Dusk in our biggest city - Auckland -1.4 million people

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(Central city from the top of Mt Eden
Photo by Minx.nz  Canon 50D)

Day slipping into night ......

Shima Japanese - Tauranga "highly recommended"

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(IPhone4) 

Foodie theme

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Hash browns with bacon Benedict (and a flat white) Caffe Massiomo Albany

Whitebait fritter sandwich  (and a pot of tea) , Mokau (cafe seaward side)

Bacon Benedict with crushed potato ( and a flat white ) , museum cafe,  New Plymouth



Hard to beat the the whitebait fritters  (being quintessentially Kiwi) but I think I give

the award from these to Caffe Massimo !!

Blowing in the west wind

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Autumnal setting sun ..

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...and the snow fell on the mountain directly behind this view point less than a week later

New board walk - north side - Mt Taranaki near visitor centre

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This one for you Minx.nz , the quiet place

David and Joan in the Cue Theatre Inglewood - Taranaki

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"The ghost train"

Directed by David Ertel

Cue Theatre 2nd to 16th April 2011

What kiwi blokes build in their sheds - the final part

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Testing day finally at Pukekohe - 240k up the back straight even with the gearing too low,

feeling like you are being fired out of a canon and  not to mention the amazing

grip of the new lighter wheels and slicks.

Tony - I think you can rate this as a huge success!!

What serious hifi looks like , actually much nicer than that transitor stuff !

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Almarro 340 monoblocs

Interestingly the output tubes (the big ones) are russian, and were once used in the Mig 25 fighter



Auckland at night part 3 - the Sky Tower

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(By the way this is not a Photoshop trick -

if you own an SLR and a zoom lens you have all you need)

Auckland City at night pt 2

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Auckland City at dusk.

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Taken from the top of Mt Eden

(this is quite a dark image)



Only the hardy souls ..........

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Wind whistling like some a south pole adventure. Somebody’s long suffering girlfriend muttering on the bench ignoring the “can you pass me the 17mm ” request.


Hefty tripod useless , needed to be weighted with bricks.........

But, surf, oh yes, this is the west coast and I love it.
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Final museum photo

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Outrageous Fortune part 3

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Outrageous Fortune Exhibition part 2

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Part of the street art drawn as therapy by "Sparky"

the pyromaniac electrician during a period of rehab.

The part of the exhibition with all the "props"

connecting family members to a life of crime

Auckland museum part two - Outrageous Fortune exhibition pt 1

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Cheryl West  - symbolically in leopard skin print

The living room set

see Outrageous fortune at the auckland museum

Auckland Museum (part1)

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A "flat white" and an excellent lunch

Wenderholm at sunset

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Friday night spare ribs at the beach, oh yes I'm in heaven......

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Flying into the sunset on the west coast of Auckland

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Sunrise from the back deck

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Summer tourists

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Lyttleton food market

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Two years on

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Just a shade over two years ago my best friend Jim was killed in a car crash,

(See only blog entry in Jan 2009)

Don't know if they have the internet where you are man but these ones

are for you so you know I still really miss you.

(age 12)

(a bit over 20)

(a bit over 50)

(a bit more over 50)

(this one taken by mum in Brisbane)

Things kiwi blokes built in their sheds - part four

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"the beast awakens"

KV shooting Brent

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The sun setting on Pink Floyd's Back Catalogue

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Pukekohe Track day Sunday 9/1/10

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Steve and Graham

 

Steve

Graham