Re: PESOs: Aramoana
On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 2:50 AM, David Mann d...@multisport.net.nz wrote: Aramoana is a small beach town about 20km north of Dunedin, at the end of a scenic coastal road. The town is infamous for being the location of New Zealand's worst massacre where 13 people were shot dead in November 1990. As such I've always been a bit apprehensive about visiting. The town is part of a popular training route for cyclists so I decided it was time to pay it a visit. I don't carry a proper camera when riding so here are a couple of cellphone snaps. It was hard to imagine such a sleepy community being the scene of such a tragic event. http://www.multi.net.nz/aramoana/ If you want to know more about the town, Wikipedia should do the trick. For the record I had a crazy head wind on the way out. I returned via the hill road from Port Chalmers - it was further than I'd expected to go (about 67km in total) but well worth the effort. Lovely shots, no matter the equipment. Sounds like a great ride. Headwind out, tailwind home; that's the way to do it! ;-) cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESOs: Aramoana
On Jun 11, 2011, at 7:09 AM, frank theriault wrote: Lovely shots, no matter the equipment. Thanks for the comments :) Sounds like a great ride. Headwind out, tailwind home; that's the way to do it! I made up for the tail wind by returning over the hills. I was pushing myself a bit because I'd planned on the ride being about 50km and it turned out to be nearly 70. Should have carried more food. Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESOs: Aramoana
On Jun 7, 2011, at 10:31 PM, Brian Walters wrote: Very picturesque and very impressive for a cellphone. I was in Dunedin in 1976 - my brother-in-law was doing an internship at the Dunedin Hospital so we took the opportunity to be escorted around the country in his car. Unfortunately I can't remember much of the Dunedin area and I suspect it's changed a lot since we were there anyway. I do remember the train trip from Christchurch to Dunedin - slow but spectacular. You can't do that trip any more as the Southerner was stopped in 2002. I used to take that train to visit my dad in Timaru when I was in my teens. My experience of Dunedin is all from the past 10 years or so. I guess you won't have been to Larnach Castle as that would have been in the early stages of restoration back then. Since you mention the hospital I will add that their medical school has a very good reputation. My sister-in-law is studying nutrition there at the moment. Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESOs: Aramoana
On Jun 7, 2011, at 12:07 AM, Walter Hamler wrote: 1990 is well after my visit to Dunedin back in 77. I had not heard of the unfortunate event. I still have fond memories of Dunedin. A beautiful city in a beautiful part of NZ. My friend, Frank Andrews, often called it the San Francisco of the Southern h Hemisphere. I don't think I knew you'd been down in this country. I don't know if the news coverage of that event would have extended much past NZ or maybe Australia. Dunedin is a lovely city with lots of beautiful old buildings and a very Scottish heritage. I find myself paying more attention to historic buildings lately since we lost so many up here in Christchurch. About the only downside of Dunedin is that it's reputed to be COLD in winter. Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESOs: Aramoana
On Mon, 06 Jun 2011 18:50 +1200, David Mann d...@multisport.net.nz wrote: Aramoana is a small beach town about 20km north of Dunedin, at the end of a scenic coastal road. The town is infamous for being the location of New Zealand's worst massacre where 13 people were shot dead in November 1990. As such I've always been a bit apprehensive about visiting. The town is part of a popular training route for cyclists so I decided it was time to pay it a visit. I don't carry a proper camera when riding so here are a couple of cellphone snaps. It was hard to imagine such a sleepy community being the scene of such a tragic event. http://www.multi.net.nz/aramoana/ If you want to know more about the town, Wikipedia should do the trick. Very picturesque and very impressive for a cellphone. I was in Dunedin in 1976 - my brother-in-law was doing an internship at the Dunedin Hospital so we took the opportunity to be escorted around the country in his car. Unfortunately I can't remember much of the Dunedin area and I suspect it's changed a lot since we were there anyway. I do remember the train trip from Christchurch to Dunedin - slow but spectacular. I can't recall hearing about the Aramoana massacre but I'm sure it made news here at the time. Only a few years later (1996) we had a similar incident at Port Arthur in Tasmania. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ For the record I had a crazy head wind on the way out. I returned via the hill road from Port Chalmers - it was further than I'd expected to go (about 67km in total) but well worth the effort. Cheers, Dave -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Same, same, but different... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
PESOs: Aramoana
Aramoana is a small beach town about 20km north of Dunedin, at the end of a scenic coastal road. The town is infamous for being the location of New Zealand's worst massacre where 13 people were shot dead in November 1990. As such I've always been a bit apprehensive about visiting. The town is part of a popular training route for cyclists so I decided it was time to pay it a visit. I don't carry a proper camera when riding so here are a couple of cellphone snaps. It was hard to imagine such a sleepy community being the scene of such a tragic event. http://www.multi.net.nz/aramoana/ If you want to know more about the town, Wikipedia should do the trick. For the record I had a crazy head wind on the way out. I returned via the hill road from Port Chalmers - it was further than I'd expected to go (about 67km in total) but well worth the effort. Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESOs: Aramoana
1990 is well after my visit to Dunedin back in 77. I had not heard of the unfortunate event. I still have fond memories of Dunedin. A beautiful city in a beautiful part of NZ. My friend, Frank Andrews, often called it the San Francisco of the Southern h Hemisphere. Walt On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 2:50 AM, David Mann d...@multisport.net.nz wrote: Aramoana is a small beach town about 20km north of Dunedin, at the end of a scenic coastal road. The town is infamous for being the location of New Zealand's worst massacre where 13 people were shot dead in November 1990. As such I've always been a bit apprehensive about visiting. The town is part of a popular training route for cyclists so I decided it was time to pay it a visit. I don't carry a proper camera when riding so here are a couple of cellphone snaps. It was hard to imagine such a sleepy community being the scene of such a tragic event. http://www.multi.net.nz/aramoana/ If you want to know more about the town, Wikipedia should do the trick. For the record I had a crazy head wind on the way out. I returned via the hill road from Port Chalmers - it was further than I'd expected to go (about 67km in total) but well worth the effort. Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
