Category: Nature
Sunday at Jonkers Farm
Warren rose at the crack of dawn for sunrise of the neighbouring Jonkers Farm, which is often use for film locations (no surprise here, with this beauty!). The rest of our day was spent chilling aroun...
VIEW POSTBethells Beach Sunset in Spring
With the rainy wintry skies disappearing, we made our first visit out to the beach in several weeks! We were treated to a stunning sunset from the southern end of Bethells beach. We had gone in search...
VIEW POSTBig Headed Cows
Also on the farm are three Jersey Cows, Clover, Buttercup and Jasmine. They're ever so tame, and have been in the family since calves, ten years ago.
VIEW POSTBeautiful Snowy Morning
We arose to an absolutely stunning snowy morning in Ohakune (Rangataua), with amazing views to be seen everywhere. Whilst we were prancing around the snow, we had no idea Christchurch had just suffere...
VIEW POSTRainbow Falls, Kerikeri
We made the trip up to Kerikeri, explicitly to get some funky photos behind the waterfall in the cave... Little did we know, it's not exactly suitable when there's a high flow of water, and mid winter...
VIEW POSTKereru – New Zealand Pigeon
Whilst walking back to the carpark at the Rainbow Falls, Kerikeri, we could hear the beautiful songs of the Tui. After setting up the long lens, the Tui had disappeared, but in it's place, the mighty ...
VIEW POSTPaihia Sunrise
Just to prove the weather forecasters wrong, we arose at the crack of dawn to witness the sunrise across the calm Bay of Islands water at Paihia.
VIEW POSTMoonrise with Telescope
Spent an evening testing Katrina's Nikon D90 HD camera with a Meade LX200 GPS telescope... Here's a video of the result and a single shot:
VIEW POSTKarekare Beach – Startrails
Our good friend David Scott came for a visit with his new wireless flash triggers. Knowing it was low tide this evening, we took a walk along to the rocky outcrop at the northern end of Karekare beach...
VIEW POSTDiscovering the Cascades – Waitakere Ranges
The Cascades trail off Waitakere Road is one of our favourite short walks in the Waitakere Ranges. We often take the longer 8km walk linking to the Heritage Montana Trail - but not exactly ideal with ...
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