A good short walk in Nelson is up to the Center of New Zealand.
That's Rob in black.
Upward view
Concrete inset and actual survey pin
Jan 31, 2013
Early NZ Tourism Art
I have been reading this over my holiday. Some amazing old adverts and promos. More than that this captures the idealistic feel of old New Zealand as we would like to think it was. The so called good old days.
Notable are the ads for the Sunderland flying boats that flew 180 passengers on a weekly service between Auckland and Sydney and up into the Pacific. I can recall these landing in the Tauranga harbour when I was a kid.
An extract from one of these ads 1945 reads "Spacious interiors, meal service, smoking facilities even your own personal table and ash tray, make this the modern way to travel"
SELLING the DREAM is a beautiful 408 page book published by craig potton publishing
Love the one on Tauranga
Notable are the ads for the Sunderland flying boats that flew 180 passengers on a weekly service between Auckland and Sydney and up into the Pacific. I can recall these landing in the Tauranga harbour when I was a kid.
An extract from one of these ads 1945 reads "Spacious interiors, meal service, smoking facilities even your own personal table and ash tray, make this the modern way to travel"
SELLING the DREAM is a beautiful 408 page book published by craig potton publishing
Several page copies
Love the one on Tauranga
Jan 30, 2013
Views From Kohi Track
Whakatane entrance to the harbour and beach, Whale Island and Kohi Pt to the right
Around Kohi Pt looking toward Opotiki but with Ohopi in the foreground
Ohopi. Settlement around first point on right.
Jan 28, 2013
Mt & Lake Tarawera
The northern end of the lake has great views of the mountain.
Mt Tarawera (1111m high) erupted violently on the 10th of June 1886 causing the death of at least 153 people and covered the surrounding landscape in mud and ash and in the process buried the village of Te Wairoa now known as the buried village
The photos are taken on the northern lake edge and show the private jetties, foreshore and mountain and a beach and house typical of the area.
Click on the first photo to see the series.
Cathedral Cove Coromandel New Zealand
The walk out to this cove is hard going for kids but otherwise it's well worth it.
Click on the first photo to see the series in larger format
Jan 27, 2013
Jan 25, 2013
Jan 24, 2013
Swallows. A family.
These guys move like lightning but I was lucky to catch some feeding. Click on top image to see series.
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