Kiwi music of the week. SJD "Saint John Divine"

I think this is the seventh SJD offering , I own four of them and a couple of the collaborations. Each is different in its own right. 

He has some very good videos on you tube - some of them made with the help of NZ on Air.

In the habit of creating some very catchy riffs on each album. I have not seen him live - my bad 

If you want to start somewhere the album " Southern Lights" is hard to go past, and "Songs from a dictaphone" is excellent.

Sunset over Auckland

The Esplanade

Very good place for a drink, meal or "high tea". Devonport. Auckland. 

French toast from The Square Cafe , Queen St Auckland City.

Simple food done well, this cafe sets the gold standard for this and the coffee, tea and breakfasts are reliably excellent.

William C Daldy age 76, the only remaining steam tug of its type left.

Lovingly restored and maintained by volunteers from the preservation society. Bought for $1 at the end of its working life .

Web site for Daldy

Steering mechanism and what I assume is the manual emergency wheel.

Starboard engine - cylinder  is above direct drive shaft at bottom.  

Engine room - coal boiler is forward of this area

Seven o'clock Devonport

The cruise season is upon us.

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