Name That Skyline - Picture Game

[MaxStout]

Copenhagen?

 

[schmurf]

Yep! Amsterdam

 

[pvpeacock]

I could tell it was Amsterdam from all the bikes.
Here you go:

 

[DuncB]

And rather less rainfall than even the "dry" bits of New Zealand like Christchurch (or Sydney, San Francisco or most of the East Coast of the US).

People don't realise quite how little rain SE England gets, there are parts that count as semi-desert, drier than eg Tel Aviv. But yeah, there's a lot of grey days.

Too right used to get about 700 mm rain in Tonbridge a year on the rain gauge. Here in Wellington we had 1200mm .
Sydney gets more rain than Manchester ( but less test match cricket cancelled due to rain).

@pvpeacock
Looks rather lovely, ski in the morning and waterski in the afternoon with a good wetsuit. Seward Alaska

 

[pvpeacock]

Seward it is!

 

[DuncB]

Okay here you go.

 

[MaxStout]

Auckland?

 

[DuncB]

No this is Auckland

 

[DuncB]

Only one of these flying in the world, rebuilt in New Zealand I saw this fly over Lake Karapiro at low level, still gives me goose bumps those twin merlins and the history. Patient of mine made the replica guns for it and the owner sent me this and a few other pictures of it flying over auckland.

 

[D.B.Moody]

Well, it just has to be Wellington: Wellington, NZ
Excellent hint. How did @MaxStout know to set you up?

 

[DuncB]

@D.B.Moody You are right it's Wellington, " the cake tin " sports stadium to the top right and main city out of shot on the left.
I think @MaxStout was stabbing in the dark. You can be sure that Auckland won't be coming up on any of my offerings.

 

[D.B.Moody]

I think @MaxStout was stabbing in the dark.

Yeah, but if he hadn't guessed Aukland, you wouldn't have had a reason to post a picture of that Vickers Wellington flying over Aukland, so I wouldn't have figured out the skyline. I'm just saying.

Anyway, lets see who's been paying attention. This was taken in 2010:

 

[Konadog]

The other side of Auckland.

 

[D.B.Moody]

Good show! Aukland it is. You're up @Konadog.

 

[Konadog]

I was paying attention!

I'm posting 3 pictures to get it all in:

 

[DuncB]

Yeah, but if he hadn't guessed Aukland, you wouldn't have had a reason to post a picture of that Vickers Wellington flying over Aukland, so I wouldn't have figured out the skyline. I'm just saying.

Anyway, lets see who's been paying attention. This was taken in 2010:

Not sure that was my hint plan!

It's a Mosquito and a Vampire flying over Auckland.

This is a Wellington bomber


As far as I can tell they have never flown in New Zealand. Don't think any flying examples either.

 

[D.B.Moody]

Not sure that was my hint plan!
It's a Mosquito and a Vampire flying over Auckland.

Oops! All I know is that when I saw that picture "Wellington" popped into my head. I didn't check it out, I just went with it. Go figure.

@Konadog, how about the Mendocino coast? I'm feeling lucky.

 

[Konadog]

Close, it is the west coast and is California.

 

[beermanpete]

Pebble Beach?

 

[Konadog]

Still farther north.

 

[InspectorJon]

Sea Ranch

 

[Konadog]

Sea Ranch

Very close, but no.

 

[InspectorJon]

Guallaga?

 

[Konadog]

To far north, as was Sea Ranch.

 

[InspectorJon]

Heading south with the birds, I’ll guess Bodega Bay next.

 

[Konadog]

That's it! I would have taken Bodega Bay (all 3 pictures) or Dillon Beach (first picture).
Nice place to go after visiting Russian River Brewing.

Your up @InspectorJon

 

[InspectorJon]

Classic scene from Bodega Bay. I’ll post a skyline later when I get to my PC.

 

[DuncB]

Is that from Hitchcock?

 

[InspectorJon]

Classic 1960s horror film, Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds. It was filmed in Bodega Bay.

Staying with the seaside theme:

 

[D.B.Moody]

Caesara Aqueduct, Isreal

 

[InspectorJon]

Yes, that's Caesarea. @D.B.Moody is up

 

[D.B.Moody]

This is more in the sea than seaside. From 1989:

 

[duncan.brown]

Newport, VA?

 

[D.B.Moody]

I'll assume you meant Newport News, but no anyway. That is the Atlantic Ocean though.

 

[duncan.brown]

Yes, Newport News, sorry. I'll try a bit further south. Charleston, NC?

 

[D.B.Moody]

Not Charleston. South was a good move, but reread my post with the first picture.
To get this next picture you could climb the stairs of the water tower to view a fort and some of the city:

 

[InspectorJon]

So it’s on an island...in the Atlantic...South of Charleston.

Nassau?

 

[D.B.Moody]

Nassau it is. You're up @InspectorJon.

 

[DuncB]

Is it Nassau and paradise island there is a bridge connecting those two we used to walk across.

 

[D.B.Moody]

Is it Nassau and paradise island there is a bridge connecting those two we used to walk across.

You are correct, but I already told InspectorJon that he's up. The beach on Paradise Island is just great; we were actually staying there on that trip.