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Saw The Last Journey yesterday: - it's a documentary, in which Fredrik takes his 80 yo ailing dad Lars on a road trip from Sweden to the south of France, to retrace old steps and bring him back to life. Very moving, funny - great to see their devotion. #filmsky letterboxd.com/nzbarry/film...

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I have heard a few Horsegirl tracks over the past couple of weeks, but I think Julie is my favourite: Nora is almost speaking the lyrics, low key music and a cute video. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fs9z...

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We finish our Milford Sound cruises, head back to Te Anau, then on to Queenstown and Glenorchy - one family member walks it. asbarrywanders.substack.com/p/te-anau-gl...

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Yikes! Last week's symposium has led to an invitation to go speak to some top law firms in Sydney. And they'll pay me to go over! Aren't I supposed to be retired?

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On the couch, Adrian shows he might not be so inflexible, and Awhina is quite the catch. #MAFSAUS

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And then we have Morena complaining about Tony not talking, and talking over him when he does. #MAFSAUS

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The other couples on #MAFSAUS are pissing themselves as Jacqui and Ryan air their trivial grievances with each other.

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Someone - Jake - who says nasty things about the other competitors on #MAFSAUS isn't entitled to trust his wife not to say something.

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I'm liking Dave and Jamie on #MAFSAUS but Adrian is looking like being a worry, very hardline and maybe not 100% to be trusted re his ex.

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Marianne Faithful died recently: to honour her, we watched her 1968 movie, the Girl on a Motorcycle: a road trip through France to Heidelberg, with many flashbacks and musings by her. She thinks about the husband she's left and the lover to whom she's riding. He gave her the bike as wedding present!

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A few weeks ago, I go on a bit of a tiki tour around Southland with some of my family. This first post is about the first day, and some of the second: it ends half way through a Milford Sound cruise, with a dolphin. asbarrywanders.substack.com/p/family-tri...

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Katie in #MAFSAUS is cool, but I wonder what good it's doing to her, staying when Tim is goneburger.

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Ryan is no better in #MAFSAUS when he packs a sad because Jacqui's ex was possibly better looking than him.

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One of Jacqui and Ryan doesn't understand the photo challenge in #MAFSAUS - I suspect its the one crying for not being put first.

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Hmmmm - so, Jacqui, a contestant on a TV show #MAFSAUS hates TV. Cries again.

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Kindness of strangers! Stranded at Walters Peak with a puncture but no wheel brace. Real Journeys sent someone to help, after the dinner rush. Then a guy from Mt Nicholas stopped to help. He summoned two mates from Walters Peak Station. A couple from Gore followed for 100 km in case of more mishap.

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This is what a barbecue dinner in Athol looks like.

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I am out in the boonies of Northern Southland - Atholl - and what do I find? A barbecue restaurant!

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Was in Te Anau yesterday, the new Bridget Jones had its opening in the cute cinema, so stayed on to watch it. Loved it. Bridget's life is as chaotic as expected, but she makes good decisions, gets things together. Lots to laugh at, but sad too, as Mr Darcy's death is ever present.

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This class action about the cold and flu drugs has an interesting feature - people can register without proof of purchase. That's OK when it comes to building the class, but introduces a vulnerability to the proceeding - very few may be able to establish purchase down the track.

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t is several weeks ago that I stayed in Kakanui for a four day weekend, but I've only just completed my last post from that stay, about driving the Danseys Pass Road. asbarrywanders.substack.com/p/danseys-pa...

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New life goal: going to the Metropole Museum in Druten, Netherlands, thanks to this marvellous walk through. www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2YW...

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Well, that was a lot. Just home from a conference with former colleagues that started at 9, with a huge range of topics - only a couple struck me as lacking a point, most were informative, a couple were even funny.

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Recently read Nick Hornby's "Just Like You" - two people meet and hover around their unspoken, mutual attraction until the ice is finally broken. Then they have to deal with the complications of a mixed age, mixed race and mixed class relationship and Brexit. Fun! www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

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I didn't find the bag or pottery that I wanted at the George Street Market in Dunedin, but there were lots of choices, and at least 20 food trucks, with thousands of people and a beaming sun. Had a brat summer my way - bratwurst and beer at Joe's Garage.

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