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Posted : Friday, 19 October 2012 11:50:08 AM(UTC)
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Just seeing if I can upload photos
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Posted : Friday, 19 October 2012 12:39:23 PM(UTC)
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Hi Pete
Perhaps doc have fenced them off ? iv seen this before so they can study whats going on inside the pens were animals carnt graze them out....
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Posted : Friday, 19 October 2012 12:46:06 PM(UTC)
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Yes, i've seen that before too, but they dont normally do that many and these are all exactly the same size
I was thinking it may have been a pre trial area for the wind farm as it's only about 4 km away
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Posted : Friday, 19 October 2012 4:01:07 PM(UTC)
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I am pretty sure those are geoglyphs and were made to contact aliens from space . Here is one near Balclutha:
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Posted : Friday, 19 October 2012 4:06:20 PM(UTC)
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That could explain a few of the locals around these parts

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Posted : Saturday, 20 October 2012 9:13:41 AM(UTC)
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you've busted lammerlaw. that's where he has corralled his gold stashes.

i think gbr's doc reason sounds highly plausible. at first glance it does seem strange, esp as no fence seems utilised to make a use of both sides of it but has small gaps before the next compound.
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Posted : Saturday, 20 October 2012 10:44:30 AM(UTC)
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That could explain a few of the locals around these parts


Since robert has shifted I believe he may be growing extra fingers but its only a rumor at this stage and yes robert the F4 is still going great.

Cheers MM.
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Posted : Saturday, 20 October 2012 4:45:16 PM(UTC)
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they certainly do look strange.
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Posted : Saturday, 20 October 2012 6:52:43 PM(UTC)
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robert the F4 is still going great.


Great! Glad to hear it.

On a more serious note, they look like research plots. The are all the same size and located on similar terrain. Notice that they avoided the gullies. Could be looking at different fertilizers, plant species or grazing regimes.
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Posted : Saturday, 20 October 2012 7:39:38 PM(UTC)
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I have come across some of these in my wanderings (not the ones pictured) they were just fenced off areas in the middle of doc land but within 200m of a 4Wd track.
The fences had several Otgao University Botany department tags attached....
Research of some sort.
I did a couple of biology papers at Uni and they told us that several Phds and Masters projects had been done on a lawn that was maybe 50 square metres.
They must be amazingly interested in lawn.
And now....On sandy beaches and muddy soil, rings and coins await my coil!
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Posted : Saturday, 20 October 2012 10:40:02 PM(UTC)
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well i like the comments, but I would say they are the area's they set up to do some trial work on tussock burning about ten or fifteen years ago. I am sure it was in that area, it was to validate the fire burning prediction model they where using and was developed in the US .
the model is used through out NEW ZEALAND now.

so cheers Treeman

Edited by user Saturday, 20 October 2012 10:41:49 PM(UTC)  | Reason: Get my Spelling right HAHA
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