The rain and wind of the last few weeks cleared for a few days so I got out one morning this week to take a few photos. Photo by Brendon & Keryn Looking towards the dawn glow over Lyall Bay, from Tarakena Bay Photo by Brendon & Keryn Looking the other way towards Bearing Head […]
Sinclair Head Seals
Keryn and I haven’t yet visited the well known Red Rocks on the Wellington south coast so I decided I’d go have a look. The forecast fine day turned out to be grey and drizzly, good walking weather I suppose. I parked at the Owhiro Bay information point and started the walk along the coastal […]
Looking for whales, finding only dolphins
The day after our Auckland photo walk we took advantage of more good weather to book a Hauraki Gulf Safari, the decision aided by Travis and Sophie having obtained very cheap tickets. We barely saw a swell on the four hour trip around the Gulf and it was warm in the sun which was just […]
Photo walk in Devonport
We were up in Auckland for Keryn’s Mum’s birthday and this coincided with the 2010 Scott Kelby Worldwide Photo Walk. Last year I joined the Wellington walk and as we were up north I joined the walk taking place in Devonport. Keryn, Sophie and Travis all came along as well and the day was beautifully […]
Paekakariki Tattoo
Last week on a busy Wednesday I took the chance to go watch a tattoo be created on the back of Jules. I was even told to bring my camera if I wanted, so guess what I did 😉 The tattoo work was done by Tim Hunt at Pacific Tattoo in Paekakariki, Jules was very […]
Heading north in the dark
The plan was to take advantage of a crisp and clear morning to catch the sunrise hitting the snow covered peaks of the Tararua ranges. This saw me up nice and early and driving in the dark towards the Wairarapa, -2 degrees when I left home, -4 on the south side of the Rimutakas (with […]
Sun, Surf, stones?
With a break in my shifts and some nice weather I got out early in the morning to see what the sunrise would look like from Wainuiomata beach. The beach pretty much faces south, not so good for sunrise perhaps, but I thought I’d give it a try anyway. The morning was cold and driving […]
A week of rain
The last few weeks have been pretty wet, though thankfully the Wellington region has been largely free of the flooding occurring in other parts of New Zealand. We’ve been getting out a little bit and went in to town one cold and wet evening to see Mel Parsons play at Bats Theatre. Bats is a […]
East Coast Holiday: The Kaituna River
Leaving Whakatane we had one last leg to the holiday, driving to Hamilton. Camping now done with we decided to eat out and had the unfortunate experience of eating at a place called Cafe Surfside. My pancakes were ok (if rather too much for me to finish) but Keryn’s french toast was terrible, a case […]
East Coast Holiday: White Island
We figured seeing as we were going to be in the area we should try to go out to Whakaari/White Island, which is very much a weather dependant activity. Luckily for us the weather held out and the trip we were booked on sailed as intended. We took the journey with White Island Tours and […]
East Coast Holiday: Driving to Whakatane
Seeking the sunrise has been a theme a few times on this East Coast holiday and today we got up extra early for another sunrise mission. The location for the sun vigil was East Cape lighthouse and we had a 50km drive and then a walk up a path of 700 odd steps before we’d […]
Moved
We have moved to Camborne. The owners of our previous place decided to sell as they were themselves moving away from Wellington, so we decided that rather than wait for a new owner who might want to rent the place we would look to move. We quite like the idea of living on the Kapiti […]