Earthquake Catcher

This is a half sized replica of a machine made by a chinese inventor in 122 AD, it was designed to work out the direction an earthquake was travelling-It works when a shockwave from the earthquake makes the pendulum inside hit one of the dragons making it drop a ball into one of the frogs mouths

Wellington

March 12th 2009
Like i said before in my last blog it was another early start, in fact the earliest yet (At least in Nz) it took just over 5 hours to get to Picton which is at the top of the south island and is where you catch the Inter Islander ferry to get to the north island. The weather forecast wasn't very good and unlike Akaroa there weren't any miracles so it was really rough and took an hour more then it ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Wellington

The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand in about A.D. 800. In 1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria while retaining territorial rights. In that same year... ... read more

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