Hike and Bike Karamea: Wild, Wild West Coast Adventure

Hiking and Biking Trails in the Karamea District!

Come to Karamea, West Coast, New Zealand and steal some magical memories your grandchildren might listen to for about 20 seconds in between FaceBook chat!

  • The Heaphy Track.   New Zealand’s “Ultimate Trek” through spectacular Wild West Coast flora.  Bike and Hike 

http://www.heaphytrack.com

http://www.heaphytrack.com

    •  The Heaphy Track is New Zealand’s Ultimate Trek through rugged West Coast terrain, spectacular flora, clear mountain streams, and unique wildlife. Afterwards treat yourself to the “Heaphy Conquerors Feast” atRongo… A snack?? Mais Non! A meal? Hah! Dinner?? Nyet tovarisha!!  A FEAST!!!

“Heaphy Conqueror’s Feast” only at: http://www.rongobackpackers.com

Distance:   82 kms

Duration:  3- 5 days hiking, 2-3 days biking.

Facilities:  Department of Conservation huts at 7 locations along the track, including three shelters. Telephones at Brown Hut northern entrance and Kohaihai Shelter southern entrance! Emergency Radio telephone at Lewis hut! DOC staff huts at Perry Saddle, James McKay Hut and Heaphy Hut!

Hut Fees: $30.60 Adults and children/youths 5-17 FREE!!

Camp Site Fees:  $12 Adults and children/youths 5-17 FREE!!

Route/Directions:   Purchase a map from the Department of Conservation Information Centre. Heaphy Track brochures also available.

Requirements:   Full tramping kit including woolly hat, wind and water proof jacket with hood, torch, matches and sensible scrogging food!

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• Mt. Stormy: Climb the Sleeping Warrior!   Stand atop the peak and breathe in the cool fresh air!   Phenomenal vistas of the coast line and bush!  Hike

Atop Mount Stormy

Atop Mount Stormy

  • Mount Stormy       Hike

Mount Stormy is a mountain climb that provides panoramic vistas of the Tasman Sea, West Coast shoreline and amazing native bush. The exhilaration of completing this challenge and reaching the top will be the achievement of a life time. Are you tough enough to scramble the RAZORBACK !! SuperMoo even stopped here to dance a jig!!

Start Location   :   Mt . Stormy car park 10 kms from Rongo on Arapito Road.
Duration   :  3-4 hour climb.

Direction/ Route   :  Follow the signposts and track markers.

Requirements : Take a day pack, food, water bottle, wind and water proof jacket, woolly hat and  good quality hiking boots.

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 • Opapara Arch.   Largest in the Southern Hemisphere! Prehistoric caves with curious limestone stalactites and stalacmites dating from the Oligocene-Miocene  Age! If you dare, enter the Box Canyon and Crazy Paving Caves. Dark and scary! Check your life insurance!  Bike and Hike

http://www.oparara.co.nz

Oparara Arch: http://www.oparara.co.nz (photo by Sean Coleman)

  • Opapara Arch       Hike and Bike

The largest arch in the southern hemisphere! A prehistoric grotto of gigantasauros proportions. The site of the last recorded Taniwha attack! Human remains testify to the savagery and rapacious appetite of this voracious predator!! Please keep an eye on children!!

Prehistoric Crazy Paving and Box Canyon Caves within minutes of the Opapara Basin Car Park.

Distance   :   22kms from Karamea

Duration   :  Bike 2 hours, walk 3 hours.

Facilities   :  Opapara Basin carpark. Shelter and picnic tables, toilets and Department of Conservations information signage on history and prehistory of the Opapara Basin.

Route/Directions   :   Department of Conservation signposts to Opapara Arch and caves.

Requirements : Ultra Lite Track Sprint Shoes, Emergency Pack of 15 x blood transfusions, ability to survive with just your Adam’s Apple intact, Prepaid consult with Doctor Frankensteinway, sense of humour in the face of THE MACABRE!!! Don’t forget your camera, video camera and three forms of inedible identification!

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• Karamea Gorge Track – Greys Hut. Complete solitude. No Facebook!
Wander into the dark mysterious primordial bush and leave civilisation on another planet!  
Hike

Karamea Gorge

  • Karamea Gorge – Greys Hut       Hike

Complete solitude! No Face Book allowed!!! Get lost from all civilisation and experience real freedom!

Distance  :    Entrance to Karamea Gorge Track 10 km up Umere Road. A route track only. High level of fitness required. Entrance to track on right just across Virgin Creek. Phenomenal trout fishing for the fly enthusiast all along the Karamea River!

Time   :   6 hours to Greys Hut

Facilities   :  Greys Hut Free!! Bunks and fireplace. No gas bottle!

Sit by the fire on a moonlit night and listen to the haunting calls of the mysterious morepork on a dark still clear night. M..O..R..e..p..o..r..k!!! Obviously not part of a kosher diet!!

Requirements :  Full tramping kit, wind and water proof jacket, enough high energy food to last three days, matches, torch, candles and a good book to read!!

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  •  Karamea Fishing Trail

Kahawai so huge, you need a Sikorsky helicopter just for your bait bag!
Trout so succulent that Karamea’s graveyard is full of the vanquished from pistol duels fought over prime Karamea fishing spots! Snapper so ginormous that Tiger Sharks flee in terror! Eels so slimy and deceitful that any self respecting politician would feel extremely proud to call Amigo! Even the disciples would have caught enough to feed the hungry!!

 

Karamea Fishing Trail –  Bike and Hike

Kahawai, Snapper, Brown Trout, Sea Run Trout, Eels, Red Cod, Whitebait. Even the odd coelacanth!!

HUGE!

MONSTROUS!

EASY TO CATCH!!  Even God who can’t use a 1 iron, could catch a lion sized mackerel to keep Her Celestial Indoors happy!!

A FISHERMAN’S HEAVEN ON EARTH!!  Flagstaff Beach, Karamea River Mouth, Mossy Burn, Wangapeka River, Opapara River, Little Wanganui River and Beach, Extra Virgin Creek! Explore the myriad of small creeks for those crafty lurking kura, eels and trout.

Distance : Who knows!

Duration :  Who cares?!

Requirements :  Fishing Gear, Ravenous appetite and enough frail elderly grandmothers to give you  at least a months paid leave. Rongo has grannies for hire. Please do not feed!


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Awesome BodyPaint Art

 

 

Awesome Body Paint Girl

 

 

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Dirty Art

 
Robert Burden: Graffiti Grime Artist

His day job is a double decker bus driver. Nothing frustrates him more than seeing a dirty van that he would like to “paint”. He is actually cleaning a van rather than defacing it by using an artist brush to clean away the dirt but leaving behind a beautiful image.

http://www.robertburden.co.uk

Scott Wades: Dirty Car Art: http://www.dirtycarart.com/

 
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WISE WORDS

*******Words of Wisdom for Daily Life*******

Desiderata

Go placidly amidst the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story.

Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexatious to the spirit. If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain or bitter; for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.

Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.

Exercise caution in your business affairs; for the world is full of trickery. But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals; and everywhere life is full of heroism.

Be yourself. Especially, do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is as perennial as the grass.

Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth. Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.

Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here.

And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should. Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be, and whatever your labours and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul. With all its shams, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful.

Strive to be happy.

“Learn to live like a lotus, untouched by the filthy water it lives in.”

“Sound, sound the clarion,

fill the fife!

Throughout the sensual world proclaim,

One crowded hour of glorious life

Is worth an age without a name.”

Thomas Osbert Mordaunt (1730-1809)
 

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All About The LivinginPeace Project

All About The LivinginPeace Project

The LivinginPeace Project

The LivinginPeace project aims to combine elements of art, travel, permaculture and education to create an environmentally, socially and economically sustainable business.

Rongo Backpackers & Gallery, Karamea Farm Baches and the Global Gypsy Gallery form the financial base of the project and support the development of the project by providing income to fund expansion. The eco-tourism businesses incorporate art, permaculture (permanent organic agriculture), and volunteerism, into their management structures and strive to be energy efficient, progressive thinking, professional and profitable.

  • Sustainability: Any business venture has an environmental impact, there is no way to avoid this fact, but the LivinginPeace Project strives to minimise the environmental cost of operating a business.
  • Promotional Material: Rongo Backpackers & Gallery and Karamea Farm Baches have recyclable rack card advertising. The advertising cards are postcards so they can be recycled, doubling their advertising potential in the process in a non-invasive way to a pre-qualified target market…a friend of a satisfied guestomer. When the recipient of the card receives it, they also receive advertising information about the business and are likely to choose either facility in the event they visit Karamea. (Many other businesses now do this, which is great, but Rongo was the first.
  • 4th Night Free: Both Rongo Backpackers & Gallery and Karamea Farm Baches offer the fourth night free. There are many reasons for this, firstly, Karamea is not yet a well-known tourist destination and there are a lot of great attractions to see and activities to do here. By offering an incentive for people to stay four nights, it also gives them an opportunity to explore the region and get and appreciation for the quality of the tourist experience on offer in the region. Fourth night free is also an eco-tourism concept in which we reduce the amount of water, electricity, washing detergent, labour and cleaning products we use by 75% (as oppose to cleaning the rooms and doing the laundry daily for single-night stays) and improve the longevity of the linen, towels and laundry equipment in the process. In addition, the 4th night free policy enables us get past the initial “Who are you?” “Where are you from?” “What do you do?” questions and into conversations of more substance by getting to know our guestomers over four days…a far more satisfying experience for both guestomer and accommodation provider.
  • Solar Hot Water: Rongo Backpackers & Gallery has not used any electricity to heat water in the past four years of operation. The water is heated with a solar system and augmented with a wood-burning water heater and a wetback system on the living room fireplace. This is a significant cost saving in terms of economics and the environment. Karamea Farm Baches also have solar pre-heaters installed to defray the cost of heating the water with electricity and solar systems will be installed to heat the water at the baches in future.
  • Carbon Sink: A 31-hectare (80-acre) regenerating bush property provides a carbon offset for the emissions associated with the business. To encourage people to fly to New Zealand from Europe, Asia and America and other parts of the world incurs a carbon cost that we must take responsibility for. To counter this, we keep the bush block as a carbon sink to absorb the carbon we produce in the service of our business. The property doubles as an attraction and we plan to build a simple camp ground there to enable people to enjoy the property and have an experience that is not possible in many parts of the world.
  • Permaculture Farm: The project aims to be self-sufficient in the production of food––fruit, vegetables, meat and firewood––in addition, we will provide locally grown organic meals to our guestomers. The service will be established on a “no waste” model, the meals will be simple, organic, healthy and locally produced from seasonal fruit, vegetables, venison, beef, lamb, pork, chicken, fish and other seafood etc we have available at the time and the number of meals will reflect the availability of food.
  • Three-Track Loop: We have registered three Web sites:www.abeltasmantrack.comwww.heaphytrack.comwww.wangapekatrack.com which offer tourists who have travelled to New Zealand from distant locations a low carbon-emission holiday option while they are here to defray the carbon cost of their travels. The concept is to enable people to have a fabulous holiday  and experience a wonderful part of New Zealand under their own steam and without using much fuel. Staring in Nelson, trampers are taken to the start of the Abel Tasman Track and walk or kayak through to Collingwood where they can stay and rest and enjoy day trips in the region taking in the attractions of Golden Bay, Farewell Spit, Whriki Beach etc before walking through to Karamea on the Heaphy Track. In Karamea, the trampers can stay in either Karamea Farm Baches or Rongo Backpackers & Gallery for as long as they like and have day trips to the Oparara Basin, Karamea Gorge, Mt. Stormy, and Lake Hanlon etc before walking back to Nelson on the Wangapeka Track. The idea is being developed, www.heaphytrack.com is complete and work has begun onwww.wangapekatrack.com. The package has significant potential to attract advertising money from accommodation providers, transport service operators, restaurants, retail outlets, outdoor equipment providers etc, which would fund to development and maintenance of the Web sites and provide a steady annual income to fund development of the other ventures.
  • Mountain biking on the Heaphy: Mountain biking will be permitted on the Heaphy Track from May 1 to September 30, 2011 as part of a three-year trial. Mountain biking on the Heaphy Track will be a boon for Rongo Backpackers & Gallery and Karamea Farm Baches as well as all the other service businesses in Karamea as it would iron out the seasonality of our respective businesses by increasing the tourist traffic in the winter months. It would also lead to better utilisation of the DOC huts and facilities and provide additional income to maintain and improve the amenities on the Heaphy Track.

The new Fenian/Oparara Loop Track provides an excellent opportunity to promote the eco-tourism potential of the Karamea region. Mountain bikers can leave Karamea in the morning, cycle the Fenian Track trough to the Oparara Basin and visit the Moria Gate and Oparara arches as well as the Mirror Tarn before cycling back to Karamea ––a round trip of about 60 kilometres and full day of healthy fun, exercise and adventure, but mountain biking is currently not permitted on this track.

  • Wwoofing: Both Karamea Farm Baches and Rongo Backpackers & Gallery are staffed by volunteers and wwoofers (Willing Workers on Organic Farms). This process significantly reduces the running costs of the businesses and provides an opportunity to teach people from all over the world about organic farming, business management, building maintenance and renovation, the hospitality industry, eco-tourism and sustainability. Wwoofers are invited to stay with us and help run the businesses for a minimum of two weeks, most stay much longer as we have an enjoyable, productive, educational and vibrant enterprise that enables travellers to stay a while in one location and to get involved in life in Karamea while they are here in return for their labour…a mutually beneficial arrangement.

TravelInternational travel is the best form of self-education available. To experience different cultures, fashions, food, architecture, art styles, language, traditions etc is extremely beneficial for and individual’s personal development and tourism is an important element in the LivinginPeace Project business model. Karamea is rapidly becoming a popular destination for both domestic and international travellers and the LivinginPeace Project aims to provide travellers to Karamea with a comprehensive, vibrant, educational and memorable travel experience.

PermaculturePermaculture (permanent+agriculture) is a self-sustaining organic farming system that will provide agricultural produce for the LivinginPeace Project volunteers, enable us to serve fresh, locally grown organic meals to our guestomers, which will add value to our farm produce, provide top quality, healthy food for people staying at our accommodation facilities and minimise the carbon cost of food production by reducing the amount of food imported to Karamea to feed visitors to the region.

ArtArtistic excellence and creativity is the cornerstone of the LivinginPeace Project. For example, Rongo is the result of the collective imaginations of many creative people from all round the world and the entire property is now a work of art, which houses a fabulous and diverse local and international art collection.

2007: Dave Besselingwww.davebesseling.com

2008: Kyle Brownewww.kylebrowne.com

2009: Jason Ponzuricwww.artistponzi.com

2010: Norma Burrowes: http://vividlogic-art.blogspot.com/

2011: Shota Kawahara: http://www.shotakawahara.com

Also:

Shota Kawahara: http://www.shotakawahara.com

Erik Sanner: http://www.eriksanner.com

Ed Davis: http://www.underbelly.co.nz

In addition, we have hosted numerous artistic events, including a poetry recital by Sam Hunt, literary evening with New Zealand authors Kate De Goldie, Peter Wells, Nick Bollinger, Tusiata Avia, Fiona Farrell and James Brown, as well as musical performances by; Luke Hurley, Paul Ubana-Jones, Karen Hunter, Paul McLaney, Nigel Gavin, Richard Adams, The Jews Brothers, Will “Panda” Coffey and many others.

  • Global Gypsy Gallery: In 2006, we purchased the old Karamea Information Centre building, which is in a prime retail location in the main street of Karamea opposite the supermarket. The building is being transformed into a gallery, Internet café, recycling shop, and organic food shop. In the future, it will be afford us a means of selling excess farm produce, and provide a central location for a tour booking office. The building is jointly owned by Gerar Toye a well-known New Zealand photographer and author, and Paul Murray, who is also a photographer. The shop displays and sells photographs by both artists as well as the work of other local artists.
  • Karamea Radio (www.karamearadio.com): Rongo Backpackers & Gallery houses a community radio station–Karamea Radio 107.5FM. The radio station offers and opportunity for visitors and residents of Karamea to be disc jockeys, play music live on air. The radio station provides a community service, a source of entertainment, education, a means of broadcasting information about local events and civil service emergencies if required. Future possibilities include; boosting the signal strength to increase broadcast range, a recording studio for musicians, online streaming of the radio station and commercialisation to allow for advertising.
  • Short Film Festival: Rongo Backpackers & Gallery has a small cinema in which we show foreign, art-house, documentary and short films to our guests. In 2008, we hosted the Waikato Moving Images Trust, a short film festival. A short film by Gerar Toye “Zen and the art of Hitchhiking” was also made at Rongo. We hope to host an annual short-film festival and encourage other filmmakers to use our facilities to make movies
  • Karamea Connections: We recently purchased a 10-seater shuttle bus that will enable us to put together a series of tours around the Karamea region that will incorporate trips to scenic locations like the Oparara Basin, Mt. Stormy, Karamea Gorge etc as well as enabling us to pass on historical information about the region’s gold-mining, saw-milling, flax-milling industries as well as stories about the development of the dairy and tourism economies, the Karamea wharf, Murchison earthquake and the construction of the road linking Karamea with Westport.
Karamea Connections: Movement of the People: www.karameaconnections.co.nz
  • www.wildwildwest.co.nz This Website has been registered with the view to providing transport services along the West Coast involving other like-minded organisations and providing transport for travellers interested in exploring other eco-tourism operations on the Coast. This is a future project and will develop as resources become available.
  • Health: Health and fitness is an important part of the LivinginPeace Project. We aim to provide healthy, nutritious, locally grown organic meals for our guestomers as well as a range of outdoor activities such as hiking, mountain biking, kayaking, mountain climbing, fishing, sports and leisure programmes that encourage visitors to Karamea to participate in active physical pursuits while they are staying with us. Education: International tourism provides and excellent opportunity to introduce people from all over the world to the concepts of permaculture, sustainability and organic food production, cooking as well as art, cultural information, green building, recycling, waste minimisation and social harmony. Last year, Rongo guestomers came from over 40 different countries, which provides for cultural exchange, understanding, education and opportunities for broadening individual world perspectives. Rongo is a centre of international cultural exchange and the wwoofing programme lends itself to this particularly well as people from all over the world live and work with each other in the LivinginPeace Project.
  • FutureTours, permaculture farm, campsite on land, locally grown organic food cafe, language exchange programme as well as yoga, photography, permaculture, organic growing, healing workshops.  History:Rongo Backpackers & Gallery is a microcosm of the LivinginPeace Project, in effect, a test case, or practice run to determine the efficacy of the model. Karamea Farm Baches is the second stage of the project development and provides accommodation options for a different market while expanding the project’s agricultural possibilities. The farm behind the bach complex will be developed into a permaculture block that produces locally grown, organic meals for our guestomers.

Karamea has enormous permaculture potential, fertile, well-drained alluvial soils, plenty of sunshine and evenly spaced, ample rainfall throughout the year, which alleviates the need for irrigation (a large cost saving in the establishment of a permaculture farm).

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Easy Day for Jesus

Da Last Supper Mon

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Viz Top Tips: Handy Hints for Everyday Living

 
 

***Mr Efficiency from Brixton says, “SAVE doing unnecessary ironing by putting on your shirt and tucking it into your trousers. Then, draw a line around the shirt at belt level with an indelible marker pen. The material below this line will never need ironing, thus saving time and effort.”

***Ms Annie Lennox says, “SAVE a fortune on laundry bills by giving your dirty shirts to Oxfam. They will wash and iron them and you can buy them back for 50p.”

**IDENTICAL twins say, “Use Morse code to cheat in exams by stabbing yourself in the arm with a sharp compass. The other twin, at home with a text book, can “feel” the question and stab you back the answers.”

**Mr Roger Melly (The Man on Telly) says, “SPAGHETTI BOLOGNAISE makes great intestines for a badly wounded Action Man.”

**Mr Jack Hughson says, “CREATE instant designer stubble by sucking a magnet and dipping your chin into a bowl of iron filings.”

**Mr Freddy Kruger says, “MINOR skin grafts can be performed on pigs by covering any cuts and grazes with thin strips of bacon.”

**Naughty Angler says, “CLIMB on to your neighbour’s roof and dangle a fish on a bit of string in front of his windows. He’ll think his house is underwater.”

**Mr Homer Simpson says, “BUY a television set exactly like your neighbours’. Then annoy them by standing outside their window and changing their channel using your identical remote control.”

Mr Homer Simpson

**Mr Naughty Neighbour says, “CHEER loudly at 8pm each Saturday to fool the neighbours into thinking you have won the Lottery.”

 

**Mr David Duchovny says, ” X-FILES fans. Create the effect of being abducted by aliens by drinking two bottles of vodka. You’ll invariably wake up in a strange place the following morning, having had your memory mysteriously “erased.””

**Mr KVL 741Y says, “SAVE money on expensive personalised car number plates by simply changing your name to match your existing plate.

**Ms Frequent Flyer says, “AVOID jet lag by simply taking an earlier flight, thus arriving fully refreshed and on time.”

**Mr Gold Fish says, “PUTTING just the right amount of gin in your goldfish bowl makes the fishes’ eyes bulge and causes them to swim in an amusing manner.”

Mr Gold Fish

**Ms Jenny Craig says, “THICKEN runny, low-fat yogurt by stirring in a spoonful of lard.”

**Ms Co Tanger says, “A NEXT door neighbour’s car aerial, carefully folded, makes an ideal coat hanger in an emergency.”

Ms Co Tanger

**Mr Pious Piscine says, “DETER goldfish from having sex by throwing a small bucket of air over any you catch in the act.”

 

**Mr Scat Tologist says, “SWEETCORN fans. Save money on loo paper by simply pouring the stuff straight down the pan.”

**Ms Bovine Carnivore says, “INVITED by vegetarians for dinner? As you’d no doubt be made aware of their special dietary requirements, tell them about yours – ask for a nice steak.”

**Ms Park King says, “AVOID parking tickets by leaving your windscreen wipers turned to “fast wipe” whenever you leave your car parked illegally.”

**Mr Salty SeaDog says, “OLD contact lenses make ideal portholes for small model boats.”

**Ms Cougar FatSlag says, “Girls. Too old to go on an 18 to 30 holiday? Simply get pissed, lie in a pit in your garden and shag every bloke who looks at you over the fence.”

**Mr Vegetable Orgasm says, “Don’t buy expensive ‘ribbed’ condoms, just buy an ordinary one and slip a handful of frozen peas inside it before you put it on.”

**Mr Blinking Idjut says, “Don’t waste money buying expensive binoculars. Simply stand closer to the object you wish to view.”

Mr Blinking Idjut

**Mr Howard Marks says, “Pass yourself off as Welsh by putting coal dust behind your fingernails and talking gibberish all the time, stopping occasionally to sing loudly, or set fire to someone else’s house.”

 

**Mr D. Rogers, Hemel Hempstead says, “Save time when crossing a one-way street by only looking in the direction of oncoming traffic.”

**Size 0 Barbie, says “Anorexics. When your knees become fatter than your legs, start eating cakes again.”

**Ms Ulrike Meinhof says, “Hijackers. Avoid a long stressful siege and the risk of arrest, imprisonment or death by simply making sure you book a flight to your intended destination in the first place.”

Ulrike Meinhof

**Sister S., Berwick says, “An empty aluminium cigar tube filled with angry wasps makes an inexpensive vibrator.”

** Mr B. Johnson, Canada says, “Olympic athletes. Disguise the fact that you’ve taken anabolic steroids by running a bit slower. “

Mr B. Johnson (right)

**Mr Poo Bear says, “Pretend you’re a giant panda by giving yourself two black eyes, eating only bamboo shoots and refusing to have sex with the misses.”

***Manchester United fans. Save money on expensive new kits by simply strapping a large fake penis to your forehead. It is now clear to all, as to your allegiance.

**Manchester United fans. Avoid an asymetrical bulge in your right arm by masturbating furiously with your left arm too. (tip applies to booth male and female fans).

**Mr Con Sid Erate says, “Avoid arguments with the missus about lifting the loo seat by simply pissing in the sink.” (Tip may also apply to women).

** Mr Neggar Schwarz says, “Weedy fellas. Develop a right forearm like Arnold Schwarzeneggar by buying one of those Cindy Crawford workout videos.”

Mrs Deirdre Smoker, says, “Smokers. Save on matches and lighters, by simply lighting your next fag from the butt of your last one.”

**Mr Ruff Ryder says, “Spice up your sex life by trying a bit of “rodeo sex.” Take your missus from behind and, holding on tightly to her jugs, call her by the wrong name. See how long you can stay mounted for.”

**Mr T. Vee, says, “FOOL other drivers into thinking you have an expensive car phone by holding an old TV or video remote control up to your ear and occasionally swerving across the road and mounting the kerb.”

Man driving on cell phone and eating at the same time

Mr T. Vee

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

**Mr Kelvin Nator says, “DRILL a one inch diameter hole in your refrigerator door. This will allow you to check that the light goes off when the door is closed.”

**Ms Dynamite Semtex says, “BOMB disposal experts’ wives. Keep hubby on his toes by packing his lunchbox with plasticine and an old alarm clock.”

**Mr Bill Murray says, “SAVE electricity by turning off all the lights in your house and walking around wearing a miner’s hat.”

**Ms Barg Inhunter says, “HOUSEWIVES. I find the best way to get two bottles of washing-up liquid for the price of one is by putting one in your shopping trolley and the other in your coat pocket.”

** Mr Ewan McGregor says, “DON’T INVITE DRUG ADDICTS round for a meal on boxing day. They may find the offer of cold turkey embarrassing or offensive.”

**Miss Take says, “OLD telephone directories make ideal personal address books. Simply cross out the names and address of people you don’t know.”

**Mr Avid Reader says, “WHEN reading a book try tearing out the pages as you read them. This saves the expense of buying a bookmark, and the pages can later be used for shopping lists.”

**Ms Wannabe Pilot says, “BUS DRIVERS. Pretend you’re an airline pilot by wedging your accelerator pedal down with a heavy book, securing the steering wheel with some old rope, and then strolling back along the bus chatting casually to the passengers.”

**Mr Eco Driver says, “SAVE petrol by pushing your car to your destination. Invariably passers-by will think you’ve broken down and help.”

**Miss Di R. Hea says, “LOSE weight quickly by eating raw pork or rancid tuna. I found that the subsequent food poisoning/diarrhea enabled me to lose 12 pounds in only 2 days.”

**Mr Vitrinox says, “WHEN throwing someone a sharp instrument such as a Stanley knife, or bread knife, always throw it blade first as they invariably tend to turn whilst in the air.”

Mr Vitrinox

**Mr E. Z. Park says, “AVOID being wheel-clamped by jacking your car up, removing the wheels and locking them safely in the boot until you return.”

Mr E. Z. Park

**Chief Fire Fighter says, “SMELL gas? Locate the suspected leak by striking an ordinary match in every room in the house until a loud explosion reveals the source of the escaping gas.”

**Mr Travis Bickle says, ” TAXI drivers. Why not pop into the garage and ask them to fix your indicators lights for you so that other motorists know where the heck you’re going.”

Mr Travis Bickle

**Mrs Mavis McTavish says, “PENSIONERS. Try sitting on a pile of encyclopedias next time you go for a drive in your car. That way you will be able to see out of the front window.”

Mrs Mavis McTavish

**Mr Fel Tex says, “INCREASE the life of your carpets by rolling them up and keeping them in the garage.”

**Oscar the Grouch says, “TAKE your dustbin to the supermarket with you so that you can see which items you have recently run out of.”

**Miss Sus Piscous says,  “MAKE shopkeepers feel like criminals and con men by carefully checking their change and holding bank notes up to the light before accepting them.”

**Miss Phillipa Lanthropist says, “SAVE on charity donations by spending a pound on clothes at a charity shop, then selling them for 50p to another charity shop. This way you can give twice as much, at half the cost. I think.”

**Miss Jessica Biel says, “NO TIME for a bath? Wrap your dirty parts in masking tape and remove the dirt by simply peeling it off.”

**Ms B. Hair says, “EXPENSIVE hair gels are a con. Marmalade is a much cheaper alternative, but beware of bees in the summer.”

**Ms Red Scarlett says, “APPLY red nail varnish to your nails before clipping them. The red nails will be much easier to spot on your bathroom carpet.” (Unless you have a red carpet, in which case a contrasting varnish should be selected).

Mr FatBastard says, “Weight watchers. Avoid that devilish temptation to nibble at the chocolate bar in the cupboard or fridge by not buying the fucking thing in the first place, you fat bastards.”

Mr FatBastard

**Mr T Rubble Reeding says, “Dyslexics. Try deliberately spelling words wrongly. This way at least you have a chance of spelling them correctly.”

Mr Jake Speed says, “Bearded men can obtain the appearance of an upper class Arctic explorer by simply applying Tippex to their beards, painting their noses blue, and cutting off a couple of toes. It never fails to impress the girls.”

**Mr Des Perate says, “Give up smoking by sticking one cigarette from each new pack up a fat friend’s arse, filter first, then replacing it in the box. The possibility of putting that one in your mouth will put you off smoking any of them.”

**Mr Homer Simpson says, “If a small child is choking on an ice cube, don’t panic. Simply pour a jug of boiling water down its throat and hey presto! The blockage is almost instantly removed.”

**Miss Steak says, “Avoid cutting yourself while clumsily slicing vegetables by getting someone else to hold them while you chop away.”

**Miss Witchy Poo says, “Housewives: When nipping out to the shops, remember to carry a stiff broom in the boot of your car. Use it to sweep the broken glass to the side of the road every time you have a minor accident.”

**Mr P. Tentious says, “Make people think you have an expensive car phone by calling them, asking them to repeat everything they say and then hanging up half way through their reply.”

Mr P. Tentious

**Ms Com Muter says, “Keep the seat next to you on the train vacant by smiling and nodding at people as they walk up the aisle.”

**Mr H.V. Drinker says. “Save on booze by drinking cold tea instead of whisky. The following morning you can create the effects of a hangover by drinking a thimble full of washing up liquid and banging your head repeatedly on the wall.”

Mr H.V. Drinker

** Mr Good Daddy says, “Make bathtimes as much fun for kiddies as a visit to the seaside by pouring a bucket of sand, a bag of salt and a dog turd into the bath.”

Mr Good Daddy (left)

**Miss Para Noid says, “Make guests believe your home might be bugged by running your hands under tables and inside lampshades, then turning the shower on every time you want to speak.”

**Mr Prac Tickle Joker says, “Increase blind people’s electricity bills by switching all their lights on when their guide dog isn’t looking.”

**Mr DIY says, “Recreate the fun of a visit to a public swimming pool in your own home by filling the bath with cold water, adding two bottles of bleach, then urinating into it, before jumping in.”

**Mr Complete Bastard says, “Make your girlfriend cry when you’re having sex by phoning her up and telling her.”

**Dr No says, “International master criminals. Tell your guards to shoot James Bond in the head at the first opportunity. Under no circumstances give him a guided tour of your base, or leave him in the custody of attractive women in bikinis.”

**Mr Something for Everyone says, “KING-sized Mars bars make ideal normal-sized Mars bars, for giants. NORMAL-sized Mars bars make ideal king-sized Mars bars for dwarfs, as well as fun-sized ones for giants.”

**Ms Bernie Mars adds, “FUN-sized Mars Bars make ideal normal sized Mars Bars for midgets.”

**Ms Toble Rone says, “PEOPLE whose surname is Toblerone should always take along an empty ‘Toblerone’ chocolate box when attending interviews for office jobs. This would save your potential employer the expense of having to make a name plaque for your desk, and therefore increase your chances of getting the job.”

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Nancy Wake: Kiwi Legend

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Nancy Wake: The “White Mouse”

NANCY WAKE: KILLED AN SS SENTRY WITH HER BARE HANDS

One of the most decorated Allied servicewomen of World War II, Nancy Grace Augusta Wake was known to the Gestapo as “The White Mouse” for her ability to evade detection and capture.

The New Zealand-born heroine joined the French Resistance in 1940 but was forced to go into hiding after her network was betrayed. She continued to work undercover and once cycled more than 500 miles through several German checkpoints to replace codes that her wireless operator had been forced to destroy during a raid.

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Later in the war, she joined the Special Operations Executive (SOE) and was parachuted back into the Auvergne region of France to provide guerrilla groups with arms. Her compatriots praised her strength and courage, two qualities she needed in abundance when she killed an SS sentry with her bare hands to stop him raising the alarm during a raid.

After the war ended, Nancy was awarded the George Medal, the US Presidential Medal Of Freedom, the Médaille de la Résistance and three Croix de Guerres from France. She also discovered that her husband had died at the hands of the Gestapo in 1943, having refused to reveal her whereabouts.

Nancy Wake was born in Wellington, New Zealand, on 30th August, 1912. The family moved to Australia in 1914 and after being educated in Sydney she travelled to Europe where she worked as a journalist. In Nazi Germanyshe saw the rise of Adolf Hitler and Anti-Semitism. On one occasion in Vienna she witnessed Jews being whipped by members of the Sturm Abteilung (SA).

In 1939 Nancy married the wealthy French industrialist, Henri Fiocca, in Marseilles. Nancy was in France when the German Army invaded in May 1940. After the French government surrendered, Nancy joined the French Resistance. She worked with Ian Garrow’s group helping British airmen shot down over France to escape back to Britain.

In December 1940 the network was betrayed and Nancy was forced to go into hiding. She continued to work for the French Resistance and was eventually arrested while in Toulouse. However, the authorities did not realize they had captured the woman known as the “White Mouse” and she was released after four days.

It was now too dangerous to remain in occupied France and Nancy crossed the Pyrenees into Spain before travelling to Britain. David Stafford has pointed out: “Henri promised to follow. But he was picked up by the Gestapo and shot. She blamed herself for his death: if it had not been for her, she mourned, he would have survived the war.”

Nacy Wake now joined the Special Operations Executive (SOE) and agreed to become a British special agent. Her training reports said “a very good and fast shot” and she “put the men to shame by her cheerful spirit and strength of character”. Vera Atkins, who worked in the SOE’s French section, remembered her as: “A real Australian bombshell. Tremendous vitality, flashing eyes. Everything she did, she did well”.

On 29th April 1944, Nancy was parachuted into the Auvergne region of France. Her main objective was to locate local bands of the Maquis and to provide them with the ammunition and arms that were being dropped by parachute by the Royal Air Force four times a week.

Nancy had the task of helping the resistance to prepare for the armed uprising that was due to coincide with the D-Day landings. She also led a raid against the Gestapo headquarters in Mountucon and a German gun factory. Henri Tardivat, one of her comrades in the resistance later said that: “She is the most feminine woman I know, until the fighting starts. Then she is like five men.”

After the war, Nancy worked for the Intelligence Department at the British Air Ministry. As her biographer has pointed out: “She never quite adjusted to peace. A desk-bound job in the British embassy in Paris quickly drove her wild with boredom, and she returned to Australia, where she stood unsuccessfully as a Liberal candidate in 1949 and 1951. Still restless, she moved to London and married John Forward, an RAF bomber pilot. He liked a drink, enjoyed a joke, and they were well matched. They relocated to Australia and had a gregarious life marked by dining, golfing, occasional trips to Europe and interviews with journalists about wartime exploits.”

After the death of her second husband in 1997 she returned to London and lived in the Star and Garter Home for ex-servicemen and women in Richmond. To fund her later years she sold her war medals. She commented: “There was no point in keeping them. When I die, I’ll probably go to hell and they’d melt anyway. My only condition is when I die, I want my ashes scattered over the hills where I fought alongside all those men.”

Nancy Wake died on 7th August, 2011.

Recommended Further Reading: Nancy Wake by Peter Fitzsimons:

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Awesome Artworks by Pawel Kuczynski

Pawel Kuczynski was born in Szczecin, Polandin 1976.
He graduated from the Fine Arts Academy in Poznan with specialization in graphics.
Since 2004, he has been working on satirical illustrations for which he has received 92 prizes and distinctions.
In 2005, he received the “Eryk”  prize from the Association of Polish Cartoonists for newly discovered cartoonists.
 
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