Funny Photos from New Zealand and the Cook Islands

 

Here are some funny photos that I shot during my trip to New Zealand and the Cook Islands in 2001-02.  To see more funny photos, check out these pages:

 


 

 

       

Above left:  Tai's Weather Rock on Muri Beach in Rarotonga is used to predict the weather in the Cook Islands.  As it says, if the rock is wet then it's raining.  Gee, thanks for the help, Tai.

Above center:  Which child?

Above right:  On a cruise boat in Aitutaki after another hard day.

 

       

Above left:  As it says, "Please do not used the plate for your mosquitoe coil and feeding the cat.  Please don't."  After reading this sign in my motel room on Aitutaki, I decided not to eat off the dinner plates. 

Above center:  How do Kiwis REALLY feel about Aussies?

Above right:  The "Cod Piece" was my favorite restaurant in Auckland – really!

 

       

Above left:  The world's largest bottle of soda pop? 

Above center:  And probably the largest slice of Kiwifruit in the world.

Above right:  New Zealanders use emus in many interesting ways.

 

       

Above left:  I think this place in Lyttleton need some marketing advice.

Above center:  Well, obviously.  Have you ever seen a FAST penguin crossing?

Above right:  Folks living on Baldwin Street in Dunedin have a unique "slant" on the world.

 

       

Above left:  Santa celebrating Christmas with Jim Beam in Oamaru.

Above center:  And celebrating with a sailor in Bluff.  By the way, this is the southernmost bar in New Zealand.

Above right:  Surfer dude near Invercargill.

 

       

Above left:  The sausage capital?  This is my kind of place!

Above center:  Genetically engineered fruit in Cromwell.

Above right:  A genetically-engineered sweater in Geraldine.

 

   

Above left:  I'm sure there's an interesting story here.

Above right:  Tight fit on the bridge, on the west coast.

 

   

Above left:  Quite likely the world's largest sheep, in Hokitika.

Above right:  Since my last name is Leu, I got a kick out out this "Superloo" in Nelson.

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