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Originally Posted by ZeroID
Bridge to the Sth Island !! ?? Yeah Right ! Too deep, too far and way too Tempestuous seas. Will never happen. The reason the car ferry is unreliable ( mostly) is the wild weather they get down there across the Cook Strait. It bears the brunt of the opposing tides of Pacific and the Tasman and cops all the cold southerly winds that rip up the west coast and tears the place apart. They don't call it Windy Wellington for nothing !
A 'gentle breeze' down there is about 30 knots ! On the rare days it doesn't blow Wellingtonians think summer has arrived, any time of the year.  |
This isnt a "Auckland vs Wellington" thing is it?