Going South on the North Island

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November 4th 2011

Published: November 10th 2011

Same Shit - Different Topic I drove into Raglan, settled down at the bar at a hotel and soon after Katka and her surfer friend Noah joined me. They gave me a quick update on the town. It is about SURFING. Apparently I had stumbled into one of the premier surf spots in the world. A Swedish guy I met at the backpacker place I stayed at, told me that he had been dreaming about that place for 15 year... Read Full Entry

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Botanical Gardens

Wellington Downtown

Seen from the Botanical Gardens.

Kaka Parrots

In Zeelandia, Wellington.

Takahe

This is one of (if not the) biggest of the remaining flightless birds in NZ. It was actually believed to be extinct until a small population was found high in the mountains on the South Island. About half a meter tall it is still a far cry from the Moa that roamed this country before the Maoris arrived.

Tui

So far my favorite NZ bird. It has these useless white feathers on its chest and it makes the craziest sounds. They seem to live primarily of nectar and they jump around in trees and bushes as giant and very clumsy hummingbirds.

26th February 2012

Alice Jones
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Hi! Just stumbled across this while trying to find a jpeg of Marianne Muggeridge's painting. Anyway, I haven't been quite able to work out where your photo is taken from, but you're up a bit too high. I'm not even sure if you're still in Wellington so this may be irrelevant, but my guess is that it's painted from the Claremont Grove area, where I used to live. This: http://i44.tinypic.com/34etgrk.jpg was the view from our backyard, and it /almost/ matches. Spent a while walking up and down different steps in the street trying to find the right perspective, but my guess is it was either done from a building that doesn't exist anymore (was in the 80s anyway I think) or from a back section off Majoribanks or Brougham Streets. Anyway, just thought I'd say hi! http://www.niceties.co.nz

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