if you only have a hammer everything looks like a nail
Travelling in New Zealand over the last week or so I have been struck by the lack of SHEEP. This is my first visit here and I have grown up in Australia with a steady diet of NZ sheep jokes. The jokes might more aptly be applied to Kiwis and cows which seem to greatly outnumber the sheep. So where are they? Where have all the sheep gone? Have they like many Kiwis headed to Australia???
Arrived in Auckland today and encountered something that we don’t see too much of in South Australia ……RAIN. After 12 days of stuffing oursleves to the gills on the Diamond Princess on a 12 day cruise from Sydney we are back on land and having a couple of relaxing days in Auckland before we head off on motoring holiday on the north island. Might even pick up an accent 🙂 .
Will add some pics of NZ later.
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Prague, the capital of the Czech republic is filled with many great old buildings. This one is called the powder gate. Apparently in times past the fine burghers stored their gun powder here, hence the name. The city is filled with fine examples of old buildings. One old chap told me that the reason ofr this is that the city was spared the carpet bombing by the Allies during World War 2.
And the beer is not bad either.
Well we are back in Adelaide , back to work and all the usual. We are actually having a winter this year complete with rain. Looking for a flickr plugin to link some photos to the site. Here is a picture
of the astrological clock in Prague. It is quite an amazing city that has lots old buildings and charm. Apparently it missed in the bombing in WW2 so it remains largely intact. IT might be ine of those cities that will lose its charm as it becomes more of a tourist destination and the wealth of the country increases.
More photos to follow…………….
This Pelican was just lurking in Mykanos, quite tame and would let anyone pat it. We saw it several times wandering in the lanes of Mykanos.
AS you can see it was not fussy about who patted it!
Well now we are in Zagreb after having raced down the middle of Europe. I an world wind 3 weeks we have been to Norway , Copenhagen, Berlin ,Prague and Trieste. We have also squeezed in a 7 day Greek island cruise. This included Kalymnos, Paros Mykanos and Bodrum in Turkey.
Now we are cooling our heels in Zagreb enjoying the fabulous hospitality of Marie’s Cousins.
Well we have been touring around England for nearly 3 weeks the weathers has been up and down. Some really wet days but most days with showers on and off. Where we are staying has been a village sonce the 9th Century and is poised right on tiop of a cliff overlooking a beach. The people here John and Anne have looked after really well we have been to a few nice local pubs and enjoying local food and beer. They have to really great labradors, Alfie and Henry , “The Boys”. img:<2457271558>,<size>]
This is a crocodile lazing on the banks of the Daintree river in North Queensland. The croc was estimated to be 3.5 metres long.