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Rather a long way from home

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  • Canada
  • North America
Oct 29 2014
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The Sign Post Forest in Watson Lake started in 1942 when Private Carl K. Lindley placed a sign pointing to his hometown of Danville, Illinois. The idea caught on, the ‘forest’ has grown and when we added our little sign (12,681 km to Christchurch, New Zealand) they numbered close to 80,000.  

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Three Years ago

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  • New Zealand
  • Planning
Feb 22 2014
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Three years ago, our PanAmerican road trip was just an idea that we hadn’t really made any progress on planning for. But three years ago we were given a big kick in the pants by a devastating earthquake wreaking havoc on our previously peaceful home town. Many people lost loved ones, homes, livelihoods and had their lives irrevocably changed by the events on that day. The face of our city has forever changed as a result.

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Three years ago

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  • New Zealand
  • Peru
  • Planning
  • South America
Sep 04 2013
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Three years ago, we were sitting looking over Machu Picchu. Sick of shuffling around like we were in a busy shopping mall, we had opted for hiding from the morning crowds in the quarry. We sat down and scoffed our Snickers bars we had carried with us for just such an occasion.

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Lux city

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  • New Zealand
  • Photo Friday
Jun 21 2013
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Photo Friday—Christchurch’s empty spaces

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Climate change

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  • New Zealand
  • Photo Friday
May 17 2013
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Photo Friday—Snowstorm

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Goodbye summer days

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  • New Zealand
Apr 23 2013
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And hello 2013

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  • New Zealand
  • Planning
  • Video
Jan 01 2013

Here it is, the first sunrise of 2013.

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