That's rubbish. I lived in Hataitai for twn years. I walked through the tunnel to school three days a week and hated every moment of it- the traffic/surf noise, the smell, the coughing fits at the end of each 700metre Mt. Victoria traverse, the tooting horns, the constantly looking over my shoulder for those fucking annoying cyclists, the getting stuck behind those fucking annoying pedestrians that refuse to look over their shoulder or move aside for me when I was cycling, the strange meteorological phenomena (temperature and humidity mainly), the risk of receiving bottle to face if you walk through there at night and the questionable marks/stains/bodily fluids.
I haven't had my car since July last year (and have lost 15kg since then - probably not because I walk any more than I used to, but because I can't get out to Kilbirnie Fish and Chips as often as I used to) but when I did have it, or when I'm driving someone else's I still toot in the tunnel. And granted I can still hear my Mum saying "Don't do that, what if you were walking through here," when I toot, I'm not going to stop. It's a bit of fun.
While I'm on the subject of fun. You Hataitains/Hataitaiites who have appointed yourself as the fun police. Boo to you. (Latest complaints regarding the Realm balcony. Historic complaints including people mowing a cricket pitch on Treasure Grove and losing/collecting tennis balls from neighbouring properties;* and loud music on New Year's Eve.)
Boo fun police.
*If you built a fence instead of densely packing your boundary line with foliage there would be less dogs burrowing through the bush onto your property and less time spent on your section looking for lost tennis balls.
That's rubbish. I lived in Hataitai for twn years. I walked through the tunnel to school three days a week and hated every moment of it- the traffic/surf noise, the smell, the coughing fits at the end of each 700metre Mt. Victoria traverse, the tooting horns, the constantly looking over my shoulder for those fucking annoying cyclists, the getting stuck behind those fucking annoying pedestrians that refuse to look over their shoulder or move aside for me when I was cycling, the strange meteorological phenomena (temperature and humidity mainly), the risk of receiving bottle to face if you walk through there at night and the questionable marks/stains/bodily fluids.
I haven't had my car since July last year (and have lost 15kg since then - probably not because I walk any more than I used to, but because I can't get out to Kilbirnie Fish and Chips as often as I used to) but when I did have it, or when I'm driving someone else's I still toot in the tunnel. And granted I can still hear my Mum saying "Don't do that, what if you were walking through here," when I toot, I'm not going to stop. It's a bit of fun.
While I'm on the subject of fun. You Hataitains/Hataitaiites who have appointed yourself as the fun police. Boo to you. (Latest complaints regarding the Realm balcony. Historic complaints including people mowing a cricket pitch on Treasure Grove and losing/collecting tennis balls from neighbouring properties;* and loud music on New Year's Eve.)
Boo fun police.
*If you built a fence instead of densely packing your boundary line with foliage there would be less dogs burrowing through the bush onto your property and less time spent on your section looking for lost tennis balls.