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John Daley
Every five years down here in New Zealand, the Government does a census of the three and a half million citizens, just to check that we haven't escaped and to keep their records up to date. (Probably to make sure they don't miss any taxes!) All the information has to relate to where you are at midnight on a particular date.Well we had some friends visiting from England and we had taken them for a few days sailing around the coast and islands of our Hauraki Gulf. Beautiful weather, lots of dolphins, everybody happy. Anyway a small charter boat came alongside as we were sailing and held upo a sign saying "census". They gave us the various forms to fill in and envelope to post it back or they said they could call by and pick them up the next day.The important thing was that we had to state as our official address the name of the boat and where we would be at midnight that night. So I was thrilled to bits that our official address for the next 5 years is"s/v Trader Jack", Shark Bay, Ponui Island, Hauraki Gulf, Auckland. and not our boring old suburban address in town. I also hit the GPS and stuck in the chart co-ordinates for good measure. That should confuse them!