izard | why duck crossed the road?

trivial answer: I was feeding them.
When you are travelling to Coromandel, I highly recomend visiting Ngatea gardens (http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=-37.277126,175.493009&spn=0.001955,0.003455&t=h&z=18). I won't u/l other photos here not to spoil the fun :) I can only say it's worth the time, and we were surprised by the complexity of the landscape and jokes for a small village's park.