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  • MN5M Online
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    @nepia said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:

    @mn5 said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:

    After the fiasco of a couple of days ago where the gps tried to send us down the gorge ( closed indefinitely ) on the way back from taupo and instead made us drive through twice, Palmy can get fucked even more than usual. Shithole.

    Were you going to HB?

    If you're going to Wellington there's no reason to go to Palmy whatsoever - your GPS was fucking with you.

    Coming back from Taupo to try and go direct to Gladstone.

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    When Kiwi air was flying out of there they used to make you pay $50 before they’d let you leave.
    Seemed pretty reasonable, I would have happily paid more to get out of Palmy.

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    @mn5 said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:

    Gladstone

    I've never heard of Gladstone and likely have been past it many times ;).

    I assume your GPS tried to take you over the Pahiatua track and sent you to Palmy to do it? You could have avoided it altogether by going over the Saddle Road but then you would to have gone through Feilding, Bunnythorpe, Ashurst and Woodville, so six of one, half dozen of the other really.

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    @nepia said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:

    @mn5 said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:

    Gladstone

    I've never heard of Gladstone and likely have been past it many times ;).

    I assume your GPS tried to take you over the Pahiatua track and sent you to Palmy to do it? You could have avoided it altogether by going over the Saddle Road but then you would to have gone through Feilding, Bunnythorpe, Ashurst and Woodville, so six of one, half dozen of the other really.

    Manawatu Gorge is shut though brudda. Ask @NTA about Gladstone. Magnificent spot.

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    @mn5 said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:

    @nepia said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:

    @mn5 said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:

    Gladstone

    I've never heard of Gladstone and likely have been past it many times ;).

    I assume your GPS tried to take you over the Pahiatua track and sent you to Palmy to do it? You could have avoided it altogether by going over the Saddle Road but then you would to have gone through Feilding, Bunnythorpe, Ashurst and Woodville, so six of one, half dozen of the other really.

    Manawatu Gorge is shut though brudda. Ask @NTA about Gladstone. Magnificent spot.

    That's why I said over the Saddle Road - although, TBF you could have gotten to the Pahiatua track the same way. There really was no reason to go to Palmy.

    What would NTA know about magnificent, he's Australian, they call hills the Blue Mountains. πŸ™‚

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  • MN5M Online
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    @nepia said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:

    @mn5 said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:

    @nepia said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:

    @mn5 said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:

    Gladstone

    I've never heard of Gladstone and likely have been past it many times ;).

    I assume your GPS tried to take you over the Pahiatua track and sent you to Palmy to do it? You could have avoided it altogether by going over the Saddle Road but then you would to have gone through Feilding, Bunnythorpe, Ashurst and Woodville, so six of one, half dozen of the other really.

    Manawatu Gorge is shut though brudda. Ask @NTA about Gladstone. Magnificent spot.

    That's why I said over the Saddle Road - although, TBF you could have gotten to the Pahiatua track the same way. There really was no reason to go to Palmy.

    What would NTA know about magnificent, he's Australian, they call hills the Blue Mountains. πŸ™‚

    I've driven from Taupo to Welly about a million times but haven't done the other way before....and I always get lost in the flat hole that is Palmy.

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    @mn5 said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:

    @nepia said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:

    @mn5 said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:

    @nepia said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:

    @mn5 said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:

    Gladstone

    I've never heard of Gladstone and likely have been past it many times ;).

    I assume your GPS tried to take you over the Pahiatua track and sent you to Palmy to do it? You could have avoided it altogether by going over the Saddle Road but then you would to have gone through Feilding, Bunnythorpe, Ashurst and Woodville, so six of one, half dozen of the other really.

    Manawatu Gorge is shut though brudda. Ask @NTA about Gladstone. Magnificent spot.

    That's why I said over the Saddle Road - although, TBF you could have gotten to the Pahiatua track the same way. There really was no reason to go to Palmy.

    What would NTA know about magnificent, he's Australian, they call hills the Blue Mountains. πŸ™‚

    I've driven from Taupo to Welly about a million times but haven't done the other way before....and I always get lost in the flat hole that is Palmy.

    I guess you need to aim for Ashurst on the GPS from say Bulls, then once you hit Ashurst aim for Gladstone. Just avoid the dark grey clouds in the centre as that's Palmy.

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    @nepia said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:

    What would NTA know about magnificent, he's Australian, they call hills the Blue Mountains. πŸ™‚

    Walk down into the valleys between them, smart-arse. They'll look like mountains on the way out, trust me.

    Where the fuck is Gladstone?

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    @nepia said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:

    @mn5 said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:

    @nepia said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:

    @mn5 said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:

    @nepia said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:

    @mn5 said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:

    Gladstone

    I've never heard of Gladstone and likely have been past it many times ;).

    I assume your GPS tried to take you over the Pahiatua track and sent you to Palmy to do it? You could have avoided it altogether by going over the Saddle Road but then you would to have gone through Feilding, Bunnythorpe, Ashurst and Woodville, so six of one, half dozen of the other really.

    Manawatu Gorge is shut though brudda. Ask @NTA about Gladstone. Magnificent spot.

    That's why I said over the Saddle Road - although, TBF you could have gotten to the Pahiatua track the same way. There really was no reason to go to Palmy.

    What would NTA know about magnificent, he's Australian, they call hills the Blue Mountains. πŸ™‚

    I've driven from Taupo to Welly about a million times but haven't done the other way before....and I always get lost in the flat hole that is Palmy.

    I guess you need to aim for Ashurst on the GPS from say Bulls, then once you hit Ashurst aim for Gladstone. Just avoid the dark grey clouds in the centre as that's Palmy.

    If the clouds don’t put you off the billboard that says β€œ if you lived here, you’d have hung yourself by now” certainly should.

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  • MN5M Online
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    @nta said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:

    @nepia said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:

    What would NTA know about magnificent, he's Australian, they call hills the Blue Mountains. πŸ™‚

    Walk down into the valleys between them, smart-arse. They'll look like mountains on the way out, trust me.

    Where the fuck is Gladstone?

    It's where you stayed in November, moron.

    ( actually the map says Kokotau, as you were )

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    @mn5 Its just "rapa" to me. All of it.

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  • MN5M Online
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    @nta said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:

    @mn5 Its just "rapa" to me. All of it.

    That's actually some pretty sound logic.

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    @nepia said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:

    @mn5 said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:

    @nepia said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:

    @mn5 said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:

    Gladstone

    I've never heard of Gladstone and likely have been past it many times ;).

    I assume your GPS tried to take you over the Pahiatua track and sent you to Palmy to do it? You could have avoided it altogether by going over the Saddle Road but then you would to have gone through Feilding, Bunnythorpe, Ashurst and Woodville, so six of one, half dozen of the other really.

    Manawatu Gorge is shut though brudda. Ask @NTA about Gladstone. Magnificent spot.

    That's why I said over the Saddle Road - although, TBF you could have gotten to the Pahiatua track the same way. There really was no reason to go to Palmy.

    What would NTA know about magnificent, he's Australian, they call hills the Blue Mountains. πŸ™‚

    Having just spent a week down there in Katoomba I have adjusted my opinion of the Blue Mountains. Spectacular piece of country. Most impressed and seriously underrated. (As opposed to the Sydney Estuary which was seriously underwhelming, although with a pretty spectacular, if disappointingly small, bridge. Most overrated. Both cases perhaps reflective of expectation.)

    But a GPS? In NZ? To get from Taupo to the Wairarapa? Even with the Gorge closed it should take one glimpse at a map ...

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    PS @Nepia you should be able to avoid Bunnythorpe and Fielding going via Colyton.

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    @booboo said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:

    @nepia said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:

    @mn5 said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:

    @nepia said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:

    @mn5 said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:

    Gladstone

    I've never heard of Gladstone and likely have been past it many times ;).

    I assume your GPS tried to take you over the Pahiatua track and sent you to Palmy to do it? You could have avoided it altogether by going over the Saddle Road but then you would to have gone through Feilding, Bunnythorpe, Ashurst and Woodville, so six of one, half dozen of the other really.

    Manawatu Gorge is shut though brudda. Ask @NTA about Gladstone. Magnificent spot.

    That's why I said over the Saddle Road - although, TBF you could have gotten to the Pahiatua track the same way. There really was no reason to go to Palmy.

    What would NTA know about magnificent, he's Australian, they call hills the Blue Mountains. πŸ™‚

    Having just spent a week down there in Katoomba I have adjusted my opinion of the Blue Mountains. Spectacular piece of country. Most impressed and seriously underrated. (As opposed to the Sydney Estuary which was seriously underwhelming, although with a pretty spectacular, if disappointingly small, bridge. Most overrated. Both cases perhaps reflective of expectation.)

    But a GPS? In NZ? To get from Taupo to the Wairarapa? Even with the Gorge closed it should take one glimpse at a map ...

    Shsssssh, we're supposed to be winding up the Aussies about their mountains that you have to descend down into before discovering their beauty ;).

    What is the Sydney Estuary? The Harbour area?

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  • NepiaN Offline
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    @booboo said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:

    PS @Nepia you should be able to avoid Bunnythorpe and Fielding going via Colyton.

    Colyton, Bunnythorpe - same same isn't it? πŸ˜‰

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    @nepia said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:

    @booboo said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:

    @nepia said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:

    @mn5 said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:

    @nepia said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:

    @mn5 said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:

    Gladstone

    I've never heard of Gladstone and likely have been past it many times ;).

    I assume your GPS tried to take you over the Pahiatua track and sent you to Palmy to do it? You could have avoided it altogether by going over the Saddle Road but then you would to have gone through Feilding, Bunnythorpe, Ashurst and Woodville, so six of one, half dozen of the other really.

    Manawatu Gorge is shut though brudda. Ask @NTA about Gladstone. Magnificent spot.

    That's why I said over the Saddle Road - although, TBF you could have gotten to the Pahiatua track the same way. There really was no reason to go to Palmy.

    What would NTA know about magnificent, he's Australian, they call hills the Blue Mountains. πŸ™‚

    Having just spent a week down there in Katoomba I have adjusted my opinion of the Blue Mountains. Spectacular piece of country. Most impressed and seriously underrated. (As opposed to the Sydney Estuary which was seriously underwhelming, although with a pretty spectacular, if disappointingly small, bridge. Most overrated. Both cases perhaps reflective of expectation.)

    But a GPS? In NZ? To get from Taupo to the Wairarapa? Even with the Gorge closed it should take one glimpse at a map ...

    Shsssssh, we're supposed to be winding up the Aussies about their mountains that you have to descend down into before discovering their beauty ;).

    What is the Sydney Estuary? The Harbour area?

    My opinion of their overhyped harbour which is the most spectacular/beautiful/awesome harbour in the woooorld. Was a let down for me. Nothing more than an estuary with an over inflated ego and a few funny buildings at the edges ...

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  • MN5M Online
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    @booboo said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:

    @nepia said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:

    @mn5 said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:

    @nepia said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:

    @mn5 said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:

    Gladstone

    I've never heard of Gladstone and likely have been past it many times ;).

    I assume your GPS tried to take you over the Pahiatua track and sent you to Palmy to do it? You could have avoided it altogether by going over the Saddle Road but then you would to have gone through Feilding, Bunnythorpe, Ashurst and Woodville, so six of one, half dozen of the other really.

    Manawatu Gorge is shut though brudda. Ask @NTA about Gladstone. Magnificent spot.

    That's why I said over the Saddle Road - although, TBF you could have gotten to the Pahiatua track the same way. There really was no reason to go to Palmy.

    What would NTA know about magnificent, he's Australian, they call hills the Blue Mountains. πŸ™‚

    Having just spent a week down there in Katoomba I have adjusted my opinion of the Blue Mountains. Spectacular piece of country. Most impressed and seriously underrated. (As opposed to the Sydney Estuary which was seriously underwhelming, although with a pretty spectacular, if disappointingly small, bridge. Most overrated. Both cases perhaps reflective of expectation.)

    But a GPS? In NZ? To get from Taupo to the Wairarapa? Even with the Gorge closed it should take one glimpse at a map ...

    No map and in the other halfs car so phone had gone flat too. As I said I've always gone direct to Welly but this time decided to go to the raps.

    Palmy is a flat shithole with no landmarks and scantily clad fat bitches who should dress for the body they have, not the one they want.

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    @mn5 said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:

    @booboo said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:

    @nepia said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:

    @mn5 said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:

    @nepia said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:

    @mn5 said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:

    Gladstone

    I've never heard of Gladstone and likely have been past it many times ;).

    I assume your GPS tried to take you over the Pahiatua track and sent you to Palmy to do it? You could have avoided it altogether by going over the Saddle Road but then you would to have gone through Feilding, Bunnythorpe, Ashurst and Woodville, so six of one, half dozen of the other really.

    Manawatu Gorge is shut though brudda. Ask @NTA about Gladstone. Magnificent spot.

    That's why I said over the Saddle Road - although, TBF you could have gotten to the Pahiatua track the same way. There really was no reason to go to Palmy.

    What would NTA know about magnificent, he's Australian, they call hills the Blue Mountains. πŸ™‚

    Having just spent a week down there in Katoomba I have adjusted my opinion of the Blue Mountains. Spectacular piece of country. Most impressed and seriously underrated. (As opposed to the Sydney Estuary which was seriously underwhelming, although with a pretty spectacular, if disappointingly small, bridge. Most overrated. Both cases perhaps reflective of expectation.)

    But a GPS? In NZ? To get from Taupo to the Wairarapa? Even with the Gorge closed it should take one glimpse at a map ...

    No map and in the other halfs car so phone had gone flat too. As I said I've always gone direct to Welly but this time decided to go to the raps.

    Palmy is a flat shithole with no landmarks and scantily clad fat bitches who should dress for the body they have, not the one they want.

    To be fair, the same could be said for MANY NZ locations.

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    @mokey said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:

    @mn5 said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:

    @booboo said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:

    @nepia said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:

    @mn5 said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:

    @nepia said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:

    @mn5 said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:

    Gladstone

    I've never heard of Gladstone and likely have been past it many times ;).

    I assume your GPS tried to take you over the Pahiatua track and sent you to Palmy to do it? You could have avoided it altogether by going over the Saddle Road but then you would to have gone through Feilding, Bunnythorpe, Ashurst and Woodville, so six of one, half dozen of the other really.

    Manawatu Gorge is shut though brudda. Ask @NTA about Gladstone. Magnificent spot.

    That's why I said over the Saddle Road - although, TBF you could have gotten to the Pahiatua track the same way. There really was no reason to go to Palmy.

    What would NTA know about magnificent, he's Australian, they call hills the Blue Mountains. πŸ™‚

    Having just spent a week down there in Katoomba I have adjusted my opinion of the Blue Mountains. Spectacular piece of country. Most impressed and seriously underrated. (As opposed to the Sydney Estuary which was seriously underwhelming, although with a pretty spectacular, if disappointingly small, bridge. Most overrated. Both cases perhaps reflective of expectation.)

    But a GPS? In NZ? To get from Taupo to the Wairarapa? Even with the Gorge closed it should take one glimpse at a map ...

    No map and in the other halfs car so phone had gone flat too. As I said I've always gone direct to Welly but this time decided to go to the raps.

    Palmy is a flat shithole with no landmarks and scantily clad fat bitches who should dress for the body they have, not the one they want.

    To be fair, the same could be said for MANY NZ locations.

    Fair call but everything always seems worse in Palmy.

    Whoa, I think I just created a new town slogan!!

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