Roto-stinky-rua, but nice

Muddy ploppin', it was very vigours

The champagne pool, the colours are so mucho more intense than the camera reveals.

Jacks gets steamy

Cabo del este

There were so many art decos and I didn't take many shots for some reason.

When leaving, I saw the most beautiful building near the port, a Tobacco company, but didn't get a pic, bugger bollocks.
well, I was there.. but I'm not now, they try to confuse you, you know.

Wild black beach, before reaching Napier, sea appears so powerful, quite scary

Looking back to Gisbourne, from the mountains

On a lake, an hour before Napier, I found some very friendly black swans and I think there ducklike pal, but i'm not sure, us not being initmates.

view back to Tauranga, along the coast road from Whakatane, start of the eastern Cape.

Poverty Bay, por la madrugada, beautiful moon.

Te Araroa, the most easterly town of New Zealand, Mmm and lovely fishy and kumara.


All these fotos are in the wrong order, but I can't be bothered to reorder them. Started with lunch with Matty in Tauranga, and got to Napier the following afternoon; back in Cambridge by the evening, if you were wondering, I know I was.

Playa de culitos calientes

well, it would have been if I'd arrived at low tide, bugger

Atheist Mantis

Atheist coz I say so, what a beauty

Sculpture, labour's humanitarian?

Saw this sculpture down in the cementary, near the botanical gardens in Wellington. A little obvious I suppose, but this is the kind of work I like: nudes, people, something real and beautiful, with a display of passion.
It's a memorial for Harry Holland, a NZ labour party founder from the early 20th century, for his work as 'compassionate champion of the common people.'

Mount Maunganui, Bay of Plenty

Went for a romp up Mount Maunganui in Tauranga with Matt; spectacular view from the top over town, the islands and towards the eastern cape in the distance, woohoo.

Nothing like a fun guy

Auricularia Polytricha

Coprinus Micaceous

Favolaschia calocera

While climbing the trail to the top of the Wairere falls, I came across a number of fungi, and I've had me interest peeked by young Thomas, so I took a few pics; can anyone confirm my IDs? :)

Wairere Falls

Went for a walk up Wairere falls, a 250m drop, I think the largest in the North Island and just 30mins from home, woohoo.

Swimmin' along

Some dolphins (Bottlenose, Tursiops truncatus, I think) swam along the bow with us one day, between Santa Cruz and San Cristobal.

Canberra with Jackie O

Well, as good as! Its was very autumnal so it was, and boozy. Mmm