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| Monty Python once had a catch phrase of ..."and now for something completely different"... This was certainly the theme of this navigation trial with a difference. We've got the clipboard, the book of maps and the navigator we were told we needed. Gary and Catherine had produced a cracker this time! No more route directions to follow, no more getting lost on route - or so we thought. It all appeared very easy and thoughts of finishing this one in record time were motoring through our heads. Nine landmarks, twelve questions and a gentle motor through South, East and Central Auckland. What could be easier? |
Last minute instructions and directions!
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Visit as many (or all) of the landmarks in any order by using any route you liked and be at the finish point all within 3 hours! It was impossible to get lost as we chose where we went from point to point. In no particular order, the landmarks were Bastion Point, Mt Richmond, Point View Reserve, Cornwall Park, Stockade Hill, Auckland Domain, Musick Point, Mt Wellington,and Mt Eden.
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Ready for the Off!
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The catch? Achieve this with the lowest mileage possible. Now those map reading skills were required. Where do we start? What order will be the shortest? Is my map up to date? So much for the gentle motor through the suburbs! Add to this the fact that the questions were in random order with no indication of which venue the answers could be found. We decided on an anticlockwise, circular direction hoping this would be as short as possible, but in truth we could have reversed it, or chosen other itineraries that looked equally short on the map. There in lay the rub, the great unknown, factor X. We wouldn't know how it turned out until the end. We set off, secure in the knowledge that we had chosen the shortest possible route and that local knowledge would come to the party for us!
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Our route was to be, Point View Reserve - Botany Downs(we didn't know it existed!), Stockade Hill - Howick (venue of many a teenage Friday Night many moons ago), Musick Point - Buckland's Beach(driving through the Golf Club en route reminded me of many a mistimed drive with 100 ft cliffs on each side!), Mt Wellington - Panmure (I remember the annual King of the Mountain races and thought they were mad), Bastion Point - Orakei ( looking out over the harbour where many hours were spent yacht racing), Auckland Domain - Grafton (scene of many a hard fought cricket match), Mt Eden - you know where (where we watched the T. College after a bomb scare once, waiting for the explosion and the subsequent enforced, paid holiday), Cornwall Park - Epsom (anybody remember lunchtime runs through the park?) and finally Mt Richmond - Otahuhu (where Gary and Catherine would exact their vengeful toll on us who have had a few more birthdays than others!) and finally onto Manukau to the finish and a welcome coffee stop.
Was this to be the shortest? Would 3 hours be enough time or too much to coast to victory? There would be a lot of old memories from these places so maybe these would be the winner on the day. |
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Point View Reserve.
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Musick Point Radio Station
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Bastion Point and Savage Memorial
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The Cenotaph - Holy Ground.
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(N)One Tree Hill - Windswept Central.
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The Finish - we love Big Maccas
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| As an exercise, this one was awesome, mainly because it was time for ..."something completely different"... This made a change to the navigation trials we are used to and so the novelty value was exceptional. It was a pity more club members didn't come out for this one.
Our thanks to Gary and Catherine for putting this one together for us - we appreciate what you did and all thoroughly enjoyed the day..............except for the one question!!!!
Results:-
1st Alan and Shelagh Murie
2nd= Royce and Ashliegh Brown, Kevin Taylor and Dan Smith
4th Teresa and Gavin Agnew
5th Kelvin Healy and Imogen Hewlett (Datsun Z)
6th= Brian & Sheryl Schou (Datsun Z), Daniel Barrack & Matthew Oliver, Mark Thompson & Robert Lowen
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