Taranaki, 13th-15th march
After spending a few days in Wellington and Feilding, catching up with friends and saying goodbye, I set off to Taranaki, on the west coast. An absolutely gorgeous part of the country, with some of the most impressive bush I've seen yet, beautiful black sand beaches, and snowcapped mountains in the distance. I spent the weekend with Mark, a friend of my good friend Diccon. Mark is a stuntman, and has decided to take his career choice to a new level, by building a luxury outfit on the top of a hill to accommodate groups of guys (or adventurous girls) who want to play around with extreme sports, bombs, firearms and cars....
After a risky climb up in a 4WD you arrive at the building site, where the house already gives a pretty good idea of the amazing times they are going to have here. The views from each room are breathtaking.
Fun times... This biscuit is so hard to hold on to when the driver is a maniac that does every thing he can to tip you off!
Mark is organizing a big bash for his 30th in a couple of weeks, and there were plenty of preparations to make. So even if I won't be there for it, I got a sneak preview of what could happen. One of the main attractions will be a mudslide, so the weekend project was to build it, and blast out the landing pool, which was a bit too shallow.
Placing the bomb... Carefull now!
Better safe than sorry! We look cool I reckon!
3....2...1...
A job well done...
Now this is what I call a mudslide!
More fun - after rebuilding the jump and fixing the flat tyre - we were good to go!
Mark and his girlfriend Nat - a happy couple!
Well, at least she lasted 15 minutes!
A last look from the top - Thanks for a awesome weekend Mark and Nat, I won't forget it in a hurry!
2 comments:
Hey Lucy, we missed you at the party! Will send you the link so you can see all the photos. It really was an outrageous time.
Hope you are surviving in Japan!!
Nat x
Ha, love how Mark sends someone else in to set the bomb.
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