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Take a Tour: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Take a Tour: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

As we are all confined to barracks, it is a great opportunity to try new things. How about a virtual tour of a world famous museum or art gallery? Maybe you have already visited this place or maybe it was on your bucket list? Today’s tour is of the

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Take a Tour: Musée d’Orsay, Paris

Take a Tour: Musée d’Orsay, Paris

As we are all confined to barracks, it is a great opportunity to try new things. How about a virtual tour of a world famous museum or art gallery? Maybe you have already visited this place or maybe it was on your bucket list? Today’s tour is of the

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Take a Tour: Guggenheim Museum, New York

Take a Tour: Guggenheim Museum, New York

As we are all confined to barracks, it is a great opportunity to try new things.  How about a virtual tour of a world famous museum or art gallery? Maybe you have already visited this place, maybe it was on your bucket list? Today’s tour is of the Guggenheim

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Take a Tour: The British Museum

Take a Tour: The British Museum

As we are all confined to barracks, it is a great opportunity to try new things. How about a virtual tour of a world-famous museum or art gallery? Maybe you have already visited this place or maybe it was on your bucket list? Today’s tour is of the British

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So Anyway, What Are You Lot Up To?

So Anyway, What Are You Lot Up To?

As you may have noticed, The BFD staff are taking a bit of time out from their hectic schedules and only a skeleton staff are looking after the site. Most of the rest of us are enjoying a bit of a break and hopefully you all are too. So I

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Screw Practicalities, You’re Getting Barriers Whether You Like Em or Not

Screw Practicalities, You’re Getting Barriers Whether You Like Em or Not

It has come to the attention of TheBFD that a few weeks ago there was a meeting between NZTA and farmers, farm contractors, trucking firms and other interested parties such as fire service volunteers. This took place near Christchurch and by all accounts, things got quite testy. The purpose of

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New York to L.A. in 27 Hours? Sign Me Up.

New York to L.A. in 27 Hours? Sign Me Up.

I well remember back in 1981 when I got hooked on cars. I was fifteen and about to go for my drivers licence. I was about to be set free in my Mum’s HQ wagon. No supervision, no skills, no concept of mortality. Quite how I didn’t kill

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Let’s Burn Some Fuel, It’s Targa Time Again

Let’s Burn Some Fuel, It’s Targa Time Again

Well not sure quite how I missed it but apparently an entire year has gone by since the Whaleoil Raceteam ventured out in the mighty Mustang for a week of doing skids down here on the Big Island. But time has definitely passed us by and here we are again,

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Is Portland the USA’s Biggest Dunghole?
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Is Portland the USA’s Biggest Dunghole?

A little while back, President Trump got the leftards free-trade organic cotton knickers in a twist by suggesting that there were a few countries outside the good ole U S of A that he felt were nothing better than ‘shitholes‘. People jumped up and down and said that, aside from

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The Gravel’s Set to Fly Again
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The Gravel’s Set to Fly Again

Rallying in New Zealand has been missing its pinnacle event since 2012, but gravel chuckers everywhere are rejoicing in the news this week that there will again be a World Rally Car Series round in NZ, at least in the short term. Rally New Zealand was named in WRC Promoter’

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Not-So-Smart Travellers Come a Cropper

Not-So-Smart Travellers Come a Cropper

One of the most memorable characters in Michael Crichton’s climate-thriller State of Fear is the pompous, egotistical actor-activist Ted Bradley. Bradley, who serves as both the avatar of Hollywood’s ignorant self-importance and as a foil for the book’s skeptic-heroes, comes to a hilariously bad end. As the

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Why Do We Keep Accepting Reduced Service?

Why Do We Keep Accepting Reduced Service?

Why is it, I wonder, that we as Kiwis keep letting businesses reduce their service, but we still stay with them? We are all familiar with our favourite chocolate bars being reduced in size without the price being reduced, but I have noticed an increasing trend when it comes to

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