The Half Gallon Quarter Acre Pavlova Paradise The Half Gallon Quarter Acre Pavlova Paradise The Half Gallon Quarter Acre Pavlova Paradise was a popular book by Austin Mitchell, published by Whitcombe and Tombs (Christchurch, 1972), with illustrations by Les Gibbard. It provided a witty, satirical description of life in 1960s New Zealand, and Kiwi culture. Described as "a celebrated vision of New Zealand as heaven on earth", the book was a great success in New Zealand. The phrase "Half Gallon Quarter Acre Pavlova Paradise" soon became part of the New Zealand vernacular, with the term "quarter acre pavlova paradise" being included in the "Dictionary of New Zealand
Thermal and a Quarter Thermal and a Quarter (2000), Jupiter Café (2002), Plan B (2005), This Is It (2008), 3 Wheels 9 Lives (2012), The Scene (2015), and No Wall Too High (2015). Mani won Guitarist of the Year at the Jack Daniels Rock Awards in 2009 and 2012. In 2010, TAAQ opened a music school in Bangalore, called the "Taaqademy", with branches in Koramangala and Whitefield. The Whitefield branch was opened in 2014. Thermal and a Quarter Thermal and a Quarter (TAAQ) is a rock band from Bangalore, India, that describes its music as "Bangalore rock", rooted in a classic rock idiom while