He played a good game with one brilliant save. The final score of one all was a bit unlucky for East Coast Bays. They should have won.
On Sunday we visited the Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT). It has some wonderful machines but some of them are not being looked after in the best possible way due to funding issues. Anyway here is a selection of the exhibits.This is a 1912 Liberty-Brush Runabout. The body is largely made from wood and it was produced in America between 1907 and 1913.
Richard Pearse was a New Zealand aviation pioneer. He probably flew before the Wright Brothers, but it was not controlled flight (he crashed into a gorse bush). However he did make several important advances working by himself with limited resources. This is his first aircraft
and this the third which was constructed between 1928 and 1944 and features a variable tilt motor for short take off and landing.
This is a McLaren steam traction engine.
MOTAT has a large collection of trams, many in working order, and operates a frequent service to connect the various parts of the museum.
In 1957, during the International Geophysical Year, Edmund Hillary drove modified Ferguson tractors to the South Pole as part of the Commonwealth_Trans-Antarctic_Expedition.
I didn't realise that they made Model T Fords in colours other than black. They did, from 1926, under the name New Beauty.
Other transport modes represented include buses
and trains, although none were in operation.
Perhaps the most impressive display is the collection of aircraft from the middle of the last century. Here is Solent Flying Boat Aranui once operated by Tasman Empire Airways Limited (TEAL - the precursor to Air New Zealand).
This De Havilland DH89 Dragon Rapide flew commercially for 38 years from 1935 until 1973.
A number of aircraft are currently kept in the open air, subject to the elements and waiting for enough money to be raised to build a hangar for them. This is a Douglas DC3/C47 Dakota. It was built as the military version in 1945 and converted to a DC3 in 1956. It worked for NAC until 1970 then had three years with Polynesian Airlines in Samoa.
This is very sad - a Sunderland flying boat bomber from the second world war. It desperately needs restoration and protection from the elements.
Richard Pearse was a New Zealand aviation pioneer. He probably flew before the Wright Brothers, but it was not controlled flight (he crashed into a gorse bush). However he did make several important advances working by himself with limited resources. This is his first aircraft
and this the third which was constructed between 1928 and 1944 and features a variable tilt motor for short take off and landing.
This is a McLaren steam traction engine.
MOTAT has a large collection of trams, many in working order, and operates a frequent service to connect the various parts of the museum.
In 1957, during the International Geophysical Year, Edmund Hillary drove modified Ferguson tractors to the South Pole as part of the Commonwealth_Trans-Antarctic_Expedition.
I didn't realise that they made Model T Fords in colours other than black. They did, from 1926, under the name New Beauty.
Other transport modes represented include buses
and trains, although none were in operation.
Perhaps the most impressive display is the collection of aircraft from the middle of the last century. Here is Solent Flying Boat Aranui once operated by Tasman Empire Airways Limited (TEAL - the precursor to Air New Zealand).
This De Havilland DH89 Dragon Rapide flew commercially for 38 years from 1935 until 1973.
A number of aircraft are currently kept in the open air, subject to the elements and waiting for enough money to be raised to build a hangar for them. This is a Douglas DC3/C47 Dakota. It was built as the military version in 1945 and converted to a DC3 in 1956. It worked for NAC until 1970 then had three years with Polynesian Airlines in Samoa.
This is very sad - a Sunderland flying boat bomber from the second world war. It desperately needs restoration and protection from the elements.
