new_zealand sphinxradio maybe it's been too long on the east coast. time for an ocean crossing and a change of seasons. 030618 ... endless desire my next stop after vancouver. 030619 ... sabbie looking out the train window finally understanding why its called 'the land of the long white cloud' the countryside was fucking beautiful. 030619 ... User24 ok, new york is named after 'york' in england, so... where the hell is "zealand"? 030619 ... pobodys nerfect I used to talk to a girl from there,but we sort of loss touch after awhile. It's too bad,really. She was fun, and we had alot of great laughs. :( 030620 ... een stomme kind new zealand i think was named after zeeland in holland cause the dutch were the first to find it...i think, i wasnt really paying attention when i was being told. and ofcourse, new york was originally new amsterdam. gues who discovered it first ;) 030620 ... User24 interesting... someone at work said they thought there was a "zealand" in Wiltshire (UK), but I don't beleive them 030621 ... sabbie wasnt austraila named 'new holland' for a bit? those dutch're kinda keen 030622 ... User24 In Victorian England, Australia was referred to as New South Wales 030622 ... sabbie in the new milliem, there is still a state in austraila called new south wales. there is also south austraila western australia and the northern territory for the directional states. then to prove its still englands land, there is queensland and victoria and tasmania, who was named after dr. tasmania, the first person to discover convicts. ok, so i made that last bit up. 030623 ... User24 that's actually quite funny, you see, you -thought- you'd made that up, but I have it written down here in a textbook; Dr Tazmania Australian Professor, noted, among others things, for the discovery of convicts. 030623 ... . one day, some kid will read this and believe it. 030623 ... sabbie everything on the internet is true. send me a cheque for $50 and i will tell you All Things 030623 ... celestias shadow if i don't move to vancouver, look for me in new zealand. 030901 ... blah-ze the land of velcro gloves and gumboots 030902 ... New Zealand girl death who says we are the land of velcro gloves and gumboots? ok so we do have gumboot throwing comps and practicly every house has at least one pair of them but we're not crazy like the Irish (but thats a bit stupid me saying that considering im part irish). We are a lot cleaner and greener than alot of you other countries. eg: Lord Of The Rings was made here because England didnt look like it did when the book was writen so it was fillmed here by a NEW ZEALAND DIRECTOR and PETER JACKSON WON SOMETHING LIKE 8 OSCARS or something, New Zealand apparently looks like England did in the good old days though. And Keisha Castle-Hughs from Whale Rider? King Kong is being remade here by P Jackson. And about 1/2 of the Last Samauri was made here. We also rely on solar power and wind power lots and we dont have the smog that some places like New York do and we are Nuclear free unlike SOME countries. And we have some of the best ski fields in the world, and hot springs. And we have some famous people like i said befor Peter Jackson, oscar winner and famous movie maker, and Sir Edmund Hillary, first man to climb mount Everest to the top and make it down alive. So we're pretty kool compared to some others i think. 040731 ... Isaou Anyone from New Zealand blathing tonight? 070614 ... Pwesshhussss! wots ya name den ? Frodo ? 070614 ... Isaou Ah! How did you know?! 070614 what's it to you? who go blather from