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Weather     1) Great long range weather map  http://www.bom.gov.au/cgi-bin/nmoc/latest_MSLP.pl?IDCODE=IDY00050;     2) Awesome weather pic's on home page. Good long range weather maps, with exellent imagery.  http://metvuw.co.nz/index.php     3) Met Service provides a full range of weather information for New Zealand.  http://www.metservice.co.nz/default/index.php     4) Find out all you need to know about the sea conditions in your area, at......http://www.swellmap.com     Want to know when the next Aurora will be in our night sky? Log on to this site, give them your E mail address and they will notify you. So cool!  Aurora Email Subscription Auroral Extent Map Kp Index or Auroral Activity   Quality Suppliers, recommended and used by Southern Outdoors Huntsman boats:    www.csbhuntsmanboats.co.nz  406MHz locator beacon hire. www.406beaconhire.co.nz   South Island Locations Lake Wanaka: A very popular Summer and Winter destination for Kiwi's and tourists. The attached site has lots of good information and some great photo's. As well as the information on this site, there are lots of other things to do and see in Wanaka. Just call into the information centre or chat to the locals. Even better, "Have fishing rod, will travel". There are also some good hunting options in this area, talk to the right person at the local Department of Conservation office.  http://www.lakewanaka.co.nz/index.cfm/Home   New Zealand South - comprehensive website featuring a wide variety of information on "the south"

Web Cams This web cam is just to annoy you if you arn't there!! Lake Wanaka or Cardrona ski field. http://www.snow.co.nz/snowreports/snowreport.asp?skiArea=6&camera=LakeFront . or the interactive Lake Wanaka web cam @ http://www.lakewanaka.co.nz/index.cfm/web_cam/interactive_cam.html Lake Tekapo and its surroundings. http://www.tekapotourism.co.nz/videocam.htm Otago Harbour entrance. www.portotago.co.nz Mt Cook http://www.alpineguides.co.nz/popup/cam.htm Scott Base Antartica  http://www.antarcticanz.govt.nz/education/2568   Tides  Gives 3 mths worth of tide graphs. Check out "other places" on this site as well.  http://ofu.co.nz/graph/tides.php  2 Days worth of tides, for a good selection of locations. http://www.metservice.co.nz/default/index.php?alias=nzmarine  Hydro Lake levels in the South Island. http://www.meridianenergy.co.nz/aboutus/lakelevels/manapouri/default.htm

So Cool U-Tube Killer whale annoying Salmon fisherman  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDQ1GAZZk6E   Salmon fishing the Alaskon way http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pewILmqHZ3I&mode=related&search=       Other great sites Check out some truely inspirational photo's of the South Island from Ron Laughlin at http://www.jeber.com/Members/ronlaughlin/Gallery/133/ also check out Ron's web site at www.outdoornewzealand.com  Interesting in DIY boat building and clever stuff, then check out some really talented people.   http://www.jwboatdesigns.co.nz/links/links.htm

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