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| Thread ID: 123193 | 2012-02-09 15:14:00 | Invercargill NZ & Hamilton MT -- Sister Cities? | SurferJoe46 (51) | PC World Chat |
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| 1258330 | 2012-02-10 09:10:00 | Cool idea Joe, I'm tempted to forward this thread to our Mayor in Invercargill. :D But the grey wolves worry me. Personally I think wolves are great, secretive highly intelligent creatures, and I'd welcome them. However my siamese cat has a different view and my various sheep farming relatives are not keen at all. Shame. |
Winston001 (3612) | ||
| 1258331 | 2012-02-10 09:44:00 | I can see why they chose Invercargill. Invercargill is a great place to live I even like the climate we have here. Takes me ten minutes to go across town to work. There is no way that I would want to live in a places like Glen Eden or Dunedin. |
Bobh (5192) | ||
| 1258332 | 2012-02-10 09:52:00 | Wikipedia is your friend. en.wikipedia.org |
martynz (5445) | ||
| 1258333 | 2012-02-10 14:13:00 | Or Hamilton could be the sister city to.... Hamilton :) maybe not. Cool idea Joe, I'm tempted to forward this thread to our Mayor in Invercargill. :D But the grey wolves worry me. Personally I think wolves are great, secretive highly intelligent creatures, and I'd welcome them. However my siamese cat has a different view and my various sheep farming relatives are not keen at all. Shame. At this stage, I'd say it can't hurt to see if this might fly. I just like the idea of matching latitudes as a good discriminator. I can see why they chose Invercargill. Invercargill is a great place to live I even like the climate we have here. Takes me ten minutes to go across town to work. There is no way that I would want to live in a places like Glen Eden or Dunedin. I've lived close to the ocean all my life (and although I'm pretty sure the ocean is just a few kliks away from ANYone who lives on either island in NZ), I think the climate is pretty much equal to Hamilton MT, in Invercargill, We are more than halfway to the North Pole, being above the 45th parallel here - and Canada is just a short drive away too. But really, every place has it's inherent beauty, charm and appeal. |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 1258334 | 2012-02-11 00:08:00 | Cool idea Joe, I'm tempted to forward this thread to our Mayor in Invercargill . :D But the grey wolves worry me . Personally I think wolves are great, secretive highly intelligent creatures, and I'd welcome them . However my siamese cat has a different view and my various sheep farming relatives are not keen at all . Shame . The people from Hamilton MT are more than welcome to come and visit us as long as they leave their wolves at home . I do have to wonder if our mayor knows about this . |
Bobh (5192) | ||
| 1258335 | 2012-02-11 04:01:00 | I've lived close to the ocean all my life (and although I'm pretty sure the ocean is just a few kliks away from ANYone who lives on either island in NZ), I think the climate is pretty much equal to Hamilton MT, in Invercargill, We are more than halfway to the North Pole, being above the 45th parallel here - and Canada is just a short drive away too. The main difference is that the United States has a continental climate: the country is so big it generates its own weather. You have much greater extremes of temperature than we do. New Zealand is a long narrow (250 miles wide) land mass surrounded by the southern ocean. Our weather is generated in the Indian Ocean and from the Antarctic with a bit contributed by the Australian interior. What it all adds up to is cool sou'west winds and plenty of rain in the south and the west, but a flat temperature range. A lot like Oregon and Washington - I felt at home in those states although Colorado is my favourite and I loved Montana. In the north and west of NZ the climate is drier in some places and generally more like California. |
Winston001 (3612) | ||
| 1258336 | 2012-02-11 05:43:00 | Winnie: Kinda what I thought too. | SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 1258337 | 2012-02-11 07:08:00 | I wonder if Gore would be better? It's about the same latitude as Invercargill but not so bleak . Known for trout fishing and country music (Gore, pop 12,300, is a sister city to Tamworth in Australia, but Tamworth has 6 sisters whereas Gore has only one) |
BBCmicro (15761) | ||
| 1258338 | 2012-02-11 07:47:00 | I wonder if Gore would be better? It's about the same latitude as Invercargill but not so bleak . Known for trout fishing and country music (Gore, pop 12,300, is a sister city to Tamworth in Australia, but Tamworth has 6 sisters whereas Gore has only one) Gore and Invercargill have similar climates . I travel between Invercargill and Gore quite a bit . The forecasts are always similar and the temperature is usually about one degree different . So if Invercargill has a bleak climate then so does Gore . We do have hot days down here in Invercargill and Gore as does Wellington . I do not believe that Invercargill has a bleak climate . :angry I would however suggest that Gore may be a better choice mainly because they have similar populations . |
Bobh (5192) | ||
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