Giant Kiwi – No News is not Good News
I’m trying to find out the status of the markings on the land at the moment. Hopefully they are still visible and my work wasn’t in vain. For now though, you’ll have to make do with a view…
Read More »Dual camera 3D Photography
While back in New Zealand I picked up a couple of the “Canon Ixy Digital 10” digital camera. Yes, it’s actually a Japanese model – I got then through Parallel Imported Ltd who as the name suggests, Parallel…
Read More »Giant Kiwi – Not Happening this Trip
It’s all gone a bit to custard. The weather is still too wet for me to finish the kiwi and on top of that, I went into hospital last week and had my Appendix removed. The net result…
Read More »Giant Kiwi – Weather Problems
The winter this year in New Zealand must be one of the wettest for a couple of years. I’ve been unable so far to go back and finish the wide line or to fly over and take photos…
Read More »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…
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