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Images => Nature, Flora, Fauna & Landscapes => Topic started by: Ron Scubadiver on January 11, 2018, 15:08:45

Title: Dunedin Area
Post by: Ron Scubadiver on January 11, 2018, 15:08:45

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4647/38420902325_8a6489d39f_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/21x8aGr)Green Fields (https://flic.kr/p/21x8aGr) by Ron Scubadiver (https://www.flickr.com/photos/57349111@N08/), on Flickr

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4599/38326470105_78ed95f0b6_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/21oMbhH)On the Farm (https://flic.kr/p/21oMbhH) by Ron Scubadiver (https://www.flickr.com/photos/57349111@N08/), on Flickr

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4571/38824103161_e5231336d6_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/229KFfZ)Dunedin Inlet Pano (https://flic.kr/p/229KFfZ) by Ron Scubadiver (https://www.flickr.com/photos/57349111@N08/), on Flickr

Title: Re: Dunedin Area
Post by: armando_m on January 11, 2018, 16:27:01

New Zealand is a place I'll love to visit

Title: Re: Dunedin Area
Post by: Akira on January 11, 2018, 17:55:37

Love these images.  Very idyllic.

Title: Re: Dunedin Area
Post by: Ron Scubadiver on January 12, 2018, 03:33:40

Thank you gentlemen. 

Title: Re: Dunedin Area
Post by: Hugh_3170 on January 12, 2018, 07:21:49

Nice work Ron.

I am quite biassed of course - I went to Otago University in Dunedin and I am from a farming family south of there.

Your shots are from the Otago Peninsula, where my father was stationed during WWII - on naval guns.

Title: Re: Dunedin Area
Post by: Roland Vink on January 12, 2018, 09:27:47

Lovely images. If you are ever in the Auckland area, feel free to get in touch :)

Title: Re: Dunedin Area
Post by: Ron Scubadiver on January 12, 2018, 17:53:38

Thank you Hugh and Roland.


"Then your life becomes a travelogue
Of picture-post-card-charms..."
-Joni Mitchell

That might be my life these days...

Title: Re: Dunedin Area
Post by: Akira on January 12, 2018, 21:47:19

Quote from: Ron Scubadiver on January 12, 2018, 17:53:38

Thank you Hugh and Roland.


"Then your life becomes a travelogue
Of picture-post-card-charms..."
-Joni Mitchell

That might be my life these days...

I love the song "Amelia"...

Title: Re: Dunedin Area
Post by: Frank Fremerey on January 13, 2018, 00:28:03

looks as unreal and pleasent as Scotland. - Great captures!

Title: Re: Dunedin Area
Post by: Hugh_3170 on January 13, 2018, 06:17:12

Not dissimilar countryside Frank. 

The Otago and Southland provinces were mainly settled by Scots and many of the place names are either copies of similar place names in Scotland or are derivatives of Scottish names, e.g. Dunedin translates as The Edinburgh of the South, and the core of its street layout and major street names are borrowed from its northern counterpart. 

My brother jokes that what with its geography and the inclement weather patterns in southern NZ, that Otago and Southland are only suitable for Scotsmen and sheep.  LOL.

Quote from: Frank Fremerey on January 13, 2018, 00:28:03

looks as unreal and pleasent as Scotland. - Great captures!

Title: Re: Dunedin Area
Post by: Ron Scubadiver on January 13, 2018, 21:21:34

Quote from: Frank Fremerey on January 13, 2018, 00:28:03

looks as unreal and pleasent as Scotland. - Great captures!

Thank you.  In New Zealand the weather is probably milder than Scotland, and whiskey is very expensive. 

Title: Re: Dunedin Area
Post by: Ron Scubadiver on January 13, 2018, 21:23:24

Quote from: Akira on January 12, 2018, 21:47:19

I love the song "Amelia"...

Thank you.  This particular lyric strikes a chord with me.  It's no false alarm as I have been there for a while.