Can you see New Zealand from Australia

[Schillaci]

I mean from land. Is there any vantage point that allows you to see the New Zealand coastline?

 

[jed]

no.

 

[Skinner]

Mate - it's 1200 freakin miles

 

[BWNB]

yep look from the center point town its only small tho....

 

[Twizzle]

Mate - it's 1200 freakin miles

but doesn't it depend on how tall you are

 

[ozbash]

the curvature of the earth stops us from looking at aussie (thank god :roll: ) although we can hear australia sometimes.. usually a soft weeping noise when we beat you at something, league,union,cricket....

when you have your regular bush fires caused by your crappy climate, we can see the glow in the horizon at sunset and if its a big fire we can smell the burnt wood, singed wombats and the smell of red hot wool from the romneys when the locals are feeling frisky.

 

[Mr Saab]

I mean from land. Is there any vantage point that allows you to see the New Zealand coastline?

Surely this is a joke!

 

[Skinner]

Maybe if you stand on top of Kosiosco and look east........

 

[Dr Crane]

Willow, theres no need to hide behind another username to ask these questions.

 

[jed]

Maybe if you stand on top of Kosiosco and look east........

Just as much chance if you stand at the top and look west :lol:

 

[Raider_69]

looking straight across the sea, the natural curve of the earth makes visablity zero beyond (and i cant remember the exact measurement) about 40.2km's

 

[Skinner]

Just as much chance if you stand at the top and look west :lol:

That's just silly jed, South America would be in the way.....

 

[Dr Crane]

That's just silly jed, South America would be in the way.....

Thats assuming Africa ducks when you ask them to...

 

[Paullyboy]

They're usually pretty good with things like that, sometimes the giraffe's need a gentle prod to get them down though.

 

[jed]

Thats assuming Africa ducks when you ask them to...

Now YOU are being silly - there's no ducks in Africa. At least none that you'd be able to see from Australia.

 

[SpaceMonkey]

looking straight across the sea, the natural curve of the earth makes visablity zero beyond (and i cant remember the exact measurement) about 40.2km's

Of course if you're viewing from an elevated position you can see a lot firther, but even from the top of Mt Cook (the highest point in NZ) you'd only be able to see maybe a hundred km out to sea, only a fraction of the way to Australia.

Hell as far as I'm aware there's nowhere on the Australian mainland that you can sight Tasmania from, let alone NZ.


And don't you think that if you could see Australia from NZ the Maori would've crossed the ditch hundreds of years ago? They were quite capable of sailing across the Tasman if they'd wanted to.

 

[Hoops]

Hell as far as I'm aware there's nowhere on the Australian mainland that you can sight Tasmania from, let alone NZ.


And don't you think that if you could see Australia from NZ the Maori would've crossed the ditch hundreds of years ago? They were quite capable of sailing across the Tasman if they'd wanted to.

You can actually see an Island of Tasmania from the Southern tip of Wilson Promontory (I've seen it)

 

[Cloud9]

You've all forgotten that light can bend.:sarcasm:

 

[SpaceMonkey]

You can actually see an Island of Tasmania from the Southern tip of Wilson Promontory (I've seen it)

Some of those islands are a fair way north of Tasmania itself though.

 

[Everlovin' Antichrist]

You can actually see an Island of Tasmania from the Southern tip of Wilson Promontory (I've seen it)

See the little dot above the "a" in strait..... ?