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That’s a not-so-little baby Paradise Shelduck from my most recent trip to Zealandia. Apparently it’s “cute”.

Anyway, due to late notice (this is my first night at home in awhile) and some other factors, it’s yet another trip to Zealandia this Saturday.

More importantly, an update on my birthday sleepover.
The main part is still driving up to the in-laws (no longer vacant, which is good) via the Wairarapa. Since Melissa potentially has dancing on the Saturday, the leaving time is ambiguous, but the aim is to leave by 3. That means leaving here, we’ll have to do some pick-ups on the way out. We arrive in Palmy at some un-determined time (probably too late for dinner, but we’ll sort something out), and then do stuff/sleep. There should be enough space at the in-laws to give everyone some rack space, and there is going to be cake and ice cream. After sleep, we get up, maybe have a fry-up, and get back on the road sometime. The arriving home time is flexible, with the current aim being mid-afternoon. Fun times to be had by all, even if you have to endure my music for a day or so.

The idea behind the photography competition-thing is to split into two teams (currently called Vestara and Xanthe, after the hardware employed). I have constructed a list of 500 words/phrases (that’s a real link), and I randomly split it in half, and then randomly ordered each part. So each team gets 250 words (or phrases, but mainly words), which they are to attempt incorporate into photos, with the caveat that each photo must contain at least one identifiable team member. Some are easy, some are hard, some require creative interpretations (so bring props). The winning team will be the team that gets the most words crossed off. This competition will run for the entire trip, not just the north leg, with photos being put on the Internet at some point.