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I'm in Christchurch on the South Island (the city that was ruined by a quake in 2011) for the next few days, at a brass band camp for my son. Looking at an effective temperature of -7C (19F) and snow overnight...and it's supposed to be spring now. First October snow here since 1969.
Should make for a brisk walk tomorrow in my Vans...
Still drizzling...supposed to end, but cloudy again today. Been rainy/cloudy since last Fri, so I am ready for some sunshine and warmer temps! Bye, Ian...
I'm in Christchurch on the South Island (the city that was ruined by a quake in 2011) for the next few days, at a brass band camp for my son. Looking at an effective temperature of -7C (19F) and snow overnight...and it's supposed to be spring now. First October snow here since 1969.
Should make for a brisk walk tomorrow in my Vans...
I never expected temps get that low in NZ, that's what we see in my region in winter. I would make a joke about global warming but I might get my hands slapped...... again.
It gets better/worse. My wife just rang from the town near our home, 350 miles NE of here, and it's now snowing there, at the same elevation as our property. We've seen snow on the 1,300ft peak behind the town, but never down to the town itself.
Translating that to American, it'd be like snow falling somewhere a few miles inland from Fort Bragg, CA
It gets better/worse. My wife just rang from the town near our home, 350 miles NE of here, and it's now snowing there, at the same elevation as our property. We've seen snow on the 1,300ft peak behind the town, but never down to the town itself.
Translating that to American, it'd be like snow falling somewhere a few miles inland from Fort Bragg, CA
Do the kiwi plants grow in your region ? You must be in the alpine region ? When I think of NZ the first thing that comes to mind is Kiwi and lamb.
Haha, you had me for a second there. I forgot 'kiwi" is what you call kiwifruit - kiwi to us is the flightless bird. There's some kiwifruit around this area but we're more apples, stonefruit, and wine - we're the largest apple growing region in the country. Kiwifruit are more common up the coast a bit where it's a little more humid.
NZ lamb is some of the best in the world, shame for the locals all the best stuff is exported. Since we bought our land 3 years ago we now have the advantage of breeding and raising our own.
Other popular NZ exports include McLaren, nuclear physics, possibly human flight (jury's out on this one still, honest...), scaling Mt Everest, the Lord of the Rings movies, billionaire bolt-holes, most successful international sports team in history, and we're still the undisputed world hide and seek champions: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-z...w-zealand.html
Other popular NZ exports include McLaren, nuclear physics, possibly human flight (jury's out on this one still, honest...), scaling Mt Everest, the Lord of the Rings movies, billionaire bolt-holes, most successful international sports team in history, and we're still the undisputed world hide and seek champions: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-z...w-zealand.html
10-04-2022, 10:50 PM
