tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16510974055823536602024-02-07T16:40:56.672-08:00Hoosier KiwiMusings of an Indiana born teacher living and working in the Land of the Long White Cloud.Jay Inmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03748458878649522914noreply@blogger.comBlogger65125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1651097405582353660.post-18027311353129209212013-01-19T19:18:00.000-08:002013-02-16T19:19:58.630-08:00EpilougeSeveral kind people have asked me why I stopped the blog and have asked me to continue. Thanks to all that have read and kept up with the adventures. I have created a new blog which will allow me to open up some other topics and go down paths that were not appropriate to the focus of the Hoosier Kiwi blog. If you are interested, please proceed to . . .<br />
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I went to Nelson to meet with John Boyce, the principal of Garin College. He was a colleague and good friend of Christina West. She told him about me, my teaching, and how much I liked New Zealand. He showed me around Garin, we talked about teaching, education philosophy, and a little bit of philosophy in general. A couple of weeks later Garin College offered me a full-time, permanent position.<br />
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It didn't take much thinking from any of us. In early December Claire, Molly, Oliver and I received our passports with a New Zealand Permanent Residency Visa sticker. We are moving permanently to New Zealand. It seems it was always inevitable. Does that make me KiwiHoosier now?<br />
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The Year 11 Physics class sends Mr. Inman off in style!</div>
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I will also miss seeing my colleagues at Columba. Then again, they have moved up from Colleague status to Personal Friend status, so they are moving in the right direction. They are the absolute best and I will be lucky to find a better group to work with.</div>
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Good-bye, Columba. As Clarence Oddbody wrote,<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> "<u style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">no</u><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> man is a failure who has </span><u style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">friends</u><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">."</span></span></div>
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<br />Jay Inmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03748458878649522914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1651097405582353660.post-79958762908090611462012-11-04T18:22:00.000-08:002013-01-17T18:34:05.934-08:00Near the EndAs my time at Columba has comes to a close, I am very grateful for the friends that I have made and the places those friends have taken me. Here is a few more pictures from my last days in Dunedin....<br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">The Year 13 Physics/Calculus Bar-B-Q.....</span><br />
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Serious discussion of grilling techniques with Holly Cadzow.</div>
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Alan and Kate are the bee's knees!</div>
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A leopard seal basks in the sun. Leopard seals are not very common.</div>
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One of the things I have managed to accomplish at Columba is establishing a <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/" target="_blank">geocaching</a> club. Wikipedia defines geocaching:<br />
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Geocaching is an outdoor recreational activity in which
the participants use a Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) receiver or mobile
device and other navigational techniques to hide and seek containers,
called "geocaches" or "caches", anywhere in the world.<br />A typical cache is a small waterproof container containing a
logbook where the geocacher enters the date they found it and signs it with
their established code name. Larger containers such as plastic storage
containers (Tupperware or
similar) or ammunition boxes can also contain items for trading, usually toys
or trinkets of little value. Geocaching shares many aspects with benchmarking,
trigpointing, orienteering, treasure-hunting, letterboxing, and waymarking.</blockquote>
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<span style="text-align: left;">Over the last two months, geocaching has taken me places I probably would not have seen otherwise. Here are some photos from our Columba trip to teh Otago Peninsula.</span><br />
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The Columba Geocaching Crew</div>
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Back: Me, Caitlin, Kita, Angela, Alan</div>
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Front: Christina, Ryely, Ailsa, Gaby, Emma, Aicha, Crystal</div>
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One of the geocaches in Broad Bay is called <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=c96946a7-37e3-487a-8965-bd939903bc8d" target="_blank">Yellowhead</a>. The land bridge to get out to the island is not for the timid.</div>
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The New Zealand Sea Lions and Fur Seals were out in force on this sunny day.</div>
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Crystal finds a seal.</div>
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Going to a beach and seeing seals and sea lions in the wild is really a cool experience. The sea lions are absolutely massive and move much quicker than one might expect. People are warned not to get within 20 m or to get between a sea lion and the water. This chap was just coming out of the water and did not mind posing for some photos. S/he then went up to the sea lion and kindly asked it to move along, taking its spot on the beach.<br />
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A blond, a redhead and a brunette walk on to a beach... </div>
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Nikita, Caitlin and Angela have been great physics students, great geocachers, and great friends to talk to during lunch. They will go far.</div>
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Angela finds the last cache of the day.</div>
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Things are winding down here. Not many blogs left...Jay Inmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03748458878649522914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1651097405582353660.post-51658021774993212312012-10-18T00:46:00.000-07:002012-11-12T00:31:26.389-08:00South<br />
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The drive south from Nelson just as stunning as the drive north. I drove through the Nelson vineyard and hops country into the West Coast region. It was my intent to see the Pancake Rocks, but I took a wrong turn and missed quite a bit of good sight seeing. Another time...<br />
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Driving through Greymouth I turned east and headed toward Arthur's Pass along the Otira Gorge Road, also known as State Highway 73. I stopped several times along the route, including a quick tramp along an abandoned railroad tunnel trail, several snowcapped mountain vistas, and the village of Arthur's Pass.<br />
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Magnificent scenery with power cables.</div>
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The two pictures above are taken in the Otira Gorge. The tunnel-like structure protects the road from frequent rock slides in that area. The chute-like structure diverts a waterfall <i>over the highway</i>. The vehicle between the two structures in the picture directly above is a double-articulated tanker truck, so one can get a feel for the enormity of the structures.</div>
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<a href="http://www.wobblykea.co.nz/" target="_blank">The Wobbly Kea Cafe & Bar</a> in Arthur's Pass is the former home of Oscar Coberger. Coberger was a German ski and mountaineering instructor who built an alpine tourist business in Arthur's Pass to lure holiday makers from Christchurch. He was also a pioneer in marketing mountaineering and ski gear, creating an early form of REI (US) or Kathmandu (NZ). According to the brochure, he sold Sir Edmund Hilary his first ice-axe.</div>
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What is a Kea? A kea is an alpine parrot (!) that is referred to as "mischievous and inquisitive." The Kea has an extremely sharp beak and talons. This means that Keas will rip into anything searching for food, including convertible roofs. </div>
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I did not know about the kea when I booked a room in Arthur's Pass. Fortunately, the attendant at the hotel was kind enough to let me know and brought me a load of towels to cover the roadster top. I also added a few rocks on top, so Rosie became camouflaged as a mound of snow. </div>
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Kea terror aside, I really enjoyed Arthur's Pass and would go back there again. The next day I ticked on gently back to Dunedin taking in the scenery....</div>
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<br />Jay Inmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03748458878649522914noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1651097405582353660.post-78453838841711610442012-10-16T00:12:00.000-07:002012-11-05T00:22:45.600-08:00Nelson<div style="text-align: center;">
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Nelson is located at the top of the South Island. The city of Nelson is the cultural centre of the Nelson Tasman region and sits on Tasman Bay. Its surrounded on the other three sides by the mountains and National Parks including Able Tasman, Kahurangi, and Nelson Lakes. The leading economic drivers of Nelson are fishing/seafood (yum!), horticulture, forestry, and tourism. Nelson arguably has the best climate in New Zealand. It is the Rivera of New Zealand!<br />
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The Nelson Clock Tower stands out.</div>
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The Maitai River runs through the heart of Nelson.</div>
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There is a slight insect problem.</div>
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Christ Church Cathedral is another prominent landmark</div>
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The Nelson region has a lot of things going for it. The area is famous for its wineries, breweries, mountain biking, tramping, beaches, art festivals, music festivals, . . . the list goes on. It is a very nice place. I expect you'll be hearing more about Nelson in upcoming blogs.</div>
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<br />Jay Inmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03748458878649522914noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1651097405582353660.post-6985619576773145432012-10-15T20:06:00.000-07:002012-11-03T02:29:34.048-07:00NorthI took advantage of the break between Term 3 & 4 to drive from Dunedin to the town of Nelson. Nelson is located at the top of the South Island and the home of the db's who featured on this blog in April (<a href="http://hoosierkiwi.blogspot.co.nz/2012/04/enzorg.html" target="_blank">enz.org</a>). My travel goal was a trip that would get me a good taste of the South Island that I had not seen.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">One of the off-the-beaten-track places I stopped was Barrhill. Barrhill is, or was, a village created by Cathcart Wason. According to Wikipedia, Wason "was a Scottish farmer and politician who served as a Member of Parliament in two countries: first in New Zealand and then in Scotland, after the the failure of his colonial ventures. An unusually large man (he was over 6 feet 6 inches (1.98 m) tall), he is noted both as an innovative farmer and for having passes his time in the British House of Commons by knitting."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Sometime around 1869, "<span lang="EN-US">Wason built a model village [on his estate] called Barrhill, approached from the north, east, south and west by avenues
lined respectively with sycamores,
birches, poplars and oaks.</span><span lang="EN-US">[7]</span><span lang="EN-US"> At the centre was a market square, with
post office, bakery and other facilities and fifteen cottages were built.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">However, Wason had
expected a railway to be built near Barrhill, but when it was built on a more
southerly route, the village began to decline. Dwindling population forced the
closure of the school in 1938, although the Church of St John the Evangelist is
still in use. Most of the buildings were constructed from pine wood grown on
the estate, and all that remains now are the three concrete buildings: church,
school and schoolhouse, each surrounded by a circle of oak trees."</span></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This may seem trivial to some, but some people out there may find this information quite useful.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Another place I stopped was Hanmer Springs. Hanmer Springs is a tourist hot spot in New Zealand. It is built around hot springs and is a center for outdoor activities. To get to Hanmer from the main road, you have to drive across the Waiau Ferry Bridge. This is a one-lane, narrow bridge that might give one second thoughts before driving across.</span></span></div>
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I took two days on my trip north to Nelson. I stayed overnight with Lance and Anne, who are good friends with Lori M. back in Bloomington (its a small world, after all). I certainly appreciate their hospitality and kindness!</div>
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My previous trips have been through rather than to Auckland, so I had a chance to take in some of the sights. Based on previous experience I did not think I would like it, but I did. There was plenty to do and see and I enjoyed it. <br />
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Auckland--primarily built on volcanic remains</div>
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Auckland's most famous building: the Sky Tower. It is that tallest building in the southern hemisphere. Most of the photos I took were from the top. Some of the floor is made of glass. It was a bit unnerving, but I was comforted.</div>
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Kiwi's take their bungy jumping quite seriously and Auckland is no exception. This bungy took two people up (and down and up and ...) in a circular cage. </div>
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Auckland's well deserved nickname is "The City of Sails"</div>
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Auckland crosswalks are quite interesting. At major intersections, all vehicular traffic must stop when the pedestrian light goes green. Not only can you cross horizontally and vertically, you can also cross diagonally (see arrows below)!</div>
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However, I don't think I would want to live in Auckland. The cost of living in Auckland is ridiculous. Older, small houses go for NZ$750k, the traffic infrastructure is poor and public transport is limited for such a large city. So visit, but don't stay.<br />
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In 2011, The New Zealand national rugby team, called the All Blacks, won the Rugby World Cup. This is a very big deal for Kiwis and for many other nations outside of the U.S. Rugby is baseball, basketball and football all tied into one here in New Zealand. The All Blacks have been playing <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Test_match_(rugby_union)" target="_blank">test matches</a> throughout the country and on Saturday it was Dunedin's turn to play host as the All Blacks played the South Africa Springboks. Blair, Nathan and I had three of the hottest ticket in town!</div>
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Eventually, it was game time. Forsyth-Barr Stadium was packed to the rafters even with several thousand seats added to the east side of the stadium. As with each and every All Blacks game, after the national anthems of both countries, the All Blacks preform a haka for the benefit of their opponents. Piri Weepu led the haka last night:</div>
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A blowhole is a sea cave the gets exposed inland. This happens when the roof of the cave collapses. When the mouth of the cave is submerged, the incoming water and air is pushed through the cave and "blows" out the other end, up though the collapsed roof, much like a geyser.</div>
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Another great feature of this walk is the beach that is not reachable, at least easily. This is a haven for rare yellow-eyed penguins (<i>Megadyptes antipodes</i>). These penguins are native to New Zealand but do not venture close to humans. They come ashore in the early evening and make their way up the steep hillsides to nest. Think about that: penguins <i>walking</i> up steep hills. This takes patience to observe. I did not have a zoom lens, but here are the photos I took (penguins indicated):</div>
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If the opportunity presents, go for the blowhole.</div>
<br />Jay Inmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03748458878649522914noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1651097405582353660.post-86652030136934853052012-09-06T02:03:00.000-07:002012-09-11T23:26:49.027-07:00Lighthouse<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">According to the official website, "The Catlins
is a major highlight of the Southern Scenic Route. Situated off the beaten
track, the Catlins encompasses the area between Kaka Point and Fortrose. You
will journey through rural heartland and podocarp forests, past rugged
coastlines, hidden lakes and stunning waterfalls."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />The translation of "off the beaten track" is "take Dramamine!" </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />One of the features of The Catlins Coast is the Waipapa Point Lighthouse.</span><br />
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<br />Jay Inmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03748458878649522914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1651097405582353660.post-18959985255449050572012-09-03T01:24:00.000-07:002012-09-10T03:00:06.674-07:00Indian<span style="background-color: #990000; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 17px;">"Invercargill, </span>I-N-V-E-R-C-A-R-G-I-L-L.<span style="line-height: 17px;"> Sometimes I spell it with one 'L' to save ink."</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #990000; line-height: 17px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Invercargill is the 10th--13th largest city in New Zealand based on population and depending on where you get your statistics. It is one of the southern most cities in the world and the southern most city in New Zealand. Invercargill was the home of Burt Munro, whose dream to race his motorcycle on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah was the basis of the Anthony Hopkins movie "The World's Fastest Indian." Burt Munro, in 1967 and at age 68, broke the world's land speed record for a motorcycle under 1000cc at 190+ mph. His Indian motorcycle was 47 years old at the time.</span></span><br />
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This is a fishing village. One of the huts is called the "Polyfilla Villa." That's funny!</div>
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Monkey Island is on the southern coast of New Zealand, west of Invercargill. The island is known as Te Puka o Takitmu, the anchor stone of the Takitmu canoe that brought Pacific Islanders to the south island of New Zealand.</div>
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Technically speaking, the sign post above was not at Monkey Island, but it looks good here.</div>
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Blair and Nathan along Jack's Blowhole Track.</div>
<small><br /></small>Jay Inmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03748458878649522914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1651097405582353660.post-4986745359747654462012-08-09T02:49:00.001-07:002012-08-09T02:49:49.134-07:00Ski!This past weekend was the Otago Secondary Schools Skiing Championship. I volunteered to be the school rep and enjoyed skiing at Cardrona and Coronet Peak. <br />
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Skiing conditions were tolerable. There has not been a lot of snow this year but the view were spectacular. <span style="text-align: left;">The skiing terrain is a lot different than North American slopes. All of the skiing is above the tree line. </span><br />
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Top of the M1, Coronet Peak</div>
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The Icebar at the top of the Greengates lift at Cardrona.</div>
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The popular 3Ski ski bike.</div>
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This is NOT the preferred method for leaving the slopes at the end of the day. An unfortunate skier being airlifted to Dunedin.</div>
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<br /></div>Jay Inmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03748458878649522914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1651097405582353660.post-39339654575263922682012-08-01T19:00:00.000-07:002012-08-01T19:00:40.692-07:00ButtieThat's pronounced Butt-tee.<br />
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One of the staples of the Dunedin Farmers Market is the Bacon Buttie. A bacon butte is two pieces of white bread with bacon, grilled onion, pickle relish, tartare sauce, and mustard.<br />
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<br />Jay Inmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03748458878649522914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1651097405582353660.post-75535971632670460492012-07-23T13:23:00.000-07:002012-07-29T13:24:27.633-07:00ChristchurchChristchurch is the 3rd largest city by area in New Zealand and was the 2nd largest by population. It has been known as a beautiful university town with a thriving business center.<br />
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In February 2011 Christchurch, particularly the Central Business District (CBD), was devastated by an earthquake. Around 183 people were killed and much of the city became unstable. Most of the news I have seen centers around the future of Christchurch Cathedral and issues with the City Council. I was not prepared to see the desolation and ruin of the CBD and eerie emptiness of the streets in the center of New Zealand's 3rd largest city. Most structures are surrounded by fences and gates. The only entry way to the building is through an army checkpoint. These pictures were taken on a very nice Sunday morning just before lunchtime. The buildings that you see are completely unused now.<br />
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Things are improving in Chch slowly. New business centers are popping up in areas that had not been so nice before the earthquake. However, smaller continuing earthquakes and political infighting are hampering the progress. <br />
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I am hoping to make another trip up to Chch soon, and I will focus on the nicer aspects of the city and its people. <br />
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<br />Jay Inmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03748458878649522914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1651097405582353660.post-6460194917211168602012-07-22T20:53:00.000-07:002012-07-28T15:27:28.919-07:00RiverstoneOur road trip took us through the towns of Oamaru, Timaru, and Ashburton. Just north of Oamaru is an really nice restaurant called Riverstone Kitchen. Not only is there a restaurant, but they have fabulous organic vegetable gardens, a playground including a really cool fort play structure, a bird sanctuary, and one of the largest collections of the largest collections of nicknack junk I have seen. The stuff sold from a pole barn made up to look like a frontier town.<br />
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Is your home complete without this?</div>
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Banks Peninsula near Little River</div>
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Rosie with the Southern Alps in the background.</div>
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That's me salmon fishing in Rakaia just before the line broke. Can you believe the size of the fish here?</div>
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Wind powered car park light at New World in Lincoln.</div>
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This very neat square forrest is made of pine trees for harvesting.</div>
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Climbing up to Alan's daughter's farm. Stunning scenery.</div>
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Alan Williams is a Canadian born, California bred Kiwi who has lived in New Zealand most of his life. Fortunately for me, Alan is a math teacher at the school I teach at and he has become a good friend. Alan's partner Kate was away at a conference and we planned to go skiing, but the conditions were not good so we loaded up Rosie and headed out on a road trip to see his daughter on the Banks Peninsula and to see Christchurch.<br />
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On our trip north the first stop was at the Moeraki Boulders Scenic Reserve. The boulders are concretions somewhat similar to geodes, except that the inside of a Moeraki boulder is primarily calcite as opposed to quartz. And the fact that they are significantly larger than geodes.</div>
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The boulders are only about a 300 meter strip of the beach. There are large boulders and small boulders, broken boulders and whole boulders, smooth boulders and one (only one, mind you) seaweed covered boulder.</div>
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A broken Moeraki filled with seawater.</div>
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A little Moeraki, about the size of a large medicine ball.</div>
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The only seaweed covered Moeraki.</div>
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While on my dairy farm trip, I did get to see a bit more of the south island, traveling from the towns of Balclutha, Clinton, and Gore. Here are some pics from Balclutha:</div>
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The bridge over the Clutha River</div>
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The Clutha River</div>
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Clinton is a very small 5-horse town. The sign says its a 3-horse town, but there are 5, so I assume there has been growth since the last census. There are a few shops but its mostly a roadside village.</div>
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Clinton Central Business District--a pub, taxidermist, and 'antique' shop.</div>
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The point of going to Clinton is to drive through to Gore. No doubt you get the reason that the road between these two fair cities is called 'The Presidential Highway.' Both President Clinton and Vice President Gore have had their pictures taken in front of this very sign:</div>
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There are a few other interesting things that I saw on my travels.<br />
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Would you eat at Wongy's Cod & Taties? I chose not to.</div>
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I will not underscore the subtle inference. :)Jay Inmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03748458878649522914noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1651097405582353660.post-3391350678768672082012-07-16T18:27:00.000-07:002012-07-17T18:28:13.795-07:00FarmLast week Andries and Belinda van der Zande invited me down to their dairy farm to help in preparations for the cows return. Yes, the cows go on a bovine holiday (think ClubMed for cattle) and return ready to reproduce. The farm is a little over an hour south from Dunedin toward the town of Clinton. The van der Zandes just moved to this area where Andries manages the farm There was much cleaning, mending, and general grunt work to do.<br />
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Cleaning the udder suckers (non-technical term)</div>
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The Farm with Andries doing some mowing--in winter!</div>
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Putting flowers in the garden.</div>
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Making more friends. Four wheelers and AG bikes are the preferred modes of travel.</div>
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Not as big as Nicols Waterfall but nicer, I think.</div>
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Ross Creek Reservoir</div>
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Whilst walking on the trail, we found this miniature scene set up in the hollow of a long fallen tree.</div>
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Let's make this blog interactive, shall we? I-SPY: Can you find a horse, a duck, Sylvester, a hedgehog, the letter 'M,' and a dragon? </div>
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