A Fancy Goat
“That’s a fancy goat” – direct quote from my wife
Being the rep for Garmin comes with a lot of miles and a lot of work but it also comes with some great opportunities. In June 2019, along with Ian and Matthew, the outdoor and overall managers for Garmin in Australasia, I got to capitalise on one of those opportunities
When you get a call from Willie Duley asking whether you’d like to shoot ducks or tahr, you’d probably do what I did – say ‘yes’ to the opportunity before you’ve spoken to the wife or anyone else. I chose tahr because I can’t shoot a shotgun to save myself.
After a long drive south (I live in Tauranga) we all assembled in the carpark of a service station in Rolleston. Greg and Willie were in their fully loaded, aggressive and capable Mercedes. I was in the trusty ute and Ian and Matthew arrived in an all-terrain Prado, that may or may not have been a rental vehicle.
We set off on a mad dash down country to somewhere – please don’t ask where – I really don’t know even though I have the GPS co-ordinates.
What I do know is that they make hills much bigger in the South Island.
We ditched my vehicle
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