Kilted Kiwi's in New Zealand

[kilted Kiwi2]

Hi Everybody

I had these photos for a little while but they are so fantastic I thought I would add them to my webshots page.

http://community.webshots.com/album/550291504HraJmh

The photos show my mates back home in New Zealand , they all live in Oamaru a large town in North Otago of the South Island. Oamaru is known as NZ capital of Victorian architecture and they hold a week long Victorian festival in mid Nov every year. If your are making a trip to NZ be sure to stop off in Oamaru for a few days as it's a great place.

Kilted kiwi
Niigata Japan
Clan Gunn & Lamont

[mrpharr]

great photos. is this event part of the festival?

[auld argonian]

Holy...no wonder they filmed Lord Of The Rings there! This lot looks right in the spirit for Middle Earth!

Love the Sepia one...looks quite antique.

Best

AA

[Big Paul]

Great pics!

[Livingston]

Great photo's.

[Southern Breeze]

Great pics. Thanks for posting them!

[McRod]

As an ex kiwi, those photos look great. Thanks for posting them.That wasn't Ned Kelly in the background was it.

[kilted Kiwi2]

Hi Everybody

To answer some questions re the Kilted New Zealanders in my webshots album , 1st the chap that looks a little like Ned Kelly is in fact not he's my mate Ken Mitchell and yes the color photos were taken at a heritage event in Dunedin ( a nice Scottish city in the bottom of the South Island ) the other photo , the sepia toned one was not at a festival as some of these chaps ( the big bearded one in the middle Micheal O'Brien a traditional bookbinder ) wears a kilt everyday and has done now for a while . You can read a short article about him here from a NZ paper

http://www.odt.co.nz/article.php?refid=2005,12,29,25,02500,d35abd225b50 6241290084c99d2d25db&sect=4'

Kilted kiwi
Japan

[Freelander Sporrano]

It's been a dream of mine for many years . One day I'll get there.
Great pic's. Thanks

[An t-Ileach]

Impressive bunch of friends. I guessed you must be from South Island; I'd love to get out there but can't afford the fare, I think.

I've got quite a few cousins in South Island - one in Christchurch, but the others are in Otago and Southland: they have a sheep farm near Wyndham, but some of them teach at Invercargill and one is at Otago University.

They sent me a photograph recently of my great-great-grandmother's grave at Wyndham (she emigrated with all her sons and daughters some time before WWI, except for my great-grandfather (farming at Kilarrow, Islay) and his twin sister (who was married to one of the MacEachern brothers (who used to win the piping every year at the West Highland Show) and farming at Conabus, Islay)).

Well, maybe we'll be able to save up enough to go visiting.