> I just found this little site and thought maybe some of you might like to see a few of the places I see, out on the water. These particular photos are of Waiheke Island, one of the larger of the 60 or so islands scattered around Auckland. (The exact number depends on what you are prepared to call an island. If you count seagull perches, there are probably hundreds.)
> The photos here are fairly typical of the Hauraki Gulf coastline and islands (on a *nice* day, of course, which seldom seems to happen when *I* am on duty...)

Great Pictures! But surely you don't work there. How could anybody work in a place like that?

It looks like Hawaii. Even the name sounds Hawaiian. I guess the main difference is the climate, because in Hawaii the weather is perfect about 360 days a year. Near Auckland, you say? I'll put it on my list.
Howard