Australia vs. New Zealand

Before Lord of the Rings (the movies) came about, I can tell you that a very large amount of people in the world thought the same things as Zeldy.

NZ isn't boring at all, by the way. At least in NZ, you can drive five hours in any direction and not still be in the exact same environment. :p

Hell yes B)

I forgot all about LoTR and Narnia somehow...:(

This week im going on holiday up north somewhere, its awesom in the countryside there, like BoB said, the terrain changes so rapidly, from bush to farmland, all sorts

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Originally Posted by Loony BoB

NZ isn't boring at all, by the way. At least in NZ, you can drive five hours in any direction and not still be in the exact same environment. :p

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So? I can do that in 20 miles direction in Cornwall.

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Originally Posted by Kyono

So? I can do that in 20 miles direction in Cornwall.

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Yeah, and you can in NZ as well. My point is that you can drive for five hours in Aussie and the environment won't change much at all.

Thats because NZ is tiny compared to Aus. :P

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Originally Posted by Kyono

Thats because NZ is tiny compared to Aus. :P

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So is England, but I assure you, England doesn't change that much no matter how far up and down the country you go. Even if you include Scotland and Wales. You don't know nothin' about variation until you get to NZ. It has all sorts of terrain, everything but a sandy desert (although there is a desert, it's just the dead kind rather than the sandy kind), in one small place. I could probably see all the kinds of terrain the UK has in about a tenth of NZ (probably even less). And the UK is bigger than NZ, too.

EDIT: Just looking around threads on other forums with this topic (eg), seems anyone who has been to both countries suggests seeing both, but most say NZ is better. 8-)

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Originally Posted by Meat Puppet

Isn't BoB closer to your house than mine?

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Yes, but you don't see me saying Scotland is better than Wales, do you? (Scotland compared to England would be unfair. It's like putting a tapir against a gigantosaurus)

What? That lying bastard Czanthor told me that Wales is a hill in England. >:O >:O

I've lived in Australia and I've lived in New Zealand. Any day I would rather live in New Zealand than Australia. Note that I would still return to Australia from time–to–time, if only for the girls.

are there any hot girls in nz?:tongue:

*runs*

i hear its boring there and that there are lots of sheep!? Seriously though id love to go and visit there i know people from nz and they're pretty cool so yea! I've lived in Sydney most of my life so i guess ima have to go with sydney lol

Loony: have u driven for 5 hours in australia lol!?

Of course not. Why go to Australia at all when you can be in New Zealand? :confused:

I'm just a typical bias New Zealander. :D

Where's Old Zealand?

In the Netherlands.

I go for Australia because it's the only one Ive been to.

And it rocks

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Where's Old Zealand?

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Is it just called Zealand?

Just because there's a New York doesn't mean "something happened to York". Same with pretty much any "New ____" location. Zealand is still Zealand.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zealand

EDIT: Damn you people for editing your posts and making my posts look slightly out of context.

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Originally Posted by blackmage_nuke

Is it just called Zealand?

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Old Zealand sounds better.


But yeah, I'm going to go with Australia purely on the basis that it doesn't have a derivative name.

Edit: Bah, double negative'd.