Beta Weta

Whilst chopping down a couple of large speargrass and palm trees this morning I found a small family of tree wetas (Hemideina) at the core of the palm i took a couple of quick piccies which are full size if you click on them. Wetas are amazing creatures unchanged since the days dinosaurs roamed the earth and unique to New Zealand , from the differences in the two i snapped i'm assuming they are male and female (top being male egg laying spike of the female below). Felt rather sorry for disturbing their home so rehoused them next door :-)
In other news i have also made Pete "311t3 Haxt0r Big Guns O Leith" George an administrator of this blog as he misses his & is online a lot more than me.!

Donkey

Right Well that's the token animal picture out of the way (He was on Waiheke island) so it's been a busy few months of travelling around me and Tash managed to get around in and about once again- the South Island by hook or crook with an unfortunate long stop in good old Geraldine waiting for a vehicle repair and a very fortunate stop in Edinburghs long lost twin Dunedin (thanks again K:-) , picked up and adopted Canadian & German hitchhikers, turned 32 (christ!) ,still failed to catch a fish, ate a cake in the shape of a dog , been given weaponry made from a gypsy, hunted and killed the Easter bunny but not Billy Ray Cyrus , come back up to the North Island to attend a rather surreal but superb bekilted wedding with a rave-reception in Waiheke Island and recenty in Whangarei pissed off a book shop owner who is the doppelganger for the comic book guy (Simpsons tm:-)
Right now i'm in Russell working with Monarch Butterflies of all things but am thinking about what/where to do/go next

chamone