I have now convinced Google Earth to join Beethoven in my old Volvo at

http://www.fnqpanoramas.com

and have done other improvements

1/ I have put both the images in same frame as the movie

2/ for the movie [last frame down page] I have added a title [standard spinning newspaper from MM]

3/ and also added some Google Earth maps of the area - so each map covers about 1 minute and 1 km of the trip [now about 8 min/km]

4/ Beethoven remains the same

5/ The FREE ver on CD is still 1500 kbps [incl MP3 qual audio at 128 kbps] and on web I have increased it to a custom profile of 600 kbps [incl 64 for audio]

So in many ways this is a "special" and I will explain all the technicalities at http://www.themediadoc.com ASAP for those interested, albeit some are there already

Really sad thing is 30 km left in that lovely blue water is where Steve Erwin got killed by a ray, just 2 weeks after I took this movie

:cat: Good morning Doc.

Thanks for your efforts putting that video together with the late Mr Beethoven. Sterling effort. :clap:

I enjoyed my breakfast watching it twice. Uncle Tobys Milk Oaties takes a while for me to eat.

The Steve Irwin episode is very sad. I only saw his works a couple of times several years ago. I am more a Discovery Channel type nature watcher. I must confess that I was surprised that we gave so much attention to his death. Obviously, I don't watch TV all that often.

If you ever come over here and travel around the South Island-make sure you travel clockwise. That way the coast is always on your left hand side. Anti-clockwise means the coast is on the other side of the road and very hard to view. You would be staggered at the number of people who plan their trip that way.

Please keep up the good works. :57:

Cheers :right:

thanks Auckland for your comments and glad you like the movie and Uncle Tobys

fraid I wont make it to NZ again as I am poor and would not even make it to the biggige chicken

for those who dont speak NZ that is the place you check in your baggage :460:

sorry bout that but you DID win the footy :trophy: