NZ signs of our times

New Zealand is festooned with warning signs - which are usually ignored. Here, for your delectation, are a small collection of favourites...

( marypcb laughs at extreme danger! )

( ...as do kea )

( watch out for the penguins! )

( even the stick figures are safety conscious... )

( ...and cars need parachutes on the twisty mountain roads )

Sleep with the fishes...

...or at least a Sushi Pillow

A New Zealand Panorama: Marahau

Marahau Estuary, Abel Tasman National Park - from the Abel Tasman Track to the Park Cafe.



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A brief history of Usenet...

...from Google.

I'll always have a soft spot for Usenet. It's where I began my online life, back in (shock horror) 1986...

I'm a pirate, a goth pirate...

...courtesy of the brilliance of the now bi-weekly Cat and Girl!

Scary bridges

New Zealand is good at scary bridges. One Lane Bridges^* abound, even on the busiest highways. However, this bridge really took the biscuit...

This wooden single lane bridge on the main road down the west coast of South Island was shared with the main west coast railway line...

^*I never really worked out the rule that defined which side got the stop sign. My best guess was that it was the side with the least visibility of the oncoming traffic...