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First few photos from my trip.. some are good.. some are bad..

Wayde — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 22:51:10 +0000

My New Job Overseas on a moving city..

Wayde — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 00:07:54 +0000

Leaving NZ First time i have left New Zealand in about 10 Years. Last time i left it was with mum and dad on a 2 or 3 month tour of the world. So this was a big adventure for me to be leaving all by my self. I have always tried my hardest to be independent so getting this job and jumping on the plane wasn’t to much of a problem. I had a 9am flight out of Christchurch heading to Sydney. I bumped into an old work mate at the airport so those 2 or 3 hours sitting there waiting to board went a bit faster than i though it would. The trip to Sydney was great. Compared to when i last went overseas with not TV behind the seat in font of you. So this was a treat being able to watch any movie or TV show they had on demand. I spent about 2 or 3 hours in Sydney waiting for a flight to Hong Kong. I was waiting at gate 48, because thats what my Air New Zealand pass said on it. My boarding time was 1:10pm. I waited till 1:30pm till it started boarding and when it was my turn to scan my ticket it didn’t work. Turns out the number on my boarding pass was my seat NOT the gate number. There was no gate number. I now had to run to the other side of the airport to find the right gate. Those that have been to Sydney will know how far that really is. I didn’t miss it thank God, there was a line of 3 or 4 others in front of me. What a long flight to Hong Kong! Window Seat WIN! 9 hours flight time. I only slept about 1.5 hours during the whole flight and ran out of TV shows and movies to watch. Flying into Hong Kong has been the top highlight of the whole travel. All those city lights at night were AMAZING!!! Spent 2 hours in Hong Kong airport before i board my plane to my final destination, Vancouver, Canada. I made sure i had my gate and boarding time checked about 10 times before i went walking about. I wouldn’t recommend eating Mexican food the night before a 24+ hour worth of flying. I tried to get some pills from Hong Kong to Seattle my tummy. The guy didn’t speak much english but what he gave me seemed to work. By the time it was time board the final flight of the day i was starting to fall asleep. I managed to stay awake till i got into my seat and my self Seattle in. By the time we had even taxied i was fast asleep. I even stayed asleep for the whole take off and didn’t wake up till about 5 hours into the flight. I woke to see everyone finishing eating there dinner, not such a win! I then slept off and on till about 7 hours into the flight, this was my plan and it was working great. I stayed awake for the last 5 hours of the flight (12 hour flight) watching TV shows and movies. This work great and i would suggest it if you are even traveling like this. I bet jet lag! Whooop! Stay awake till your last flight then sleep for 5 – 6 hours at the start of your last flight. When i landed i didn’t feel like there had been a time change. The time was 9pm Vancouver time and thats what it felt like t o me. Customs almost didn’t let me in due to Cruise Ship workers are only allowed 48 hours on land to board there ship. I had to stay for 4 days for H&S training. Even after they read the letter from Disney they still didn’t believe me. He had to go away for about 15min and talk to someone else. He then asked what i had in my bad and i replied “Clothes!!”, he stamped my passport and let me on my way. Strange….

Photos!

Wayde — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 01:45:37 +0000

About time right??

One of the Last shows in Theatre Royal Christchurch

Wayde — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 04:37:43 +0000

So here is some shots of the last gig i did in the Theatre Royal in Christchurch. I hear it is very damaged from the feb. 22nd quake but has stood up due to the earthquake strengthening that was put in. Could be up to two years maybe til its open for use again. This was a fundraiser or a something for some company regarding the Sept. Earthquake. Can’t remember it was late 2010. Enjoy

Update: New Job

Wayde — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 04:09:05 +0000

Alright, just a quick update while i have internet. Im in Balclutha in the deep south of New Zealand on tour with Jason Kerrison and Glenn Shadrock. Things going good. Now, its all go! I got my contract for my new job with Disney Cruise Lines. Im going on there ships as a general tech mainly doing sound for 4 months on 2 months off. Should be fun times i hope. Fly out in the first week of august. Thats all i have time for, but i hope to blog/upload more photos once i get things under control. OOO and i have a new logo.. whoop

Super Haka Dunedin

Wayde — Thu, 19 May 2011 21:09:12 +0000

Miss Saigon Auckland Day Two

Wayde — Mon, 16 May 2011 00:23:40 +0000

Today we started to pack in the show. 15 XLC’s & 2 X-Subs a flowen aside with a stack of 15 Dv-Dosc in the center. Was a bit of a shit fight because the loading was right on to stage and there was not alot of room due to set being put together as well. So moving things around in the back of the truck to get to things we needed first. Which, as always the stuff we needed first was at the front of the truck. But the loading dock was the same height as our truck! Win!

We started to see we didn’t have everything we need to make everything go. So with a few phone calls the extra stuff was sent over night from Christchurch to Auckland. Normally we should have most things setup in the first day in the theatre and make noise out off all the speakers. But due to missing items things were slowed down a bit.

Big ups to the local house techs at the Civic! Very helpful and very easy to work with. The winch into the grid(highest floor in the theatre) was broken. So we had to hawl the amps and cables up by hand. Three house techs got everything up to the roof for us in about fifteen minutes. I didn’t even lift a finger besides putting a strop around each rack to make things a bit faster.

Some photos below of the first packin day.

Miss Saigon Auckland Day One

Wayde — Sun, 15 May 2011 23:23:38 +0000

I had to fly from Christchurch to New Plymouth to pick up the truck and drive it to Auckland. The truck had left Christchurch with the gear for 42nd Street in New Plymouth a week or two earlier and the gear for Miss Saigon in Auckland was in the front of it. Was a slow drive due to the weather being really shit. Was pouring down and was rather had to see. Stopped off in Hamilton for dinner with one of my very close friends Ruthie. She is one amazing person! Someone stole our table out side the pizza shop so we ended up eating it the back of the truck, good times. She just got a new job in Auckland, so being that I seem to spend alot of time in Auckland I should get to see her alot more! YAY!! Met the boss at the airport and picked him up and headed to our accommodation. Hes there for a month operating the show. When we turned up to the apartment, we had to lift the fold out couch down into the downstairs room so i had something to sleep on, as the room I was sleeping in didn’t have a bed. But hey, i’v stayed in worse places with work and it was only for a few nights. Below are some shots I took on day one, my flight and the drive from New Plymouth to Auckland.

Warbirds 2010

Wayde — Thu, 12 May 2011 19:53:03 +0000

Every two years I get the chance to head down to Wanaka for “War Birds over Wanaka”. Now, I have never been a big fan for planes but when work sent me down there for the first time to my surprise I really enjoyed it. I know it was a while ago since I took these photos but I’m sure you will enjoy them anyways.

Sarah’s Wedding

Wayde — Mon, 02 May 2011 04:54:35 +0000

Here is the shots from my very first wedding I did. What a lesson I learned that day, in fact i learned alot! Like buy some reflectors cause people squint lots on a sunny day. Figure out where they want photos taken and do a reccy so you have an idea of whats going to work and whats not going to work round that time of day. Umm, and take an assistant to carry your other cameras and lenses for quick changes.