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Andy Baldwin

The lost WW2 military installations of the Marlborough Sounds

During World War Two, the Marlborough Sounds played a crucial role in safeguarding New Zealand from potential military threats. The natural…

2 min readApr 4, 2023

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Andy Baldwin

Lessons learned

2020 has been an absolute prick of a year hasn’t it? I mean seriously, so many things, Covid 19/White Island and everything else along the…

9 min readDec 30, 2020

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Lessons learned

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Andy Baldwin

Blumine Island gun battery

During World War II (1939.45), a number of large gun emplacements were built in the Marlborough Sounds, to provide protection for a (never…

4 min readSep 16, 2020

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Blumine Island gun battery

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Andy Baldwin

Gold Point Mining

Gold Point Mining

4 min readSep 15, 2020

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Andy Baldwin

Everything is ok, until suddenly it isn’t

OK, so I’m kind of a geek, accepted, right?

4 min readSep 9, 2020

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Everything is ok, until suddenly it isn’t

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Andy Baldwin

Death by PowerPoint: the slide that killed seven people

The space shuttle Columbia disintegrating in the atmosphere (Creative Commons)

6 min readJul 6, 2020

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Andy Baldwin

Wartime relics and spooky submarine stations rediscovered on Sounds voyage

Back in the 1940s the world was at war. New Zealand sent troops and aid, and of course we never thought the war would come to us, but it…

4 min readNov 28, 2019

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Wartime relics and spooky submarine stations rediscovered on Sounds voyage

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Andy Baldwin

Hamote!

an adventure into the History of long island in Queen Charlotte Sound, MarlboroughLocated 35 kilometres from Picton, Long island guards the

5 min readNov 25, 2019

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Hamote!

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Andy Baldwin

Andy Baldwin

Heya, I’m Andy and I am a bit of an adventurer. I live down here in the south-seas of New Zealand. Follow my adventures as I discover and explore wild places!

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