[TML] A census

[J. Broederlow]

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On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 10:00 AM, Leon Wu <Leon.Wu at newswire.ca> wrote:
>> > Well, Kawerau and Auckland are a fair distance from Wellington, so
>> > probably not, and not that close to each other (200+ km
>> between them,
>> > 400+ km Wellington to Kawerau, ~650 km Wellington to Auckland).
NZ's
>> > not
>> > very big, but it's long.
>>
>> That doesn't seem very far.  Aren't you serious about
>> Traveller?  :) _______________________________________________
>
> Yeah, definately less than 100 diameters. There's simply no excuse.

Couldn't y'all meet somewhere in the middle?  That'd make it about . .
. what? . . . 200-300 km for each of you.  That's *only* 120-150
miles.  :-)  Assuming an interstate-equivalent, something like 1.7 to
2.1 hours driving time.  Not something you'd want to do every day, but
once or twice a month . . . maybe.  I drove an hour and a half every
week (one way) to run my last game.

No Interstate-equivalents in New Zealand, with the exception of State
highway One between Auckland and Huntly.
The lightly-sealed goat tracks that pass for roads, especially around
where I am, are not conducive to travel.
Try 3-4 hours driving time.
Probably more, considering the Nightmare just south of Lake Taupo.

Jonathan