December 6, 2025 • 7 mins
Tonight we chatted about first cars and great roadtrips. What car did you learn to drive in and who taught you?
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Speaker 1 (00:08):
You're listening to a podcast from News Talks ed B.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
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Speaker 1 (00:16):
Turning Back at the Clock with Roman Travers.
Speaker 2 (00:19):
Call eight hundred and eighty ten eighty It's in My
Day on News Talks ed B. Welcome, Bruce.
Speaker 1 (00:26):
Oh yeah, Hi. Just a couple of couple of drives
that I've I've found really good. The first one it's
a bit out of the way, but it's East Cape.
If you go, if you start up from Gisbon and
travel up, you can sort of do Gisbon to Takomaru
Bay in one day. And the beauty about those places
(00:47):
is you can pull up on the beach, you can
light a fire, you can you know, you can just
do that kind of stuff, and then you can find
your book into a motel. They're not expensive, and then
you just carry on up to tuor go down round
to Takaha and then through to a Portocky and that
that Takaha. The drive from Tyodor ta Kaha is a
(01:10):
beautiful drive and this is really lovely. And I one
that I was really surprised with among Amooka Gorge leading
into State Highway one and leading into Kotai that was
closed for two years, but it is. It's a beautiful drive.
It's a beautiful road and we get with a lot
(01:31):
of bikers coming up from Auckland to drive to ride
it because it's all bitch aminutes. It's landscape beautifully with
rocks and drainage. It's really it's a lovely, lovely drive.
Not many people know about it, but those are my
two that that I would recommend.
Speaker 2 (01:45):
Well done, Yes, I love. I haven't been to all
of the places you've just mentioned, but we used to
drive from Wade It up up to a nota bay.
Speaker 1 (01:54):
Yeah, oh yes, yes, well let's say it isn't it.
Speaker 2 (01:56):
Yeah, but there's half of half the world's there now.
I would tell the girls that'll be known there. It's
really quiet. And that was my first visit was back
in nineteen ninety three on our honeymoon, back in the day,
and then it's become every We were sitting up tent
one year and you're squeezed and all together and the
guy next to us was a doctor from Wellington. I see, Oh,
get a mate, how were you? Could you have a
look at this? He said, nope, I'm not working.
Speaker 1 (02:16):
Yeah, anyway, fantastically. There was one tap running down the
fence line as I remember it back in the day,
and that fed all the campus that just camped up
on the farm. But what a wonderful spot. But those
are what those are. The beaches you can find all
the way round that, all the way round that east cape.
It's it's it's isolated, but it's not, if.
Speaker 2 (02:36):
You know what I mean, it is and I it
is and I've always and this is not a disparaging
comment for me. It's like going back in time. It's
a bit quieter, there's fish and chips, there's a pub,
and it's just you know, it's camping. It's what it
is on the label. Yeah, exactly.
Speaker 1 (02:50):
Yeah. I was listening. I think it was Kerry and
she was talking about the holidays that we used to have.
You know, we go away for six weeks and everyone
to go for three and then dad would go back
to work for three weeks and we'd stay at the
beach and come on the weekend. You know. When she
said that, so many people in my generation did that.
Speaker 2 (03:07):
Yeah, it was.
Speaker 1 (03:08):
It was just one of the great things about living
in this country. Aim.
Speaker 2 (03:13):
Did you come from a family where you had like
six or seven weeks off in a straight hit like that.
Speaker 1 (03:20):
Yes, yes, I did. I was. I was fortunate. My
parents were teachers and we we had a batch and
we used to I did enjoy that sort of thing.
But once you do that, you're inculcated in your children
and then they develop the same love and it just
they do it with their children and it just becomes
a it just becomes a perpetuating cycle, if you know
(03:40):
what I mean. And it's you know, it's wonderful that
they can you know, they can all catch a fish.
They know how to feed from the sea, and it's
once again, it's it's a birth right of living in
this country. You know, we run it down and we
criticize it, but when you boil it down. I'm sitting
on the beach now, it's absolutely beautiful at Cable Bay.
(04:00):
You know, this is the essence of the country. It's
it's just magnificent. As young families played in the sands,
you know, there's plenty of room. It's it's just wonderful.
Speaker 2 (04:08):
Name. Yes, So I've got two questions for you before
I forget them. Number one, where was your family's batch?
And number two, have you been to the cable Bay store.
Speaker 1 (04:18):
I'm just coming right outside. My batch was at Tea Hart. Yes,
And what I've done, I'm sort of I went out
fishing this morning and I got quite a few fish.
And what I did is I actually cleaned them on
the beach and people were able to watch, and then
I was able to would you like a filet? And
I'd slice the filet off the fish, I'd skin it
(04:39):
in front of them on the beach, wash it in
the water. I'd carry it over to the cable bay
shop you're talking about, and for two dollars, i'd batter
it and i'd go back and i'd give these people
a number, and about fifteen minutes later they'd go over
and the two bucks they would get the most magnificent
piece of battered fish. And I gave away about ten
pieces of fish doing that. What did he just starting
(04:59):
to do?
Speaker 2 (04:59):
Well, you didn't tell me I would have driven up
there for that.
Speaker 1 (05:04):
It's yeah, you get to a point where you sort of,
you know, I actually prefer a tin of sardines or
some tuna in the canal rather than rather than deep
fried fish or fish that way. Yeah, it's sort of,
but I certainly love giving it away because I know
people that don't get it really appreciate it so much.
That's where the pleasure is.
Speaker 2 (05:25):
Yes, now, were you another question? As I sorry, I'm
loading up with questions.
Speaker 1 (05:29):
Will you.
Speaker 2 (05:31):
Be at Cable Bay tomorrow giving away fresh fish?
Speaker 1 (05:36):
Well, it just depends. I had I had a good catch.
I love catching them. I let them go, but I thought, well,
I'll come in and let people taste it because it's
perfectly fresh, and then you can get it cooked battered,
you know, while it's still cold, and it's just beautiful.
It's the best you can get.
Speaker 2 (05:53):
Very nice. Does your does your family still have the
batch of pee hat?
Speaker 1 (05:58):
No, we didn't. We sold that, but yeah, that's what's
where we grew up. And when you're talking about it
now to bay in the day, we used to be
able to walk along that beach and we used to
roll up over rocks and grab power from the underside
of them. I don't know if you can still do
that now, but that was about nineteen. It was about
ninety two when you were there that yes are you
(06:20):
could walk down and if you knew where to go.
Loise L's was the same. Both ends of the beach
had these rolling boulders, and you could just roll them
and grab the powers that are underneath and then roll
the rock back and you're only in knee deep water.
Speaker 2 (06:34):
Isn't that special? I don't know that you could do
that these days, because everybody's out there taking everything. Everything
that moves looks like it's going to move once upon
time move. They just take everything. Very disrespectful some people,
aren't they The way they strip all the kaimawana plants
and shellfish. It's weird, Bruce, what a great call. Thank
you for more from Newstalk set b Listen live on
(07:11):
air or online, and keep our shows with you wherever
you go with our podcasts on iHeartRadio
You're listening to a podcast from News Talks ed B.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
Follow this and our wide range of podcasts now on iHeartRadio.
Speaker 1 (00:16):
Turning Back at the Clock with Roman Travers.
Speaker 2 (00:19):
Call eight hundred and eighty ten eighty It's in My
Day on News Talks ed B. Welcome, Bruce.
Speaker 1 (00:26):
Oh yeah, Hi. Just a couple of couple of drives
that I've I've found really good. The first one it's
a bit out of the way, but it's East Cape.
If you go, if you start up from Gisbon and
travel up, you can sort of do Gisbon to Takomaru
Bay in one day. And the beauty about those places
(00:47):
is you can pull up on the beach, you can
light a fire, you can you know, you can just
do that kind of stuff, and then you can find
your book into a motel. They're not expensive, and then
you just carry on up to tuor go down round
to Takaha and then through to a Portocky and that
that Takaha. The drive from Tyodor ta Kaha is a
(01:10):
beautiful drive and this is really lovely. And I one
that I was really surprised with among Amooka Gorge leading
into State Highway one and leading into Kotai that was
closed for two years, but it is. It's a beautiful drive.
It's a beautiful road and we get with a lot
(01:31):
of bikers coming up from Auckland to drive to ride
it because it's all bitch aminutes. It's landscape beautifully with
rocks and drainage. It's really it's a lovely, lovely drive.
Not many people know about it, but those are my
two that that I would recommend.
Speaker 2 (01:45):
Well done, Yes, I love. I haven't been to all
of the places you've just mentioned, but we used to
drive from Wade It up up to a nota bay.
Speaker 1 (01:54):
Yeah, oh yes, yes, well let's say it isn't it.
Speaker 2 (01:56):
Yeah, but there's half of half the world's there now.
I would tell the girls that'll be known there. It's
really quiet. And that was my first visit was back
in nineteen ninety three on our honeymoon, back in the day,
and then it's become every We were sitting up tent
one year and you're squeezed and all together and the
guy next to us was a doctor from Wellington. I see, Oh,
get a mate, how were you? Could you have a
look at this? He said, nope, I'm not working.
Speaker 1 (02:16):
Yeah, anyway, fantastically. There was one tap running down the
fence line as I remember it back in the day,
and that fed all the campus that just camped up
on the farm. But what a wonderful spot. But those
are what those are. The beaches you can find all
the way round that, all the way round that east cape.
It's it's it's isolated, but it's not, if.
Speaker 2 (02:36):
You know what I mean, it is and I it
is and I've always and this is not a disparaging
comment for me. It's like going back in time. It's
a bit quieter, there's fish and chips, there's a pub,
and it's just you know, it's camping. It's what it
is on the label. Yeah, exactly.
Speaker 1 (02:50):
Yeah. I was listening. I think it was Kerry and
she was talking about the holidays that we used to have.
You know, we go away for six weeks and everyone
to go for three and then dad would go back
to work for three weeks and we'd stay at the
beach and come on the weekend. You know. When she
said that, so many people in my generation did that.
Speaker 2 (03:07):
Yeah, it was.
Speaker 1 (03:08):
It was just one of the great things about living
in this country. Aim.
Speaker 2 (03:13):
Did you come from a family where you had like
six or seven weeks off in a straight hit like that.
Speaker 1 (03:20):
Yes, yes, I did. I was. I was fortunate. My
parents were teachers and we we had a batch and
we used to I did enjoy that sort of thing.
But once you do that, you're inculcated in your children
and then they develop the same love and it just
they do it with their children and it just becomes
a it just becomes a perpetuating cycle, if you know
(03:40):
what I mean. And it's you know, it's wonderful that
they can you know, they can all catch a fish.
They know how to feed from the sea, and it's
once again, it's it's a birth right of living in
this country. You know, we run it down and we
criticize it, but when you boil it down. I'm sitting
on the beach now, it's absolutely beautiful at Cable Bay.
(04:00):
You know, this is the essence of the country. It's
it's just magnificent. As young families played in the sands,
you know, there's plenty of room. It's it's just wonderful.
Speaker 2 (04:08):
Name. Yes, So I've got two questions for you before
I forget them. Number one, where was your family's batch?
And number two, have you been to the cable Bay store.
Speaker 1 (04:18):
I'm just coming right outside. My batch was at Tea Hart. Yes,
And what I've done, I'm sort of I went out
fishing this morning and I got quite a few fish.
And what I did is I actually cleaned them on
the beach and people were able to watch, and then
I was able to would you like a filet? And
I'd slice the filet off the fish, I'd skin it
(04:39):
in front of them on the beach, wash it in
the water. I'd carry it over to the cable bay
shop you're talking about, and for two dollars, i'd batter
it and i'd go back and i'd give these people
a number, and about fifteen minutes later they'd go over
and the two bucks they would get the most magnificent
piece of battered fish. And I gave away about ten
pieces of fish doing that. What did he just starting
(04:59):
to do?
Speaker 2 (04:59):
Well, you didn't tell me I would have driven up
there for that.
Speaker 1 (05:04):
It's yeah, you get to a point where you sort of,
you know, I actually prefer a tin of sardines or
some tuna in the canal rather than rather than deep
fried fish or fish that way. Yeah, it's sort of,
but I certainly love giving it away because I know
people that don't get it really appreciate it so much.
That's where the pleasure is.
Speaker 2 (05:25):
Yes, now, were you another question? As I sorry, I'm
loading up with questions.
Speaker 1 (05:29):
Will you.
Speaker 2 (05:31):
Be at Cable Bay tomorrow giving away fresh fish?
Speaker 1 (05:36):
Well, it just depends. I had I had a good catch.
I love catching them. I let them go, but I thought, well,
I'll come in and let people taste it because it's
perfectly fresh, and then you can get it cooked battered,
you know, while it's still cold, and it's just beautiful.
It's the best you can get.
Speaker 2 (05:53):
Very nice. Does your does your family still have the
batch of pee hat?
Speaker 1 (05:58):
No, we didn't. We sold that, but yeah, that's what's
where we grew up. And when you're talking about it
now to bay in the day, we used to be
able to walk along that beach and we used to
roll up over rocks and grab power from the underside
of them. I don't know if you can still do
that now, but that was about nineteen. It was about
ninety two when you were there that yes are you
(06:20):
could walk down and if you knew where to go.
Loise L's was the same. Both ends of the beach
had these rolling boulders, and you could just roll them
and grab the powers that are underneath and then roll
the rock back and you're only in knee deep water.
Speaker 2 (06:34):
Isn't that special? I don't know that you could do
that these days, because everybody's out there taking everything. Everything
that moves looks like it's going to move once upon
time move. They just take everything. Very disrespectful some people,
aren't they The way they strip all the kaimawana plants
and shellfish. It's weird, Bruce, what a great call. Thank
you for more from Newstalk set b Listen live on
(07:11):
air or online, and keep our shows with you wherever
you go with our podcasts on iHeartRadio
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