Clearest Water in the World is…

here, …here at Pupu Springs in the Nelson region…

and its just absolutely gorgeous…beautiful…. when you see it a few feet in front of you…. (just like I remember it as a kid in the seventies when Mum & Dad took us over “the hill” to see it)

I was lucky enough to talk to someone tonight who actually did some years back dive there, and in his words it was certainly a “lifetime moment” for the clarity…nothing he had ever experienced in diving in his life previously.

Sadly you can’t do that now, diving I mean. If I had one lasting memory or in the catchphrase of todays generation, something enduring…I’d have to say “underwater forest” because it was just so beautiful. (stay tuned – more photos to follow) Unfortunately 60m+ underwater visibility ain’t exactly that easy to translate to the 2D world of todays net!

Even I have to admit…

…one of the best places ever to fire up the laptop when seeking encouragement & creativity…..

#staycation

Yes I was stunned too…

…but truly it does it turn out Takaka does indeed…have a downtown lake..

complete…

with the most aggressive alpha geek (duck? you’ll ever find)

Annoying blurry photos…

….do no justice to the fact that we were just 1.5m away from this Tui …

…singing away at the top of its voice – a real special privilege it was this past weekend over in Golden Bay.

As a Guardian of our local

 

…forest he is, perched way up high to keep an eye out as an early warning device for fires.

Like water, solitude and a lack of traffic…

 

..then I’m guessing as these photos attest

..you’d love a life in Nelson…….and just off Nelson?

Not hard to work out…

….how those early seafarers had a tough time…..

…. entering and exiting our Haven…..and therefore….as history shows….some just simply didn’t make it back out.

Just SUP’ing this afternoon….

Did you know…

that Nelson is Australasia’s largest fishing port?

Nelson City Council looks…

after all its residents.

Just gorgeous this oldie was…

….plying away in the Haven this past week