Air New Zealand 737-300

Soon to be phased out. This 737 (one of the newer ones) taking off from Auckland early yesterday.

Sunday Yacht Race

Tauranga on Sunday 29th. It was blowing hard from the North East

 Jade Lady tacking

 Another contestant

Rob Today

It was windy as all hell but there was work to do.

At the market

In Hamilton Street

Abandoned Farm House

Ky's & Sarah December 2006

Boxing Day. Looking surprisingly good!

Ladder Fern

Through cast iron fence

Kaimai With Showers

From the Waikato side looking East.

Click on image for wider version.

Kaimai Ranges & Tilby Channel

Container City

Not Legal

Well you never know what you may find down at the beach. This little half legal size spiny lobster (red crayfish) was in the mud in about 100mm of water. Very strange.

Winging It

New Zealand

Sailing Tauranga Harbour

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Get Rid Of It

For years now the Tauranga harbour has been plagued with this green lettuce. It has become a real problem for fishermen, beach lovers and people living near the water. It contaminates the environment and smells like hell when it rots in the sun. The council try to clean it up but it comes right back. There is a study underway now to find out the cause (probably man made) and if there is a remedy. Meanwhile Grace tries to put it back where it came from.

In The Garden

Last evening at sunset. The soft light picks up the subtle colours especially noticeable in the background

Ripples

Flax

Flax bush seed heads. Can be seen all around the coast, lakes and rivers of New Zealand.

Champs-Elysees Paris France

This shot taken by Rob & Sarah during their recent world trip.

They knew this was a special spot for me as this is the finishing road circuit for the Tour de France and we will see the battle of July unfold here in just anther couple of weeks time.

Pauline

Taken during WWII period. My mum in her 20's.  Posted this before but worth a revisit.

She was in the WAAC for 3 years.

Fall Of Giants

Currently reading this 1000 page book on Kindle. So far so good, very good in fact.

Link to a review

Beauty & The Beast

We took turns with the camera.

Hang On

It took Grace a while to pluck up the courage

The Catch

Kingfisher

Waits for the moment and dives out of the trees by the waterfront

 Flies out seeks his prey 

Spots it puts the brakes on and dives 

The catch. A worm from the mud below the sea lettuce

This Morning

Unmodified Image. The colours were stunning for about 5 minutes.

Looking from Otumoetai toward  the Mount

Gull Over Pond

Cactus Family

Strange Statue At Te Puna

Pleasure or Pain? Not sure which.

Florida USA

Whenever I travel and see signs like this of places we have heard about for most of our lives its hard to believe I am actually there

Old Boy

Swamp Hen

Pukeko

Blue Wave

Tauranga Container Port

Early hours of the this morning.