Year: 2008
Giant Kiwi – Widening the Line
After the successful flight overhead to check the draft of the kiwi, it was time to widen the line up a bit. I had planned to use a high pressure paint sprayer, but due to lack of electricity…
Read More »Giant Kiwi – First Impressions from Above
I finally had a day where the weather wasn’t too bad so I took the opportunity to hire a plane (I have my pilots license) and fly over the kiwi. This wasn’t the official photography run, just a…
Read More »Giant Giwi – Marking it out
Today had to be one of the wettest days in Mangawhai for a few weeks, but the rain managed to stop for most of the day while we marked out the kiwi. We marked it out using cans…
Read More »A car on a tree stump?
While driving from Rotorua to Auckland yesterday, I came across an old Mercedes on a tree stump. It was a bit weird. Here’s a photo of my GPS receiver. The GPS puts the tree stump right here (google maps). The strange…
Read More »My bags are packed, I'm ready to go
I’m off back to New Zealand tomorrow to get a new Visa for the UK. I’ll probably be around 3 months. I hope to keep updating this site, especially the Crop Kiwi as I’ll be doing that while…
Read More »Giant Kiwi – A View from Space
I’ve created a kmz file for Google Earth. Giant Kiwi KMZ file for Google Earth If you don’t have google earth, here is a screen grab from it. The satellite photos on Google Earth are still a little…
Read More »Giant Kiwi – An Artists Impression
A little playing around in Photoshop resulted in this picture: The measurements are in metres. I’ve worked out that the line needs to be about 30cm (1 foot) thick if I want it to be easily visible by…
Read More »Giant Kiwi – The Design
It only took a friend a couple of days to draw CAD lines over the kiwi I sent him. The main requirement was that all arcs had to be centered on an intersection of lines and all straight…
Read More »Giant Kiwi – The Plan
I have to go back to New Zealand in a month to get a new Visa for the UK. It appears that I’ll be there for a good few months so I decided I better find some things…
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