New here - from New Zealand

[Carousel_Moon]

Salutations all,

I'm new here and trying to figure how to navigate. Joining pods info confused me a lot..halp?

Free lance artist (mixed media and digital) specializing in fantasy genra and horses too, I was obsessed with mermaids as a child then it sort of faded away, recently my lil sister (whom I don't live with) mentioned she wanted a mermaid tail from Jazzy...then it sparked open my love of mermaids again and it's wonderful. I have been exploring the mer-people side of the internet and it has inspired me to no end! You all do merfests!

I have swum a few times with dolphins here, Dusky and Hectors, I'd love to swim with bottlenose though, never really was too good at swimming like a 'person' and I have flippers I swim in instead, feels way easier to me. I want to try buy a monofin to try out and see how that feels.
I really want my own silicone tail but that is way in the future, till then i've got an Orca-mertail idea project i'm going to get started on.

My avatar image is a drawing I did of how I envision myself as a mer :)

uhm, i'm really shy around strangers and a bit of an introvert, please forgive awkwardness.

[Mermaid Danielle]

Welcome!

[Mermaid Jaffa]

Welcome from Sydney!

[sarkatsha]

Hi, its Arph. What are the odds we'd join this forum within a day of one another. XD I joined a few hours ago, made an intro post, then went exploring around and found you within a minute. :o

[Carousel_Moon]

@Sarkatsha, Omg you squeaker! *glomps* ILU you know! <3

[hellocourtney]

Hi from Auckland! So excited to see another kiwi mer on here :)

[Carousel_Moon]

@hellocourtney, hi! wow I wasn't sure if there were any other NZ mers on here, yay!

[hellocourtney]

@hellocourtney, hi! wow I wasn't sure if there were any other NZ mers on here, yay!
There's a couple of us :) where abouts in NZ are you?

[Carousel_Moon]

I'm based in Auckland, but originally from canterbury.

[OceanRose]

Hi and welcome, Carousel Moon!!

Swimming with dolphins is something I'd love to do, and that's a gorgeous avatar, you're talented~!
Well this is cool, we all live close to each other <3 It would be amazing to meet up and swim together

[Carousel_Moon]

It would be great to meet you guys, only, I don't have a tail yet, just plain ol' flippers lol
I'm looking into creating a neoprene tail though with a dol-fin monofin or making my own temp monofin.

[Mermaid Clara]

Welcome! Your avatar picture is so beautiful!!!

[Mermaid Silverlilly]

Hey Carousel Moon! Good to see you and hope to meet you at MerQuest Australia :)

[maemermaid]

Hello hello! Don't fret about being lost... I still have no idea how to set an avatar pic (so you're a step ahead of me). Best of luck on making your fin (: