Seen yesterday morning from Opou Point. A few seconds later the sun appeared just to the left of the obelisk on One Tree Hill (centre). …
Mainly West of Queen Street - seen through my lens
Seen yesterday morning from Opou Point. A few seconds later the sun appeared just to the left of the obelisk on One Tree Hill (centre). …
The grape harvest is long over, but the vineyard is still parading beautiful autumn colour before winter comes.
This is Artisan vineyard in Parrs Cross Road. We have seen these vines before the harvest.…
(Wednesday is for painted boxes.)
This transformer stands on West Coast Road, at the entrance to Parrs Park (map). A giant eel winds snake-like around the box.
Eels are a traditional food source of the Maori and play an important role in their culture.…
Huia Store is a quaint place with a proud history of over 120 years. It is a general store for the locals of Huia and serves coffee and everything from fish and chips to generous icecreams.
The celebratory mural outside shows an oystercatcher – flocks of these shorebirds can be seen in the bay just across the road when the tide comes in (see below).…
Meet Mark and Sindi as they wait for a fish (or two) to bite. I was on my way home from Mount Donald McLean when I saw them in their idyllic shelter on a grey day. They regularly come to this spot on the road to Little Huia.…
More on the autumn theme.
Siren Cafe (whose name I assume is a reference to the nearby fire station) opened less than two months ago in South Titirangi Road. Here we see it in the heavy fog that covered all of the Manukau Harbour and the adjacent suburbs on Thursday morning.…
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