tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7515713317068251331.post6837024338310714790..comments2024-02-02T00:21:02.687+13:00Comments on stargazer: day 16: naturestargazerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00430290445762377335noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7515713317068251331.post-38616021753178002042010-08-26T21:53:16.548+12:002010-08-26T21:53:16.548+12:00nah, i've lived in P/N for about 18 months, an...nah, i've lived in P/N for about 18 months, and it doesn't have the spectacular and easily accessible beaches on both coasts. and it's much further from rotorua. there is plenty of beauty in and around it, but not the range of difference that you can easily access from here. and really, you can't compare their river with the mighty waikato :P<br /><br />the best thing i loved about P/N was the straight roads, which i'd go hurtling down like a beetle down a sword, as mr springsteen would say. of course i stick to the speed limit now that i'm a sensible and mature person!<br /><br />and as for australia, that's why i said i was looking with "kiwi eyes"! i know there's a lot of beauty even in a desert, but when you're not used to that kind of thing, it does look barren. i guess if i'd stayed there for some time as you have, i'd have been able to see it differently.stargazerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00430290445762377335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7515713317068251331.post-86285354497789175922010-08-26T21:38:44.660+12:002010-08-26T21:38:44.660+12:00i know that hamilton gets a bad rap from most of t...<em> i know that hamilton gets a bad rap from most of the country, but where else could you get such a variety of natural beauty in such a short distance?</em><br /><br />Palmerston North?<br /><br />Regarding the brown Australian landscape: it took me years to see the beauty in it, but I do now. There's something about the space and the scape, and the glorious terracotta shades, and the dusky green of eucalypts, that moves me soul. When we move back to NZ, I will miss the beauty of Australia, just as when I am here, I long for the deep green of New Zealand.Deborahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14182573274494086468noreply@blogger.com