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budafist
02-26-2007, 05:45 AM
Had to share some pics we took.
First pic is the view of the harbour from the room we were staying in. It's so still that it looks like a lake. His parents are so lucky - they just moved here a few months ago and I can see why!
http://aycu39.webshots.com/image/12718/2006358276405579336_rs.jpg
budafist
02-26-2007, 05:46 AM
Here's a panorama shot I just pieced together of the beach in front of their house.
http://aycu10.webshots.com/image/10649/2006380799291057995_rs.jpg
budafist
02-26-2007, 05:47 AM
I've never seen ducks at the beach - only at lakes.
http://aycu20.webshots.com/image/10339/2001868188742715659_rs.jpg
http://aycu25.webshots.com/image/10464/2001875850708832093_rs.jpg
budafist
02-26-2007, 05:48 AM
I don't blame these ducks for wanting to hang out here.
http://aycu39.webshots.com/image/10758/2001859409405264960_rs.jpg
http://aycu13.webshots.com/image/11092/2001882949874915781_rs.jpg
budafist
02-26-2007, 05:49 AM
We disturbed Mr Crab whislts foraging around the rocks.
http://aycu13.webshots.com/image/9692/2001810931601069672_rs.jpg
budafist
02-26-2007, 05:49 AM
http://aycu25.webshots.com/image/11464/2001863184681299853_rs.jpg
http://aycu06.webshots.com/image/10805/2001856428586186074_rs.jpg
budafist
02-26-2007, 05:50 AM
A mountain on the way home.
http://aycu07.webshots.com/image/10086/2001894342660985081_rs.jpg
...and some pretty clouds...
http://aycu13.webshots.com/image/9692/2001869176467502488_rs.jpg
hewligan
02-26-2007, 06:14 AM
Wow.
Yeah, just wow.
I really have to travel more...
CamarotaDesign
02-26-2007, 06:17 AM
thats awesome Buda! I want to go to NZ!!! I've really wanted to come since the lord of the rings movies (like everyone else)
you guys really live in paradise. Isnt there even a rain forest in NZ?
I don't believe you, Buda. You bought those off a stock photography site, didn't you? :D
Samakimoto Graphics
02-26-2007, 07:26 AM
That's a beautiful place Buda...
Thanks for sharing!
budafist
02-26-2007, 10:34 AM
Wow.
Yeah, just wow.
I really have to travel more...
Yes you do. As I've told you before, as much as we love to LIVE in Auckland, South is very pretty to go visit. Though I can't say I would want to live there. Not yet anyway. Maybe a good place to retire to though. I don't plan on retiring at 23 but maybe in a year or 2 would be lovely :D
thats awesome Buda! I want to go to NZ!!! I've really wanted to come since the lord of the rings movies (like everyone else)
you guys really live in paradise. Isnt there even a rain forest in NZ?
NZ is very pretty. It takes all my friends from other countries to make me realise that I need to get out of the city and see NZ more. I don't know if it's considered rainforest, but it is very uh...bushy
I don't believe you, Buda. You bought those off a stock photography site, didn't you?
Damn, you busted me Ned. Was it because you have used the "ducks on beach" stockphotos before? :rolleyes:
That's a beautiful place Buda...
Thanks for sharing! Thanks Sama. We're going back for my bf's wedding in September, so will be interesting to see it all again in spring.
PrintDriver
02-26-2007, 11:52 AM
Oh man! I'd love to retire to a view like that.
Any fish in that pond and it would be perfect.
morea
02-26-2007, 01:23 PM
gorgeous shots, buda. Thanks for sharing!
Exodus
02-26-2007, 02:10 PM
That's really cool Buda! I'd love to visit there as well.
it is very uh...bushy.
I bet. ;)
TheBluePanda
02-26-2007, 02:17 PM
Awesome pix! A very beautiful place indeed.
As wonderful as the beaches can be here in Florida, we don't have any mountains in the distance!
jimking
02-26-2007, 02:37 PM
New Zealand is one of the most beautiful places of earth. :)
Red Kittie Kat
02-26-2007, 05:56 PM
Gorgeous Buda .. what more can I say ... love your panoramic ... pretty cool ;)
urstwile
02-26-2007, 06:10 PM
Great pics, Buda. I love the crab, and the mountain and clouds shots.
budafist
02-26-2007, 07:03 PM
Oh man! I'd love to retire to a view like that.
Any fish in that pond and it would be perfect.
There were guys fishing off the pier but I didn't see if they caught anything.
If all else fails there are the ducks! :D
Virgo Nightingale
02-26-2007, 10:00 PM
Sounds like you had a great time buda! Or at least saw pretty things, which is half the battle. lol...
Wow!
I would love to vacation there.
balou
02-26-2007, 10:59 PM
I am in awe. Did they have to drag you away kicking and screaming? That would be the only way I would leave. ;)
Damn, you busted me Ned. Was it because you have used the "ducks on beach" stockphotos before? :rolleyes:
No, Buda. I knew they were fake because YOU AREN'T IN ANY OF THE PICTURES! Gee... how dumb do you think we are? :rolleyes:
By the way, I just got back from Beijing, and I've got REAL pictures to prove it!!
http://mediamainline.com/images/crazy_ned_in_beijing.jpg
hewligan
02-27-2007, 12:28 AM
Based on your UTTERLY CONVINCING photograph, the veracity of which is IN NO DOUBT, I just have to ask...
How was Beijing?
Awesome... I got bombed on Chinese rice wine, which is why I'm wearing the lampshade. :D
hewligan
02-27-2007, 12:45 AM
Lampshade?
I just assumed the hat was the latest fashion in China :D
Yes, lampshades are the latest fashion in China. ;)
budafist
02-27-2007, 12:59 AM
Silly Ned, I am in a photo. You can figure out which photo has me in it.
Clue: I'm not a duck or a crab!
By the way, I went to Beijing last year for a week. It was before I was born into GDF so I wont bore you with my photos! I have a pic in front of that statue Ned too. It was in the square right?
I expect to see a Beijing photo thread on here Ned!
hewligan
02-27-2007, 01:01 AM
Yes, lampshades are the latest fashion in China. ;)
Awesome!
<-- Quickly joins in with new fashion.
balou
02-27-2007, 01:19 AM
LOL! Did you just stick your head under the floor lamp Ned? Goofball! Nice clipping path. :D
Silly Ned, I am in a photo. You can figure out which photo has me in it.
Clue: I'm not a duck or a crab!
http://aycu06.webshots.com/image/10805/2001856428586186074_rs.jpg
Do you mean that guy in the blue-striped white shirt, with his back facing the camera? I know that's not you!! You're a girl!!
hewligan
02-27-2007, 01:31 AM
Don't be silly Ned. Buda's obviously in this one:
http://aycu25.webshots.com/image/10464/2001875850708832093_rs.jpg
She's just hiding behind a duck!
LOL! Did you just stick your head under the floor lamp Ned? Goofball! Nice clipping path. :D
Thank you, balou, thank you very much. I would've done better, if'n I wasn't watching my popcorn so it don't burn. :D
Red Kittie Kat
02-27-2007, 01:46 AM
Looks like you had a fun time there Ned :D
You better Patent that Lampshade look .... we don't want another crown incident
:p
hewligan
02-27-2007, 01:50 AM
<--
Too late!
There may be many imitators, but there is only one master. :D
'Sides, who am I to stand in the way of fashion? :p
morea
02-27-2007, 01:52 AM
oh yeah, that crown thing was bad. Threats of lawsuits all over the place!
On you Nedster... that lampshade rocks!
I couldn't pull that off.
Red Kittie Kat
02-27-2007, 02:04 AM
That should be our next design project ... who can come up with the most fly lampshade :D
hewligan
02-27-2007, 02:04 AM
On you Nedster... that lampshade rocks!
I couldn't pull that off.
Of course you could. The lampshade is so stylish it looks good on everyone.
budafist
02-27-2007, 02:07 AM
I prefer lampshade in more natural fabrics like paper and bamboo. Must be the hippie or the Chinese in me.
urstwile
02-27-2007, 02:15 AM
By the way Buda...welcome back! :)
hewligan
02-27-2007, 02:17 AM
I prefer lampshade in more natural fabrics like paper and bamboo. Must be the hippie or the Chinese in me.
How did the hippys and the Chinese get in you? Did you eat them or do they wear your skin like a suit? If it's the latter, do they all cram in at once, like when everyone tries to cram into a lift, or do they take it in turns?
Who's turn is it today?
budafist
02-27-2007, 02:27 AM
Sometmes I eat them and sometimes they take me by suprise - in which case they take turns.
Which reminds me....what's for dinner!?!
I suppose GDF has been food deprived for the last few days?
How did the hippys and the Chinese get in you?
Hewligan, this is a family forum!!!
hewligan
02-27-2007, 02:48 AM
Hewligan, this is a family forum!!!
Really?
Did I take a wrong turn on the internet someplace, then - I was heading for the GDF :D
Red Kittie Kat
02-27-2007, 02:53 AM
Don't ask Hewligan :D