Ae you from Unst and have ancestors in New Zealand?
Posted: Sunday, 04 May 2008 |
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did you enjoy yourself on the south island? funny in the south they have nine mile beach and on the north island nintey mile beach,next time i go over i will be visiting the south island-still waiting to go on the franz josef ,abel tasman parc and down really south to fjordland ,invercargill etc then to plaid(where are you you've went quiet)place of origin balclutha; send some photos please of you trip; carol
carol from over here
Carol, I didn't get many photos because early in the trip my camera got attacked by some sticky grass that got into the mechanisms. The best place I found was Wanaka in the south which had few flies and classic Scottish-type mountains but larger. It was much easier to do hill walking around there. I don't know how well you know NZ but the West Coast tends to be very wet. let me know if you want to know anything specific, I might know! I didn't get any further south than that, ran out of time. On balance I prefered the south island, it was much quieter. Hokitika and Ross were good, the former has a very cheap swimming pool with a hot tub.
aquaerial from whalsay
on the north island i found the swimming pools or "hot pools" as they were often called really good also on the coromandel pennisula there is a place called "hot water beach" where you dig your own hole in the sand and sit in it and the water is lovely and hot-brilliant-coromandel is on the pacific coast where the ocean is lovely,warm and calm great for families-the other side-tasman sea side is surfers paradise-kare-kare,piha bethells beach(te henga) black sands(volcanic) i love the place and can't wait to go back. If you want to exchange information you can get my e-mail adress from IBHQ or my home adress,bye for now
carol from over here
Was there in fact much gold to be found in New Zealand, aquaerial? Strange that they would all come from Unst. I assume that those gold diggers came straight from Baltasound and such, and are not descendants of the inhabitants of the Australian penal colonies. Perhaps you could look into it some more, aquaerial. I am sure the Unst sailors did not end there simply because they could not read a compass (surely not?!).
mjc from NM,USA
i sent a comment but it seems to have gone astray-again! I found loads of swimming pools in the north island to be great fun--for all ages. on the coromandel pennisula there is a place called "hot water" beach" you go to the beach,dig a hole and you have your own hot tub--brilliant. I found that beaches on the pacific coast were great places for families to swim,wheras the tasman sea coast the beaches with black sand(lava) and the waves were brilliant-surfers paradise but also very,very dangerous-pascal has been nipoed out of the sea by helico on a couple of occasions: If you want to exchange photos or more info you can get my e-mail adress through ibhq or my adress over here (in france)
carol from north island lover
this is the third time i've replied so maybe like robert the bruce ,if at first you don't suceed try and try again if you want to change information and snaps about nz you can mail me through ib-they have my adress or directly to the house!
carol --- from over here
the village you visited is it called "shantytown" near hokitika-there are two one at hokitika and shantytown:
carol from north island fan
In short, I don't know about shantytown. It was never mentioned. It was Charlestown we went to which was above Hokitika. If anybody wants a photo, I've got to work out how to do it on the web, I'm new to this blogging and my main computer is down at the moment.. Sorry about that.
aquaerial from whalsay
To 'carol over there'. There aren't three replies coming up here. I don't understand your last reply. What information am I trying to change? I'm sorry but it sounds like eveybody knows you but I don't because I'm new to this.
aquaerial from whalsay
To mjc from NM, USA. There is still a working gold mine at Ross which I gather in the past has produced the largest nugget in New Zealand and was given to the King..People still work the beaches for gold under license. I'm told the entire town is built over a gold deposit and the mine has permission to mine it if the residents agreed to move out. I don't know where the Unst people came from, they could have got there via Australia, most of the gold rush people did come over from Australia in Ross.Particularly the Irish. I was hoping somebody in Unst would know, its not that long ago really. Many people on Whalsay live to over a hundred.I think 'd have to be in Hokitika to do any research.
aquaerial from whalsay
aquaerial: it should have red"exchange"information about nz you can contact me through ibhq
carol from over here
have been down to queesntown for a long weekend--visited "arrowtown" where loads of chinese came to look for gold--the settlement still exists--really nice to visit and to think of the hardships they encountered!
carol from whitianga(new zealand)
Hi you mention some photos of Shetland Families, I would love it if you could either send or email me copies, or I would be interested in buying them off you? my email address is rachel.upton@xtra.co.nz also if you have any info on the Hunter family. Hope to hear from you soon Rachel Upton
RACHEL UPTON from christchurch NZ
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