Ha Jill I only know the south of the South Island in their winter, & it is then Cold. But it's also beautiful, & you sound like you will be doing it grand. Enjoy. Doug On 18-Dec-05, at 4:41 AM, Jill Jones wrote: > Hi Roger, > > It may or may not cool. I'm going to New Zealand, to the South Island, > for Christmas and New Year, so it will be cooler than Sydney, even if > the plains of Central Otago are brushed by hot winds. Here, at the > moment all we seem to have are helicopters at night, police lockdowns > of beaches, and the frisson of fear stirred up by radio shock jocks > and the rest. Christmas in Dunedin seems a fine idea to me, and if it > snowed it would be a fine thing (though highly unlikely). I will be > with a gorgeous woman, so you never know. I don't know what New > Zealanders call schooners but the equivalent of that and a few glasses > of pinot noir from Central Otago will do fine. > > All the best for your celebrations up north, > Jill > Douglas Barbour 11655 - 72 Avenue NW Edmonton Ab T6G 0B9 (780) 436 3320 the precision of openness is not a vagueness it is an accumulation cumulous bpNichol