Grandad's photos

Our UK trip is being posted on Julie's blog.

Yesterday I bussed a group of 30 who all work in window framing companies, to look at NALCO's extrusion plant in Hamilton. As well as getting lunch, we all looked around the factory and viewed the aluminium being pressed from a 'log' into long lengths of window frame shapes. The machine heats the raw material to 400 degrees then forces it with 1500 tons pressure through the dies. We also looked at their powder coating and packaging. Very interesting!

An interesting job yesterday. I was driving one of 12 buses picking up 600 Telecom techs at a conference held at Sky City, taking them to several decile 1 schools around Otara. The techs planted fruit trees like mandarins and feijoas, painted hopscotch and basketball courts and repainted play equipment. Then it was back to Sky City for a beer and dinner (for them).



This camera shot is my Leopard bus by one of the Variety Club Bash vehicles that joined in.

The race car has arrived in its new home in Austria.