and here's a couple of clips about the parking problems - this video shot @ 10:56 pm

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finally we were able to move ... and here we're nearly out ... this video shot @ 11:32 pm

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and note that we finally got home @ 12:26am

considering that the actual fireworks were over @ 9:15pm and that it took us about another 20 minutes to get to the car ...

12:26am and just back from Wellington

took lots of video - including 3 lots streamed live via qik.com

this was before the fireworks started


this was part of the fireworks



and this was stuck in car park (eventually took us just under 2 hours to get out!)

Emma's dinner went well - we went to Coyote in Wellington for dinner - we had 18 people there; then we went across the road to the ballroom for pool

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had a great dinner last night with emma and marian - we went to the holy cow and i took some pix - cow themed of course

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