>Actually he lives in New Zealand, which is (very roughly) two chunks each
>500 miles long and 100 miles wide, with a big strait between them.  He
>lives in the southern chunk.  Lots of rural, but no plains -- the whole
>thing is a volcanic car buncle, very new and sharp, active volcanos all
>over the joint.  Lovely place.  Go there if you get a chance...

There is one sizable plain, which Christchurch sits on. Takes a couple of
hours to drive the length of.

There are a few old volcanoes in the South I but mostly this island is
composed of sedimentary or metamorphic rocks. The North I has more
volcanics, with several active or dormant volcanoes and geothermal areas.

Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin, New Zealand
VW & mollusc nut
1984 VW Type 25 Caravelle (currently SVX engine; waiting for a Porsche trans)
1986 CE80 Toyota Corolla 1.8DX diesel (extaxi)
1989 CE96 Toyota Corolla 1.8DX diesel wagon
1989 CT170 Toyota Corona Select 2.0 diesel (taxi)