Badgers Beach

We visited for an afternoon walk and explore.  At the Western end is a small shack town. There is a nice BBQ and picnic area. The Coastal Traverse track starts here, apparently 4hrs. There is an area set up for beach boat launches. Best of all is the kilometres of untouched beach to walk along.  Next visit it would be interesting to have a look at the head land on the eastern end.

Best Boat Building Channels on YouTube

Updated April 2020

Sampson Boat Co – Tally Ho – Website

Leo, is probably my Favourite YouTuber in this space, rebuilding a historic British wooden yacht in the US. A very capable craftsman humbly shows us hows it’s done with a glimpse into his life style.

Salt and Tar – Building Rediviva

Six Points Wood Works – Sea Dreamer Project

Dangar Marine

Life on The Hulls

SV Seeker (Before the Prank)

Acorn to Arabella

Project Brupeg

Building SY Mistress

Tim Weston – Tokyo Express – Website

Tim presents a great journey through his building of a Catamaran in the days before YouTube.

SV Rusty Junk

A low budget build, with some great enginuity.

Sailing Hunk of Junk Added 28/04/2020

NZ Mountaineering Centennial Hut

For some time, I’d been wanting to get back in the mountains and the end of lasted year spotted a post on the New Zealand Alpine Club Facebook page asking if anyone was available for a trip. That was the start of a great learning experience and some quality time in the mountains. This post will focus on the what happened and most importantly what I learnt and will do differently in the future.

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A Sytem for Managing Large Photo Collections

Introduction

I have recently found myself offering advice on managing and storing large photo collections. Following is the system I recommend which is simple and if followed reliable and will protect your precious memories for years to come. The aim is to keep it simple so that anyone can follow, I’ll include links and references to more details for each element.  Please leave comments as I mean to keep updating and refining.

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