Pics from Wellington !! *warning, big files* [Archive]

Aggie

15-11-2003, 12:18

Here I am, biding my time in Wellington. It's 1.15 AM on November 16th and we are waiting for the ferrie to the south island. It is leaving at 3 am [crazyeye] We were so 'clever' to only book it 2 days in advance. Everything was fully booked, except for this dreadful time [aargh].

This country (New Zealand) is mourning. They just lost the rugby semi-final vs Australia.

Greetings to you all and 'see' you again in three weeks [thumbsup]

Skyfish

15-11-2003, 12:21

Hi !
Great to see you again ;)

That rugby loss is indeed amazing they were favourites to win the tournament !
Did you check out the Ladder to contemplate your first place ? Hope you did 'cause it aint gonna last long [mwaha]

ERIKK

15-11-2003, 14:16

Hi Aggie!

Hya, hope you have a great time. Seen any hobbits over there?

Sir Eric

15-11-2003, 15:17

G'day Aggie. hope your having fun over there cause we sure are after our win earlier over here.

WildFire

15-11-2003, 15:42

Have fun aggie!

digger760

17-11-2003, 10:28

Can you do me a favour Aggie, when walking about the streets, can you shout this chant:

Aussie, Aussie, Aussie
Oi,Oi, Oi.
Aussie, Aussie, Aussie
Oi,Oi, Oi
Aussie, Aussie
Oi
Aussie, Aussie
Oi
Aussie, Aussie, Aussie
Oi,Oi, Oi.

That'll really stir them kiwis up!!!! [evil]

Carn the Wallabies!!!!

Darkness

17-11-2003, 10:53

Hey Aggie! Did you see any Kiwi's? I hear they're very rare in the wild now...

Plux

17-11-2003, 12:08

Hey Aggie, can you plz direct some peace talk towards your ddpp-stand in? It's only three turns or so, and he shows up with his troops at my border [}:)]

anarres

17-11-2003, 14:12

Hi Aggie! Hope all is well in the land of sheep. :D

Skyfish

17-11-2003, 15:01

Wow !
Nice DDPP spoiler Plux : thanks a lot for the info :D

ERIKK

17-11-2003, 15:25

quote:Originally posted by Skyfish

Wow !
Nice DDPP spoiler Plux : thanks a lot for the info :D
That were my thoughts exactly!

Lt. Killer M

17-11-2003, 15:39

hm, plux no be talking online - hidden in the bunker already?????

Plux

17-11-2003, 15:55

Wouldn't call it a spoiler, more of an early peek. You'd prolly get the picture in a few turns anyway, when you'll see all yellow on the WM diminish :D

Sir Eric

17-11-2003, 21:02

Hi Aggie, If your willing to go for a walk in the mountains down south there is an awesome looking green parrot (Cant remember it's name) that lives up there. He doesn't fly, he just walks on the ground. He lives amongst the tufts of grass and looks pretty spectacular.
Have a good one. :)

Aggie

18-11-2003, 05:42

Sir Eric, I already saw those Kea's ;)

Lt. Killer M

18-11-2003, 09:35

aggie,he meant not keas but kakapos ;)

Kea = flies, shouts 'kea, kea' all the time (ornithologists love that, makes them easy to identify)
Kakapo = walks, hides, is quiet --> extremely hard to find (also because there are like 30 or so left that all now live on a tiny island where they were taken to protect them from cats and mice)

Shabbaman

18-11-2003, 10:30

Beware of the killer moa's! Did you see any? That'd be cool since they're extinct. Oh, do they sell conquests over there?

Sir Eric

19-11-2003, 05:23

Thanks Killer I couldn't remember the name ( I was too lazy to walk to the bookshelf :p ). I didn't realize that they had moved them to an island. I hope they increase their numbers again.

Aggie. How about a bit of info on where you've been and what you've done so far?

Lt. Killer M

19-11-2003, 09:06

quote:Originally posted by Sir Eric

Thanks Killer I couldn't remember the name ( I was too lazy to walk to the bookshelf :p ). I didn't realize that they had moved them to an island. I hope they increase their numbers again.

Check out Douglas Adams 'Last chance to see' ;)

Aggie

20-11-2003, 01:17

Well, I saw a green parrot called a Kea. It can fly and looks like this:

http://danny.oz.au/travel/new_zealand/j/kea.jpg

Up to now we spent about three days in Maleysia, 9 days on the North Island and 5 on the south island.

Amongst others we did a couple of hikes (vulcanic Toraringo and White Island, Abel Tasman track, Franz Josef glacier) and a lot of boat rides.

We have had a huge amount of good luck regarding the weather, but tomorrow will be bad and our scheduled Routeburn track two day hike is cancelled.

So we decided to go south even more and visit Dunedin and the eastern shores of the South Island. The weather should be better there.

Still planned are the Kepler Track (3 days), Milford Sound, Doubtful Sound, Mt Cook, Mt Aspiring. A lot to do and the weather looks to be improving. But it will be cold (12 degrees C)

Lt. Killer M

20-11-2003, 08:46

the glacies sounds nice... [envy]....... ;)

ProPain

20-11-2003, 12:49

I;m jealous, I wanna go back to NZ too [cry]

Seems you have a good time! enjoy yourself while we wait for c2c.

Plux

20-11-2003, 13:36

In three weeks I will watch a nine hour documentary about NZ. It's split in three parts, I bet which I'm talking about ;)

Pastorius

20-11-2003, 14:31

That's one sick avatar, if I ever saw one.
Hope you re having a great time.
Sicko [:p]

Aggie

23-11-2003, 06:03

Hey what happened to Tom Yorke [cry]

Anyway, the last two days were awesome. In the Milford Sound we had PERFECT weather and I must say that it can compete with the finest scenery that I have seen in my life. Now we are in Quuenstown and I did a bungy jump, with a dip [eek]. Tomorrow will be spent with Jetboating and Rafting and then the Kepler track is on. It looks to be perfect weather for these things. Sun and 22 degrees celcius :D

Aggie

05-12-2003, 06:45

I'm back [cry].

I had a perfect time in New Zealand and need a lot of time to recover/develop my 2000+ photos, but I'll buy Conquest today [hammer]

Plux

05-12-2003, 08:52

Good to have you back Aggie! Too bad you just missed the ddpp power session this tuesday. It was a classic ;).

Lt. Killer M

05-12-2003, 09:49

Aggie, welcome back to rainy drizzly foggy Europe! :)

digger760

05-12-2003, 09:56

Tom Yorke is back as well ;)

anarres

05-12-2003, 10:14

Welcome back! :D

Skyfish

05-12-2003, 10:23

[dance] [party]
YEEHA! Great to have you back !

Sir Eric

05-12-2003, 10:25

Any chance of you posting some piccies so we can have sticky beak at your hols?
welcome back to the real world

ERIKK

05-12-2003, 10:27

Welcome Aggie! :)

Yeah, lets see some pics of your trip!

Did you see LOTR - TROTK?

Darkness

05-12-2003, 10:58

Hey Aggie, welcome back! :)

ProPain

05-12-2003, 12:20

WB Aggie!

Lt. Killer M

05-12-2003, 13:19

I bet he is sleeping off a monumentuous jetlag atm ;)

Darkness

05-12-2003, 13:28

Yeah the time difference between NZ and the netherlands is pretty painful. (jetlag-wise that is... )

Aggie

05-12-2003, 16:43

ERIKK, there was no escaping in NZ from the world premiere of TROTK, but I wasn't one of the 2000 invited guests to see the movie... The rest of NZ has to wait for the world premiere.

I have to say that the movies didn't appeal to me, but 4 weeks of indoctrination changed that. This movie is very much a NZ thing. The whole country is going mad!

Killer, Darkness: The jetlag is 12 hours, but I try to get into the European rythm ASAP, because I have to go to work on Monday [eek]

Aggie

10-01-2004, 10:39

Some highlights of my trip!

Mt Cook:

http://www.civ3duelzone.com/forum/uploaded/Aggie/2004110103343_Foto 285 Mt Cook.JPG
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http://www.civ3duelzone.com/forum/uploaded/Aggie/2004110103532_Foto 208 Mt Cook.JPG
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Milford Sound:

http://www.civ3duelzone.com/forum/uploaded/Aggie/200411010385_107-0732 Milford Sound.JPG
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http://www.civ3duelzone.com/forum/uploaded/Aggie/2004110103837_Foto 049 Milford Sound.JPG
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Skyfish

10-01-2004, 10:43

WOW!

Great pix aggie !
What camera ?

Aggie

10-01-2004, 10:48

A Canon powershot G2 (4 megapixels). The pics are cropped to 1280x1024...

Next year I'll buy a Digital SLR :D

DrAlimentado

10-01-2004, 14:35

dam those pictures look good! NOW I am jealous.

I WANT TO GO NZ TOO!!!!

anarres

10-01-2004, 14:53

Holy fuck!! I need to go somewhere that beautiful...

...in my part of England the highest peak we have is a small knoll. [sad]

Beam

10-01-2004, 16:43

WOW, damned nice and good pics. I wish I had your eye for composition Aggie!

ERIKK

10-01-2004, 19:10

[eek] Looking good! I might go there this year... [groucho]

Those pics are very sharp!

Aggie

24-01-2004, 07:59

I joined webshots and uploaded pictures from New Zealand there:

http://community.webshots.com/user/ageling

ERIKK

24-01-2004, 09:33

wow! very cool!

Sir Eric

23-01-2007, 01:30

How did you find the Milfound Sound track?

We're going over there in Feb '09 for 3 weeks and I'm trying to convince my wife to do that walk.

Aggie

23-01-2007, 11:33

Sir Eric, I didn't walk that one. Instead I walked the Keppler Track and Routeburn Track. We were too late booking the Milford Track.

Doing a multi day hike is an absolute must when you are on the South Island. The scenery is spectacular. The Milford Track is the best known one, but I'm sure that the shorter Routeburn Track is just as beautiful.

I'd advise you to hike either the Milford Track or the Routeburn Track. Make sure that you visit Milford Sound by car or bus if you don't hike this one!

Rik Meleet

23-01-2007, 11:45

In 12 months I'll be posting pictures of New Zealand (if all goes well) :)

Sir Eric

24-01-2007, 11:36

Thanks Aggie.

Sir Eric

01-01-2008, 10:16

G'day Aggie

Only 8 weeks to go until we head off to NZ!!

Just wondering what sort of tour you did on the Franz Joseph Glacier?

Aggie

19-02-2008, 08:12

quote:Originally posted by Sir Eric

G'day Aggie

Only 8 weeks to go until we head off to NZ!!

Just wondering what sort of tour you did on the Franz Joseph Glacier?

Hi SE. A bit late, but I didn't see your post.........
We did a hike on the glacier. This took about half a day and with beautiful weather this is one of the highlights (of the many highlights) of the South Island...

Aggie

19-02-2008, 08:12