Just reported in SMH - Radley in brawl in Machester

[horrie hastings]

Arthur’s Pass is gorgeous and has some awesome private club fields throughout for snow sports. It’s a shame to have to end that trip by going through Greymouth.

It was basically only to see my flat mate at the time mother. Loved the rest of the South Island trip though.

[rented tracksuit]

It was basically only to see my flat mate at the time mother. Loved the rest of the South Island trip though.

I’ve had some truly epic snowboarding adventures up through Arthur’s Pass. Really miss the place.

[Rooster1908]

I’ve had some truly epic adventures up through Arthur’s Pass. Really miss the place.

Is ths something to do with a boyfriend . Not thats theres anything wrong with that Rented

[rented tracksuit]

Is ths something to do with a boyfriend . Not thats theres anything wrong with that Rented

Why do you have homo on the mind?

[mightyrooster]

Had a possum pie 42 years ago on my 1st trip to Nz . Near Greymouth south may want to skip the area .

Sounds delicious . We didn’t go to Greymouth when we did the South Island as we spent a lot of time in Queenstown / Wanaka / Milford Sound areas.

[mightyrooster]

Hmmm paua, and trout are not to be missed when in NZ. Paua is the NZ equivalent of Abalone and was a cheap as chips when i was there in the late 80s but i reckon it would be expensive now.
Would be interested in trying fresh green lip mussels from there, unfortunately you can only get them frozen here in Australia or already cooked and pickled, i don't like them like that but would imagine the fresh product in NZ would totally different just lightly steamed.

Also not sea food i remember going into a couple of supermarkets in the South Island and they had Mutton bird on trays just like we sell chickens here, the Kiwi person i was with said they really are an acquired taste.

Mutton bird…probably better than possum but that’s not saying much. I did try a blue cod when we were there last and it was very nice.

[mightyrooster]

I remember driving down to i think Rotarua and there was stretch of road that was just splattered with possums, i didn't bother counting them but there would have been hundreds over a short stretch, the introduced Australian possums are a huge pest in NZ.

We went to a wild life place last time and at the presentation / show the presenter spent a lot of time going on about how bad the possum problem is there and apologising to the Aussie tourists in the audience.

[mightyrooster]

Drove around the South Island 5 years ago for 3 weeks. I eloped and got married on a wharf in Glenorchy. Every turn seemed to get more beautiful on that road trip, absolutely amazing scenery. Food wise, for a casual feed Pedro's in Christchurch and for a top meal Botswana Butchery in Queenstown!!

We had Pedro’s and it was very good. At Queenstown the Fergbaker had the best Boston cream buns and the scenery was amazing like you say. I was constantly going wow. The further south you go the more stunning it was.