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Showing posts with label Spain. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Spain. Show all posts
May 17, 2026
October 14, 2025
Where Would You Be on the Other Side of the Planet?
I found this amusing; if you could look through Earth, or put a pin through the planet from one side to the other, in a straight line, where would you come out?
From Wellington, you come out in Spain. This must explain why New Zealand adopted the Merino sheep!
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| Wellington to Spain |
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September 16, 2019
FIBA Grand Final 2019
At many basketball tournaments the semi-finals prove to be the best games and this tournament in China was no exception. The final between Spain and Argentina was a comfortable win for Spain. They hit the front from the start and were leading throughout the contest. Argentina tried everything but they didn't have the size or talent to match the Spanish. It all came down to defense, Spain shut down Argentina completely. Toward the end of the game, Spain seemed to block shots at will.
September 14, 2019
Australia v Spain @ FIBA World Cup 2019
Now THAT'S basketball. Disappointment for Australia to go down in double overtime, I couldn't believe I was rooting for Australia. In the end, they ran out of juice and Spain showed their class. Australia play an abrasive style, it looks ugly to my eye, but they're effective and are a team. Spain look more stylish, smooth, and when they needed to they upped the ante and put the stops on defensively.
September 01, 2018
Roman Stuff: Did Romans Reach New Zealand?
Interesting to ponder, with all their technology and know-how, did the Romans ever get as far as New Zealand?
Surely, it's possible. I explain it like this; Romans traded with the east. There were a number of trade routes, some over land, others using the Persian Gulf. But one much lesser known route was from Egypt, down the Red Sea, across the Arabian Sea, around the Indian coastline, across the Bay of Bengal, the Andaman Sea, then to the Mekong River, and then up the Mekong to the trading point. Maybe trade along the way too, you know? The Romans would pick up silk and drop off pottery and other utilitarian items.
Fine, but how has that got anything to do with NZ? Well, the winds blow west to east. The journey out is quite fast, with the wind always at your back. But what if a storm blew up and lasted for days? It could mean being blown off course, and out to the Indian Ocean, eventually bumping into Australia. With the winds the way they are, it is hard to work your way up the west coast of Australia, so any ship would bump along the bottom of southern Australia, eventually arriving at Tasmania. Then across the Tasman Sea and bumping into the west coast of New Zealand.
Knowing they had to work their way north, the Roman vessel would work its way up the west coast, possibly stopping to pick up wood (to repair the ship with) and water (to stay alive, lots of water available). Then free of the NZ coast line, they'd slowly find their way to the SE Asian islands and find the Mekong. Or they'd expire looking, who knows.
The point being, I've just outlined Abel Tasman's journey, except he began in SE Asia and went around, but the part where he bumped along Australia is very real, it's just how it works. The wind being the wind and all that.
And if the Romans could have done this, what about Persians, Egyptians, Portuguese and Spanish? Why is the only explanation that Polynesians arrived at a certain time, followed by the Dutch, English and French. I may be overreaching but how exactly did the Kumara get to NZ seeing as that's South America?
The answer will be, there is no evidence for my hypothesis. Fine, that'd be right. But still, conjecture is fun too and most discovery is made by a fair bit of dreaming and let's give it a kick in the guts to see if it works.
Surely, it's possible. I explain it like this; Romans traded with the east. There were a number of trade routes, some over land, others using the Persian Gulf. But one much lesser known route was from Egypt, down the Red Sea, across the Arabian Sea, around the Indian coastline, across the Bay of Bengal, the Andaman Sea, then to the Mekong River, and then up the Mekong to the trading point. Maybe trade along the way too, you know? The Romans would pick up silk and drop off pottery and other utilitarian items.
Fine, but how has that got anything to do with NZ? Well, the winds blow west to east. The journey out is quite fast, with the wind always at your back. But what if a storm blew up and lasted for days? It could mean being blown off course, and out to the Indian Ocean, eventually bumping into Australia. With the winds the way they are, it is hard to work your way up the west coast of Australia, so any ship would bump along the bottom of southern Australia, eventually arriving at Tasmania. Then across the Tasman Sea and bumping into the west coast of New Zealand.
Knowing they had to work their way north, the Roman vessel would work its way up the west coast, possibly stopping to pick up wood (to repair the ship with) and water (to stay alive, lots of water available). Then free of the NZ coast line, they'd slowly find their way to the SE Asian islands and find the Mekong. Or they'd expire looking, who knows.
The point being, I've just outlined Abel Tasman's journey, except he began in SE Asia and went around, but the part where he bumped along Australia is very real, it's just how it works. The wind being the wind and all that.
And if the Romans could have done this, what about Persians, Egyptians, Portuguese and Spanish? Why is the only explanation that Polynesians arrived at a certain time, followed by the Dutch, English and French. I may be overreaching but how exactly did the Kumara get to NZ seeing as that's South America?
The answer will be, there is no evidence for my hypothesis. Fine, that'd be right. But still, conjecture is fun too and most discovery is made by a fair bit of dreaming and let's give it a kick in the guts to see if it works.