New Zealand Revisited
In the absence of something more present and immediate, I'm resorting to some highlights from my skiing trip to New Zealand in September.The first is a series covering a uniquely kiwi, alpine bird called the "kea". If you have an astonishingly acute memory, you'll remember that invertedonwinch.blogspot.com did a short feature on these inquisitive birds. They get into everything and will steal/tear/shred anything they find particularly interesting: wiper blades, ski racks, rings, necklaces, watches, bright and sparklies...
Normally they are verdant green with a sharply hooked beak and into everything:
We named this one Freaky Beak for obvious reasons. He's obviously survived on the backs of generous skiers/snowboarders:
Next is a shameless study of the wonderfully different climo-geography of south island New Zealand. (I must really be suffering the inexorable march toward academicky-ness, I've just created my own hyphenated compound noun.) If you ever needed a picture defining the term "snow line", NZ is the country in which to get it.
Last is me standing over Lake Ohau beside Queenstown atop one of The Remarkables in the rather un-remarkable The Remarkables ski area (heh). It was icy, icy, icy, which normally doesn't bother me, but the lack of snow make it difficult to ski on.
Next is a shameless study of the wonderfully different climo-geography of south island New Zealand. (I must really be suffering the inexorable march toward academicky-ness, I've just created my own hyphenated compound noun.) If you ever needed a picture defining the term "snow line", NZ is the country in which to get it.
Last is me standing over Lake Ohau beside Queenstown atop one of The Remarkables in the rather un-remarkable The Remarkables ski area (heh). It was icy, icy, icy, which normally doesn't bother me, but the lack of snow make it difficult to ski on.
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