Pure New Zealand..

green and all…bit more from the farming side thou.

Seasons. they are “a changing’ “

well I’m pretty sure thats what Nelsonians thought this week.

Port Tarakoke …

…yachts safety anchored in the inner harbour this past weekend.

Mural on side of Building…

…Main St, Takaka.

My wife said this looks like…

…a walk in the park. Let me tell you it wasn’t quite that…..although 2hrs later I can admit that it certainly was interesting.

Seriously it was like looking into…

..a undersea forest…

….so clear was the water at Pupu Springs a few days ago, absolutely no wonder it features in Guinness World Records as the clearest water in the whole world!

Yes I’ve seen the X Games but you tell me….

…how the heck does nature teach “a tree” to do a 360. Pray tell me now!

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

Nelson…Yup I guess they’ve…

…been, and your chance with it……has now gone.

ACC Claim coming up in…..

5, 4, 3, 2 …… and yes that is a chainsaw.

Interesting Juxtaposition in Stoke…

probably had locals wondering…

….and perhaps,  the local roadworks foreman a touch concerned.

Interestingly….I wonder what would of happened if someone had of obeyed the speed signs?

Looks like the sleuths have done their work…

…and the verdict is in.

This is one of the reasons why we struggled to make the Sunshine Top spot last year.

Gotta love local humour…

spotted down at the Honest Lawyer.

Someone Rally Driving or …

…someone “top dressing” from a plane

…even I don’t know? Anyone care to contribute?? This occurred Wednesday afternoon this past week.

Not quite what they meant when they said…

…when someone offered the advice “something about….”

…..dressing your home?

…I think.

Start small, but…

…my old stomping ground of 35 plus years ago

…at a time when it was all but a valley with a creek running through it…

is starting to take shape as a suburb quite quickly, relatively speaking.