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Re: Burrendong Arboretum

At 04:27 PM 9/15/98 +1200, Tony & Moira Ryan wrote:
>However, I have come across a curious mistake. Under Useful Addresses
>there are a number of Australian entries on whose accuracy I am not
>qualified to comment, but one entry which purports to refer to New
>Zealand I find extremely surprising, namely:-
>
>Burrendong Arboretum near Wellington NZ (150 Hectares)
>Firstly Burrendong is an Australian name and would certainly NOT be used
>on this side of the Tasman and secondly I wonder where such a large
>arboretum anywhere near Wellington could have been hiding from me all
>these years!

Hi Moira - 

I always enjoy seeing your posts - so thoughtful and informational. 

I found this on the Web:

"Burrendong Arboretum is 25 Kms from Wellington overlooking Lake Burrendong.
The arboretum is open every day. For enquiries, contact the curator on (02)
6846 7454 or write to the Burrendong Arboretum, Mumbil via Wellington, N.S.W
2820, Fax (02) 6846 7454"
- http://www.wellington.net.au/frames/tourist/arbor.html

So it sound like there is also a Wellington in N.S.W. - not hard for a
foriegn editor to mistake that for N.Z. perhaps.

I find so many mistakes in books all of the time, usually my eye finds
inaccurate botanical latin caption under plant photos (I seem to be able
to 'tell' the differences between plants rather easily, even if I'm not
sure what they are myself).  It must be completely nerve-racking to
edit books, chasing down thousands of details.  And then they are finally
printed only to reveal those mistakes missed - now in print for
posterity!!!  Perhaps why I've never published!!  ;-)

Sean O.

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