Final, final update: 8 December 2003 with a note on Tractors
(Actually, so much for "final": a couple of new links on NZ music and book retailers have been added to the links page. 15 Feb 2004)

Travelling to NZ? Check out this bunch of Kiwi links.

Image description File Size / Download time
@ 28.8Kbps (slow modem)
Venice Beach
Instead of hanging around LAX for 12 hours 33K / 13 sec
Marlborough
  Kaikoura :Low Tide 53K / 20 sec
  Kaikoura :180 degree panorama from the head of the peninsula 292K / 1.75 min
Eastern Epic with NZNS
  Mt Fyffe: A view from Mt. Fyffe 58K / 20 sec
  Mt Fyffe:The gang at the bottom of Spaniard Spur 54K / 20 sec
  Mt Angelus:The gang on Robert Ridge 38K / 15 sec
  Mt Angelus:A view from Robert Ridge 38K / 15 sec
  Mt Angelus:Another view 48K / 18 sec
  Mt Angelus:Sunrise on Mt. Angelus 30K / 12 sec
  Mt Angelus:Heading up the summit track 40K / 15 sec
  Mt Angelus:360 degree panorama from summit 417K / 2.5 min
  Mt Angelus:View of the lake from summit 78K / 29 sec
  Mt Angelus:Looking up at Mt. Angelus from the Cascades Track 55K / 20 sec
  Mt Angelus:One of the cascades on the Cascades Track 64K / 23 sec
  Mt Angelus:Hutere Stream 56K / 21 sec
  Aerial view of Mt. Angelus taken on the 24th of March at 10:45AM 127K / 46 sec
  Mt. Owen:The legendary Billy's Knob 52K / 20 sec
  Mt. Owen:Morning light 37K / 14 sec
  Mt. Owen:Mt. Owen in the clouds 58K / 22 sec
  Mt. Owen:The midgewater marshes 32K / 12 sec
  Mt. Owen:Chilling our bottoms on cold marble 29K / 11 sec
  Mt. Owen:Misty mountain 38K / 15 sec
  Mt. Owen: 270 degree panorama from the summit 181K / 65 sec
  Mt. Owen:Marble caves 56K / 21 sec
  Mt. Owen:Glare off the marble 51K / 19 sec
  Mt. Owen:The cleft of... 71K / 26 sec
Otago
  Queenstown:Double Cone on the Remarkables  
  Queenstown:Above Lake Alta on the Remarkables  
  Queenstown:Even higher above Lake Alta on the Remarkables  
  Queenstown:Looking down on Queenstown from the Remarkables  
  Dunedin:St. Kilda's Beach  
  Maniototo:This is not Alberta  
  Maniototo:I assure you, this is not Alberta either  
 

Tractor!

This is a game for whiling away long drives through the country.

  • Spot a tractor, call "Tractor!", score 1 point.
  • Spot a tractor that is moving, call "Tractor moving!", score 2 points.
  • If it turns out to not be a tractor, lose 1 point.
  • If you called "Tractor moving" and it's not a tractor, lose 2 points.

What exactly constitutes a "tractor" is open to interpretation, depending upon whether or not you are playing with a diesel mechanic. You can simplfy things by designating a "tractor" as being limited to the stereotypical farm machinery type with front wheels that are smaller than the rear wheels, even though the diesel mechanic would argue otherwise.

Also, to prevent fist-fights and car accidents, tractors at a dealership are best disqualified.

And best not to challenge someone hopped up on 3 espressos if you've just had 3 beers.

 


All photographs ©2003 Maija Graham, all rights reserved.