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Lorna,
thank you, and thanks to your class for all the work you have put
into studying this country. I am most impressed!
You have asked a lot of questions - here are my answers:
LK>How near to the seashore do you live?
About half a mile. It's a short walk to Cheltenham Beach,
which is about a mile long. At one end there are rocks, and
at the other end is North Head, a dormant volcano. Directly
out from the beach is Rangitoto Island, a landmark of Auckland,
another volcano with a crater at the top.
LK>How often do you go to a beach?
My family joined with 8 other local families yesterday. We went
for a beach walk from Takapuna Beach around some rocks to Milford
Beach. In summer we go to the beach about 3 times a week.
LK>Do you eat a lot of fish?
Until a few years ago, we could walk out on Cheltenham Beach and
collect a bucketfull of cockles in just a few minutes. But it got
too popular, and there are fewer these days. Fish is a major part
of the local diet, together with sheep meat (mutton) and steak (beef).
LK>What town do you live in?
I live in the suburb of Devonport, in Auckland.
LK>How many people live in your town?
There are 3.5 million people in New Zealand, over 800,000 in Auckland.
LK>What is the temperature there?
Typically it is 15 deg C which is 59 F by day at this time of year.
LK>We are beginning Fall and the temperature is 50-70 F. during
LK>the days.
We refer to Fall as Autumn. We are currently in Spring looking
forward to Summer, which comes at Christmas time.
LK>We started school 5 weeks ago (September - June).
LK>What is the school calendar in New Zealand?
NZ schools have breaks in May (2 weeks) between 1st and 2nd term,
July (1 week) mid term, August/September (2-3 weeks) between 2nd
and 3rd term, and then the Christmas break, (6 weeks) from
Christmas until the 1st week of February leading up to the 1st term.
LK>Audrey commented that you may have a strong sense of place in your
LK>country because you can probably know all the parts of it.
Audrey is obviously a thinker - what a bright comment! She might
be interested to know that we Kiwis also love to travel overseas,
probably because we feel isolated from the rest of the world.
LK>We hope you will write back.
My pleasure. Tell me, does it ever snow in Winter in Spokane?
What is the school calendar in your part of the world?
LK> * Origin: MACS BBS - Spokane, WA - (509) 924-5364  (HST/DS) (1:346/6)
Now here is a coincidence. All the time I have been writing this,
there has been a film on TV, based on a true story, set in Spokane.
Unfortunately, it's not a very nice story.
   Best wishes from Aotearoa, the Land of the Long White Cloud
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