I agree with Jack's comment, though it might require some wading to accomplish...
I also like that it was taken with a K10D. I've always loved the sensor on that camera (as long as there's plenty of light). I passed mine along to my son, who is getting very nice shots with it. Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 11:38 PM, David Mann <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm not surprised at all. Depending on what you want to do in Queenstown it > might be worth looking at staying in Arrowtown, Cromwell or Wanaka instead > and driving in for the day. > > Cheers, > Dave > >> On Feb 25, 2017, at 9:42 AM, Gonz <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> That explains a lot. We've been trying to find a rental to stay in >> Queenstown and the prices were a bit of a shock to us. >> >> >> On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 2:12 PM, David Mann <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Not free but subsidised. There's a government department called Housing NZ >>> which owns a lot of property, plus local city councils also make cheap >>> flats available. But there's nowhere near enough and with house prices and >>> rents spiralling out of control a lot of people have been living in their >>> cars. The government has been sitting on its hands. The cynic in me would >>> say a lot of MPs have property investments. There is no capital gains tax >>> in NZ and it's seen as easy money. >>> >>> As for Wanaka, I don't know if they have any social housing. It's a >>> tourist town which is known as a town of millionaires' holiday homes. Not >>> as bad as Queenstown, the place of billionaires' holiday homes. There was >>> a story in the papers recently about Queenstown airport running out of >>> parking space for private jets... >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Dave >>> >>>> On Feb 24, 2017, at 7:24 PM, Alan C <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> A fine image, Dave. Doesn't the Gov't provide free housing for the poor? >>>> (Like the RDP houses in SA). Plenty of unused space there & they wouldn't >>>> have water problems. They could fish to survive. >>>> >>>> Alan C >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- From: David Mann >>>> Sent: Friday, February 24, 2017 7:34 AM >>>> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>> Subject: PESO: Morning at Lake Wanaka >>>> >>>> The light wasn't really in my favour but I took the photo anyway. >>>> >>>> http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1038/#peso >>>> >>>> I'll just mention that you'd need to show up with about NZ$1M to buy a >>>> house in Wanaka. Want to live on the lake shore? A small lakeside >>>> apartment is more than double that. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> Dave >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>>> follow the directions. >>>> >>>> --- >>>> This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. >>>> https://www.avast.com/antivirus >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>>> follow the directions. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >> >> >> >> -- >> -- Reduce your Government Footprint >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
