Re: Home sweet home

Oops!

Forgot to post the link...

http://nz.youtube.com/watch?v=u5k5VIR4UDw

Enjoy!

Pete.

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"Pete Dashwood" <dashwood@removethis.enternet.co.nz> wrote in message
news:5qvdboF11uadaU1@mid.individual.net...
>I was at a meeting with some Tourism people here and one of them referred
>to the Bay of Plenty (I live in Tauranga, in the Western end of the Bay) as
>"New Zealand's Florida".
>
> I honestly don't know whether I should be pleased or dened by that.
>
> I've never been to Florida.
>
> But I absolutely love living where I do.
>
> They have put a new promotional video onto YouTube and the opening (and
> closing) sequences are of Mount Maunganui and the entrance to Tauranga
> Harbour. (I walk around the Mount base track - around 5 kilometres -
> whenever I need to think quietly, and a number of programming (and
> management) problems have been solved on that walk... :-) Besides, the
> exercise and getting out of the house does me no harm either...)
>
> I'd like for as many of you as possible to take a look at the video (it
> would gladden the hearts of a very hard-working and under-acknowledged
> committee here), but in particular, for people who've been to or live in
> Florida, I'd be very interested to hear whether you think it is a fair
> comparison.
>
> (Please note: we are not trying to compete with Florida and it isn't a
> zero sum game (everyone who visits NZ is one less for Florida, and vice
> versa...) really, would just like to know whether this is a fair
> comparison.)
>
> Cheers,
>
> Pete.
>
> --
> "I used to write COBOL...now I can do anything."
>

"Pete Dashwood" <dashwood@removethis.enternet.co.nz> wrote:
>
> Forgot to post the link...
>
> http://nz.youtube.com/watch?v=u5k5VIR4UDw
>
> "Pete Dashwood" <dashwood@removethis.enternet.co.nz> wrote: 


Pete, I've never lived in Florida, but I have travelled there a lot. I live 
in
Alabama, which borders NW Florida, and it's a quick wend hop to
NE Florida from here. Except for the Keys, and the lower SW part of
the state, I've been just about all over Florida many times.

Beaches: As far as the beaches themselves, Florida, especially the Gulf
Coast, has beaches that make any California beach look like trash, and
I've seen both. They are very white, very fine sand. The beaches in the
video looked more grayish.

Manmade tourist attractions: Florida has manmade tourist attractions that
rank among the very best. Disney World, Universal Studios, and gobs
more, particularly around Orlando, but all over the state. I've spent time
in Southern California too, and it's possible they may edge Florida just a
bit, but it would very close. The video didn't show a lot about this, so I
can't really compare.

Other natural scenery: In this, there is no competition: NZ blows Florida
away. Florida is flat, sandy, mostly pine trees and palmetto bushes. The
scenery, other than the stunningly beautiful beaches, is boooorrriiinnngg!
There are no mountains in Florida, and only a few small hills (the highest
point in Florida is Britton Hill at 345 ft.). They do have some natural
wonders, like Silver Springs and some deep underwater caves, but
nothing like the stunning scenery in NZ.
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