Since posting a Blog about the Christmas revellers passed out on the back yard of the old farmhouse, I've had a couple of readers wanting to know more about the place that my parents bought in Torbay, north of Auckland. The photo shows the house tucked away in the bush with a long right of way drive that served two other properties, and then two concrete ribbons disappearing up the incline to our place.  The ribbons were a trap for the unwary, rough and buckled as they were. Several visitors 'came a cropper' on these, sliding off into the bamboo which in fact saved them from plummeting down into the neighbouring property.  To get up, you had to centre the car just so, hit the gas with vigour, commit to the ascent, and hope your calculations were correct.