Kristina Hoeppner

Why are all the Christmas trees all set up and lit and Xmas music playing in store? It's still 10 days to go.

Thank you, Liam. I always look forward to the con, people, talks, and shenanigans.

Speakers: I'll send you your photos once I've gone through all the spares.

Everybody: If you don't want your photo online, please let me know, and I can replace the photo to either remove you or use some other technique.

Kawaiicon 3 - 7-8 November 2025 Kawaiicon 3 in Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Aotearoa

My day 2 photos of #kawaiicon are now online as well in the same album at www.flickr.com/photos/4nits...

Have a great Sunday musing over all the fantastic talks and conversations. Many thanks @kawaiicon.bsky.social Crüe, volunteers, contractors, venue staff etc. who brought the event to life.

A conference speaker with purple hair and a purple jacket points their finger at the audience, has their eyes squeezed, and smiles.

#Kawaiicon? Yep, that's right. @mangopdf.bsky.social @kawaiicon.bsky.social

4 conference attendees have huge smiles on their faces and pose for the camera in energetic poses with one spreading his arms in the back, and a woman in the front making the peace sign.

#Kawaiicon vibe. @xntrik.wtf @kawaiicon.bsky.social Photos are at www.flickr.com/photos/4nits... - this and others will be there soonish.

Kawaiicon 3 - 7-8 November 2025 Kawaiicon 3 in Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Aotearoa

My Day 1 photos of #Kawaiicon are online along with the earlier uploaded bag and tag and axe throwing photos. www.flickr.com/photos/4nits... @kawaiicon.bsky.social

Tables lined up in an L shape with a number of people sitting at them along with lanyards and names badges. Volunteers wear neon orange caps to be seen easily.

The quiet before the storm called registration at Kawaiicon. The doors will open in a few minutes.

Kawaiicon attendees get the full Wellington experience this year, including a welcome with a bang, aka noticeable earthquake.

Kawaiicon 3 - 7-8 November 2025 | Flickr Kawaiicon 3 in Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Aotearoa

Pre-Kawaiicon events: Bag and tag and a super special event for volunteers and speakers. More photos will be added to the album in due time from the coming two conference days. www.flickr.com/photos/4nits...

That #eqnz took a while to roll in.

View of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, ferries docked at the ferry terminal, and the Sydney Opera House peeking out behind houses on the quay. Everything is brightly lit up.

Iconic Sydney at night.

Map showing the North Island of NZ with the flight route from Wellington to Auckland over the ocean almost half way to Sydney.

Fight entertainment screen showing the distance travelled of 1,968km from Wellington to Auckland. The arrival time off 9.22 is only about 20 earlier than the originally scheduled arrival into Sydney.

On my way to Sydney... via an unscheduled stop in Auckland, having travelled close to 2,000km. Will be off shortly I hope all it seems that they've been able to resolve the electrical issue.

The Vortex fully out of glass with a rising 40m talk waterfall amidst a man built train forest hiding the ships behind.

The Jewel at Changi Airport in Singapore all lit up in colour.

Back in the land of the fast cars and even faster trains though the later may come with long delays. Spending a few days away from people on small islans was good to get rid off my conference acquired cold. I wonder if smelling mash in a distillery helped clear the sinuses faster than usual. 😂

Big black hexagonal columns rise from the sea and others hang from the cave's ceiling.

Amazing trip to the Isle of Iona and Staffa. On the latter is Fingal's Cave that beautifully showcases the 60 million year old basalt columns.

Small motorboats anchored in a bay surrounded by tiny islands basking in the sun

What do you do when you are on a smallish island? You visit much smaller ones. 😀 Not these pictured but Staffa and Iona which are a bit bigger than these.

4 big pine barrels that hold liquid that at this stage is more like beer.

Sightseeing on the Isle of Mull in Scotland had to include a visit to a whisky distillery. Here's the Wayback room at Tobermory Distillery. At the end of the you await two drams of different single malt.

Green fields before and airplane wing that is tracking a fine line of condensation.

Condensation over Edinburgh. Let #MoodleMootGlobal begin.

The flight crew just arrived. I guess that's a good sign that will be flying shortly. ✈️

Digital display on the ICE train to Hamburg showing the current speed of 174km/h and the next stop, Hamburg-Harburg

On my second last train of five for today, going from Antwerp to Lübeck for #MoodleMootDACH. We are making good progress. It's not as fast as the 298km/h between Frankfurt and Cologne, but still good.

Achievement unlocked (?) I survived the 16-hour fight to New York on a chocker full flight in Economy. But that's only 2/3 done. Bring on the next and last flight: 8 hours across the Atlantic. Customs was a breeze with just about 8 minutes in the queue. The luggage is taking longer to arrive. ⏳

Wing of an AirNZ plane displaying a white koru on black. On the ground are some lakes

AirNZ wing over the clouds with a bit of blue sky visible.

Flight 1 of 3 to Auckland is done. Europe is still rather far away though.

Rainbow over Wellington Central with buildings basking in sunlight

Double rainbow over Miramar with the second one much easier than the main one.

Double rainbow from yesterday in the water

It was a rainbow afternoon. It was visible for over 1 hour from town all the way to Mirama and at times even a double rainbow. All of that after a brilliant double rainbow yesterday with there main rainbow visible dirt more than 45 minutes.

A faint rainbows over hills in the city

It's quite warm today and there is even a rainbows. What other good things will the day being?

The inside of a stationary store with old cupboards and stationary.

High rises in the forefront with smaller buildings until the horizon.

A high rise on the left with smaller buildings into the distance. If the weather was nice, you would be able to see My. Fuji

The last day of my Japan holiday is coming to an end soon. It's been a place of extremes, idiosyncracies, hospitality, and amazing culture. I spent the day at the Edo Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum and at the Observatory of the Tokyo Metropolitan Gov. Building.

If there's ever a good city to have a suitcase go bust, it must be Tokyo. I've never seen so many stores that sell reasonably priced suitcases. It must be because of all the shopping tourists are expected to do to leave with at least one additional suitcase.

Battery of machines outside a shop that you can go to to get a littler you in a plastic sphere.

In the land of the plastic capsule toy. You don't even need to go into the store to buy it. Just use one of the many machines out front.

Sign with the business hours of the shop that are from 9:35 to 22:50.

I wonder how these business hours were selected. Do they depend on the train schedule or in the morning the school drop off?

Headshots on easels of the performers of the ensemble Kodo.

If you ever get the chance to see a performance of Kodo, I suggest you don't miss it. On the last day of their summer series at Asakusa Public Hall in Tokyo, they performed in front of a full house. Amazing artistry and awesome sound on all instruments, big and small.