Walking the dogs in Inglewood

Leo and Star

David

Christchurch to Wellington

On the Cook Straight ferry looking back to the South Island
Just out of Picton (South Island)
Leaving the sounds and heading for Cook Straight , thats the North Island in the distance
The Kaikora Coast .

Very ruggard and fully exposed to the southern ocean .

There is one rail tunnel and two road tunnels in this photo
The Kaikora Coast , unfortunately not the best weather .

Governors Bay , Birdlings Flat and Leeston

Birdlings Flat
The wharf at Governors Bay , Lyttelton Harbour
The Leeston house where Dad was born in 1923

(the current owner kindly let us take this photo)

Dad standing outside his "bedroom" (the sun room) in the Leeston house he grew up in between 1924 and 1938 . Now unoccupied and in a rather poor state of repair.

(photo 20D)

Views from the TranzAlpine

My Dad (84) and I decided to have a "boys day out" and took the TranzAlpine http://www.tranzscenic.co.nz/ train from Christchurch to Greymouth and back. These are some of the images. A highly recommended day out even for Kiwi's. I must do this again in mid-winter.








(Photo 20D)

Anzac day

Proudly flying the flag in the back yard.

Today, April 25th is Anzac Day in New Zealand a day we remember our war dead and the sacrifices they made.
In WWI alone we lost seven percent of our men aged between 18 and 45 to a war in Europe and in total there were 55,000 casualties. Some like my grandfather caught pneumonia (as a result of the huge flu epidemic) returned to NZ and then died when my dad was five in another bout of pneumonia.
My Dad was in WWII in the Air force as a pilot and trained like so many Kiwis in the wilds of fellow commonwealth country Canada (we Kiwis feel strong links to Canadians as a result and I’m always amazed how many Canadians have been here) .

My Grandad

The view west from our office space

This is the reverse view of the last image as taken from our office space (photo S2IS , although one of those times I wished I'd had my 20D and a tripod with me )

Auckland City at 6.45am

Photo S2IS (two pictures joined )

Two versions of the same view

Sun rise in the mist
Full moon as Easter approaches

(both looking northeast off my deck , Photo S2IS)

Inside the car wash

I’m not sure what they put in that car wax but it smells like bubble gum and looks like candy floss , maybe this is supposed to be a subliminal comfort to having spent NZ $11 on a car wash . (Phone camera)

Birkenhead

I took this my Motorola phone camera, they have an amazing wide angle and depth of field but are unusually let down by the way they over-compress the images when saved.

Still at this size kind of acceptable but I don’t think I’ll be printing it .

Water lillies

Tropical water lillies from Wrights Water Garden in Franklin

($6.00 a bunch of a dozen , what a bargin) Photo S2IS

(S2IS)

Hot house at the Auckland Domain (photo Reena 20D)

Hot house at the Auckland Domain (photo Reena 20D)

Winter Garden Auckland Domain (Photo Reena , 20D )

Auckland Festival 07 Groupe F "A little more light" (un peu plus de lumiere)

Auckland War Memorial Museum

free light-sticks for the kids (of all ages ) !

Absolutely spectacular, French pyrotechnicians , Groupe F .
If you ever get the chance to see these people in action take it !
Fireworks and flame set to live music , wow and free !
Thanks to the Auckland festival .

(Photos Canon 20D )

Wenderholm and Mahurangi Regional Parks

Kapiti Coast . Wellington

Kapiti Island from Pukerua Bay

South Island from Paekakariki Hill Road

Kapiti Coast , from Paekakariki Hill Road