- Flat out = Busy
- Flat White = Latte
- Bobs her uncle = it is what it is
- Milo = Hot chocolate...sort of
- Kumara = Sweet Potatoes
- Pavlova = Meringue
- To "call in" = to physically visit
- ta =Thank you
- gutted = really upset
- pyjamas = pajamas
- pissing = raining
- pi ssed = drunk
- mothered = drunk
- coriander = cilantro
- munted = drunk
- sweet as = nice, I feel you, I agree, sounds good
- jersey = jacket
- jumper = jacket or sweater
- pants = underwears
- sunnies = sunglasses
- gum boots = extra tuffs/wellies
- quad bikes = 4 wheelers
- stroppy = spicy, attitude
- torch = headlamp
- tea = evening meal/dinner
- banger = sausage
- biscuit = cookie
- bugger = damn
- chips = french fries
- supee = supermarket/grocery
- fortnight = 2 consecutive weeks
- heaps = lots
- piker = slacker
- piss = any alcohol
- tramping = hiking
- ute = small utility vehicle or truck
- Zed = the letter "Z"
- capsicum = peppers, green or red
- fizzy = soda pop
- gridiron = American football
- jandal = flip flop
- lemonade = 7up
- to suss = to figure out
- cruisy = relaxed, cool, mellow
Above is main street in Franz Josef. I work in the building in the left hand corner. (Glacier Helicopters)
This is Sarah Lowell and I. I met her in Alaska a few years back and she is entirely responsible for getting me to NZ. Thanks Sarah.
Target practice: Fox Glacier
Company Christmas Party. People around here are really into costumes and costume parties. Im a good sport, what can I say? For clarification purposes, I am not pregnant and I do not smoke cigarettes. And I would certainly never engage in smoking and pregnancy at the same time. That is just silly.
Beautiful Fox Glacier, NZ
