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Ways to tell you don’t live in Wellington anymore …

By Rod DrurycloseAuthor: Rod Drury Name: Rod Drury
Email: rod.drury@xero.com
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About: Moved back to the Bay in 2009 as kids started school. Enjoying the balance of our Hawkes Bay lifestyle and community while being part of a team of over 70 talented people operating around the world. Commuting too many days a week but still get a buzz when landing back at Napier airport. If you're not already on Xero try it out for free at http://www.xero.com and save your self several hours a week.See This Author's Posts (108), November 20th, 2009

Number 3: A hot air ballon slowly floats past your window at 7:30 in the morning:

Number 4: You see these numbers in your in dash display -  in November ...

Posted in Lifestyle | 4 Comments »

4 Responses to “Ways to tell you don’t live in Wellington anymore …”

1. 

   Mike Holding
   18:37, 21.11.2009

   Excellent Rod!

   We should compile a list of all the reasons we chose to move away from big cities…

   Ways to tell you have been away from the Big Smoke for a while:

   You start wondering what the traffic jam is all about when there are more than 3 cars in front of you at the traffic circle.
2. 

   Rod Drury
   13:02, 29.11.2009

   Updated …
3. 

   Dave Smith
   13:50, 29.11.2009

   While working in a Govt Data Centre in the Hutt Valley I noticed a strange breed of people…they were healthy looking, relaxed and cheerful…. they were not my fellow Wellingtonians who were a pale, uptight and windblown bunch. Investigation revealed these people to be from Hawke’s Bay. 30 years on I have the same feeling each time I hit the Heretuanga plains…the temperature raises 10% the sky clears, I can see for miles, my shoulders relax, I open the window and breath in the Bays air…home again whew.

   Back then I swapped income for lifestyle…..in today’s connected world coming from Hawke’s Bay gives me both the psychological and economic advantage.
4. 

   BrenFM
   19:35, 29.11.2009

   Glad that shot wasn’t taken at speed… I would imagine the lot that have spun up the hands free law would frown upon it

   Agree though… LOVELY day, but a bit of a shock to the system in NOVEMBER!!!

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