So, while I still wouldn't mind a short bus, a Van is probably gonna be a better option fuel wise. I can't find anything in a short bus that starts at more than 10mpg. And that's Diesel and Unleaded.
More Far North smalls. Although introduced from AU, this Ranoidea aurea | green & golden bell frog is 1st 🐸 we’ve spotted in the “wild” at Waitangi Treaty Grounds (📷1). Dicathais orbita | cart-rut shell, a predatory sea snail, at Hendersons Bch (📷2). Rare Naultinus grayii | Northland green 🦎 gecko, captive at Gumdiggers Park (📷3), where an ancient insect (mosquito?) is entombed in kauri gum (📷4).
FYI, there are "yachts" and then there are yachts. For every billionaire's mega-yacht with helicopter pads and dozens of crew and whatnot, there are thousands of decades-old, sub-40-foot sailboats that some hippie bought for $1 and spent a year fixing up at the marina in hopes of doing the nautical equivalent of #vanlife.
Unfortunately, the ones being attacked by the orcas tend to be closer to the latter.
My new spirit animal ( lemmy.world )