fantastic Easter weekend this year! It started with the trip to Zealandia on Thursday, then we hit the cinema on Friday and saw one of the best movies ever called Ho...

  • Zealandia: The Opening Zealandia: The Opening

    We have been members of the Karori Wildlife Sanctuary for many years, and in the last year they have been making some massive changes. Not only have they developed the sanctuary ...

  • Autumnless Summer Autumnless Summer

    New Zealand officially entered Autumn on the 1st March and although we have had the odd falling leaf the signs of Autumn are pretty distant as yet. The days are shorter and the ni...

  • Bargain! Bargain!

    There is nothing more that an English person loves - than a bargain!!! We have been doing some major house redecoration lately (hence the quietness on the blog) and one of the ...

  • 2010 - The Year of the... 2010 – The Year of the…

    Well, if you go by Chinese astrology it's the Year of the Tiger (not Tiger Woods of course) - but for us it's most definitely the Year of the Frog. Frog Consulting is a team of ...

  • The End Of An Era The End Of An Era

    We've driven down State Highway 2 on a morning and been stuck in some really bad traffic.  Most of the time we get straight through, rush hour isn't really a rush, more an amble. ...

  • Grove Sale Grove Sale

    Garage Sales are a huge thing over here, every weekend there are hand made posters plastered up in various areas telling the world they are having a garage sale. It's something Ne...

  • Burning Burning

    Yet another case of stupidity has arisen after a region of Wellington was engulfed by flames yesterday. Still ablaze now, nearly 24 hours after the deliberate act of arson it's a ...