tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post1115705494398784661..comments2024-03-22T23:27:47.349+00:00Comments on EAGLETON NOTES: Inter-Island FerriesGraham Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-36038155043155241302010-06-25T08:16:15.147+01:002010-06-25T08:16:15.147+01:00There certainly seems to have been a development s...There certainly seems to have been a development since the 70s! Has the population of the islands grown since then? - or tourism? - or is it just the need for keeping up with modern society that is behind the bigger ferries and causeways?<br /><br />Btw I had to look up the word causeway. I had no idea what that was, but Wikipedia tells me it's a road or railway elevated on a sandbank, usually across a broad body of water or wetland. So I guess the water between some islands must have been rather shallow?<br /><br />On our coasts too a lot has changed since my youth. Bigger ferries and more bridges. I've not been over the Öresund bridge to Denmark (Malmö-Copenhagen) which was built in 2000.DawnTreaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13956409908791716009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-37716591574833615992010-06-24T16:23:51.838+01:002010-06-24T16:23:51.838+01:00I really enjoyed this post! So interesting, and I ...I really enjoyed this post! So interesting, and I love the photos!shabby girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03991126161405336712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-81672592770411892072010-06-24T14:26:27.614+01:002010-06-24T14:26:27.614+01:00What an interesting post. I've been landlocked...What an interesting post. I've been landlocked for a few years now, and I loved reading about a place where navigating large bodies of water is an everyday occurrence. The photos documenting change over time were a delight, as well.raehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10808097290710098393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-108673521797840312010-06-24T06:35:51.113+01:002010-06-24T06:35:51.113+01:00Thanks for the step back in time. I can see the r...Thanks for the step back in time. I can see the resemblance between one of the little ferries and the little one you commented on at Sandspit as it left the terminal. But, honestly, some of your place names must be harder to get your tongue around than our Maori placenames!<br />(Blogger has just gone freakish on me and posted todays post below yesterdays! How does that happen?)Paulinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15276284964859313257noreply@blogger.com