Envy Of Angels

Ah to blat home in a wee sports car, top down, an iconic NZ band blasting away.

Does you good...


Look over there, you used to say,
The shape of the land beneath the street.
Ridges and valleys and underground streams,
You have to know whats under your feet.
So you can make things strong enough,
To take the weight.
The weight of all the people
That haven't been born.
That's what you said to me,
And it's the envy of angels.

Listen to that, you used to say.
Can you hear someone drawing plans?
Can you hear someone cutting wood?
Can you hear someone walking the land?
And all the time I wanted to be,
Somewhere that wasn't so new,
Where you don't have to dig youself out
A place to stand.
Far away,
From the envy of angels.

Driving to your place after dark,
The light of the town behind those hills,
I'm wanting so much to see you again,
I can almost touch the new tar seal.
In front of my wheels,
They're painting the signs,
Measuring the land,
Marking the lines,
Laying foundations,
Making it strong,
For all of those people,
Who haven't been born.
Just like you said.
And it's the envy of angels.

Mahoenui Early Morning.

click for biggie

While You Buggars Sleep ...

Sunrise
Mt. Messenger

My Dad Had a Bloody Hard Day

We are holding
up the Bypass

Me and my dad
having a top laugh.

I'm sitting on the tool box
I'm so glad I'm not a schoolbus

I'm so glad I'm not at school.

JCB Song & Video
(thanks David)

The Madonna Falls, Kurukuru Hill, State Highway 4

We are presently working on State Highway 4, which is also part of our network. It is a busy road at the moment with skiers & snowboarders heading for the slopes on Mt Ruapehu. The two guys who mostly look after that stretch have their hands full with heavy frosts and icy roads. There is a local mufti traffic cop who is also doing a roaring trade. A lot of the traffic consists of young snowboarders from Auckland in turbo charged Japanese rocket ships intent on getting to the Mountain as fast as possible. They ignore signs, sail off corners, go through fences, plough into banks, and fill up the ditches. It is so prevalent that they get little sympathy from the crew, who are a friendly bunch. The ones who drive 4x4 SUV's will, to our amusement, go to great lengths not to get mud on their vehicles when we are clearing slips, and will pick their way around us.
Web Cam
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Awakino Gorge Tunnel
Heading north into the morning fog & mist.
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Ladies Mile
Awakino
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Hi Ho Hi Ho, It's Off To Work We Go ...

Morning, Ladies Mile, Awakino.
The Sign Truck leads the way on another pothole run north.
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Mt. Ruapehu, Central North Island
from Mahoenui Hill.
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On the road you have to be prepared for anything. One minute it's raining, next it's sweltering. Soon the cab of the work truck looks like an art object.
Rest Area 300m