OnTheRoad

Two events on the go at the moment, and one just been.

• The NZ Election date has been announced. Time to figure out what's what back in NZ politics it seems. I can't seem to find anything that doesn't mention Winston's donations though...
• The US Presid...
  

First up, it would appear that someone's Bebo page now outranks me in the search results for my own name. Now, Liam O'Boyle isn't the most common name in the world (except, perhaps, in certain parts), so I almost expected to have a monopoly on that top search result. I could take most things, but Bebo?

The objective of my move to Perth was to have the loan paid off by the end of the year at worst; however, things have gone well and the loan is now paid off (well, the money has been transferred; who knows how long it takes for the IRD to actually realise this - it takes them two weeks to reply to an email). Now I am free of all debt. Free of all assets as well, but it feels like a nice cl...

Well, it's been a very long time since I had an update here. An email snuck out last month some time, but I'd just slapped up a few more photos, so this time I'll flesh things out with some more detail.

First up, I'd like to indulge in the typical small talk of the Commonwealth and cover the weather. I'm really glad (in all ways but one) that I'm in Perth for the winter and not...

If you haven't had the news passed back through some kind of six-degrees-of-separation network, I am back in the real world with a full time job, after the last two years of travel. I've been taken on for contract work at a hospital here in Perth, doing some BA and development work for some of their internal ...

In between the occasional bout of working and the odd application for a job, I've been reworking my travel site (while fondly remembering my travels). There were a few things that I was looking to improve on, and I think the new site does this better.

Most interesting, to me anyway, is the ability to tag images, giving a range of ways to access them. I haven't tagged all of the...

It's been a while since I've noticed an Easter go by. Normally, of course, it's a four day weekend, not a common occurrence. I almost feel cheated by the fact that I get no extra holiday this year. I suppose the last two I've had nothing extra as well - in Thailand for 2006 and Iran for 2007 - but that doesn't leave me much room to complain now, does it...

This year, however, I'm ...

It's hot. I'm alive. Still unemployed. Nice beaches. And hills. Photos available. Of hills. Bad coffee.
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A small request for advice from you out there. I need a good one night/two day hike within easy striking distance of Christchurch, one that isn't too hard going. I'm trying to tempt friends (you know who you are) into coming and don't want to break them...

On another note, beautiful weather today, took Jess's fine bike (hah) up the Port Hills for a ride and grabbed a few shots ...

Two months, nearly, since my last update. It doesn't feel like that long... the pace of life back in Christchurch is slower, I guess, than that I've been living.

And truth be told, I haven't been up to all that much. You can spot in the travel section that I've got out and about a little, with a couple of trips to Welly, out to Raetihi and some hiking on Mount Somers last weeke...