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Falling Rocks in New Zealand
Tongariro N.P. (N.-Isl.), 21.VII.2001;
pict. Breine & Van Den Bergh
Australia Fox Glacier (S.-Isl.), 2001;
pict. G. Taran		 Fox Glacier (S.-Isl.), III.2007;
pict. S. Coenen
Of all signs, the Falling Rocks Signs are the most Australian of New Zealand's warning signs at this site.

The size of the boulders is rather big and the position of the individual stones is not exactly what I expect. I would think that the larger stones fall closer to the wall than the pebbles.

Notice also that New Zealand shows a later stage in the action than Australia: the boulders are closer to the ground.

 Next a couple of remarkable road signs. The message is rather fuzzy and I'm not sure that their meaning is the same. Are we looking at a warning (*)
  • not to stop for people on the road throwing rock and ice back to the glacier who had just spit them out?
  • against people wanting to start a fight with the glacier?
  • not to disturb local people fighting global warming?

Anyway, these signs are peculiar because they feature a man. Rock signs normally exclusively show rocks and in a rare case also cars (e.g. Argentina, U.S. of A.). It's only in China that we've found another sign with rocks hitting a person (tasteless make).
 
(*) Please note that our team only took a picture of the face of the warning sign and that their vehicle was halted in front of it — No walking or stopping over the line. Safety comes first, says our team bible.
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