New Zealand field trips:Winter 2009

[Lesley Cox]

Lovely to see the little tomtit too.

We did have quite a good Market crowd for such a filthy day, and only one vendor missing specifically because of the weather. Someone told me what I didn't really want to know, that it was the fifth rainy day out of the last eight!

[Lvandelft]

David, what a wonderful series of winter pictures in the NZ mountains.
So beautiful colors. I wonder how cold it is there as being mid winter?
You must have had a very good day.

[David Lyttle]

Its been over a week since I last posted to this thread. The weather has been fairly indifferent during that time and I am looking forward to something better.

Luit , Here is a picture of my companion Max, in shorts and shirtsleeves on the Pisa Range on the day. Note the sunglasses.

The second picture was taken at the end of March year ago from the top of the Pisa Range. It is looking south towards the town of Cromwell. The water towards the left is Lake Dunstan formed when the Clutha River was damned for hydroelectricity. This was the view covered in fog in the previous pictures of the thread.

[Lvandelft]

Thanks David, looks more like a nice summer day in Holland 
We do have some nice days in winter too, but never so that we could go out in shorts.

[Lesley Cox]

We're hardy types down here Luit. The Southern Man is supposed to be able to cope with anything from worst weather to flirty women. Not with bad beer though.

[David Lyttle]

The archetypal Southern Man ---------------

in his natural habitat!

not a flirty woman (or any other kind) in sight.

[Maggi Young]

Bless him! we really do have to try and find him new woolly tights...........

[David Nicholson]

Purple ones?

[Maggi Young]

For preference, David, yes. I have searched the internet high and low to no avail. Jean W and I thought we might have to resort to knitting them.....

[Lvandelft]

The archetypal Southern Man ---------------

in his natural habitat!

not a flirty woman (or any other kind) in sight.

David, that makes me curious about how she would look then (I mean the archetypal (flirty) NZ woman in winter) ?
The ones I know here, would probably get frightened, when seeing such a bare man in winter 

[t00lie]

No sign of any flirty women yet however i guess that like me they are still getting over the big 7.8 earthquake that hit us down this end of the South Island last night --very frightening, yet i found it quite exhilarating as the house swayed to and fro violently and while we couldn't see anything in the dark we heard the forested trees all around us wooshing and creaking so loudly .

Thankfully no reported injuries .

Cheers Dave.

[David Lyttle]

The epicentre was out to sea west of Resolution Island (off the southwestern coast of the South Island). I did not feel a thing out here but many people in Dunedin experienced it.

[cohan]

good to hear everyone is ok! must be a bit scary, even if exhilarating!
generally, things are pretty unmoving here in alberta......

[t00lie]

[quote Maggi Young
Bless him! we really do have to try and find him new woolly tights...........
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[/quote Maggi Young
For preference, David, yes. I have searched the internet high and low to no avail. Jean W and I thought we might have to resort to knitting them.....
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Maggi
Suggest you and Jean put away your knitting needles as i've just managed to locate a very old pair ---unfortunately not purple David  ---and a bit short in the leg department --i'll just have to roll my rugby socks up to cover any gap. ............

Cheers Dave

[Maggi Young]

While I'm glad you have found some legwear, t00lie, I think Jean and I will keep looking for some purple wool!