Morrinsville... A small dairy farming town about 30 miles east of Hamilton. The Motel was very spacious, very comfortable and very competitively priced, but after a 7 hour Road Trip, I needed to go for a walk...

However, I'd only walked about 100 metres when I realised that I'd just walked past a cow! Not your ordinary Fresian or Jersey cow mind you, but a life-sized fiberglass model which was standing on a street corner...

And what's more, there was another one just across the road - and another one a bit further down and... Well, you get the picture...! They were everywhere...!

All in all, I photographed 23 of Morrinsville's Cows and all were extremely colourful-looking beasts!

After a very enjoyable meal in one of the older local pubs, we 'toured' the Used Car lots (Well, there wasn't much else to do in town that night!), so imagine our surprise when we stumbled across the monster Fresian (The main photo above) standing some 20 feet tall in the dark! (The plinth it was anchored to stood chest high on me, and I'm not short...!).

The Morrinsville Cows... A quite unique addition to a neat little country town in the middle of the rich Waikato dairy farming region... and one day, we'd like to return...!

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VL358 and 1104 haul the Watco/BHP Nickel West/Qube nickel and acid train through Katrine.

2024 marks the first time that Qube's 1100 Class locomotives have ran in Western Australia (1101 & 1104). It will also mark the end of the transportation of nickel containers on Watco's 351/352 service due to the suspension of BHPNW's operations thanks to more competitive prices abroad.

Manufacturer: Société anonyme des engrenages Citroën, Paris - France

Type: 7U Rosalie 7UA

Engine: 1628cc straight-4

Power: 36 bhp / 3.800 rpm

Speed: 100 km/h

Production time: 1932 - 1934

Production outlet: 28,123

Curb weight: 1320 kg

Special:

- The original Rosalie was a lightweight racing car that achieved several successes on the track of Linas-Monthlery.

- By an improved assembly line system, the "Rosalie", as she was called, was very competitively priced and still very profitable.

- it has a three-speed gear box featured synchromesh on the two higher ranges, rear wheel drive, a Solex 30BFVG carburettor, ignition coil, leaf spring suspension and drum brakes on all four wheels.

- Shortly after the first Traction Avants were presented to the French press, Citroën was decided to quit the Rosalie production. They needed the production line for the 7A (Traction Avant), the new flagship of André Citroën.

- After bankruptcy and the takeover of the factory by Michelin in 1934, it was decided to produce again the Rosalie (the NH versions [Nouvelle Habillage: the new word for "facelift" ☺!] 7UA and 11UA with "MI" engine for Moteur Inversé ["reversed engine"] ), alongside the assembly line of the Traction Avant.