Thursday, January 22, 2015

Just in case you missed it the other night….

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on Te Radars TV program…..chk out whats there upper left frame. Def adding to the deserts ambiance I’d say.

Down at the Airport today….

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…its starting to look like we could do with some rain soon.

I hear you ask me…?

 

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if I had an interest in yachting and the sea overall,

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could I possibly combine these interests in a place…

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…somewhere where perchance the wind…

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…well ideally where would be favourable “tradewinds…”

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Yes, I can answer, its called Nelson, New Zealand?

Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Blue Whales, Tiger, White Horse and a …

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…vintage (classic) truck…what more could you ask for?

Saturday, January 17, 2015

Just for a moment there…

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I thought I caught a “moment” ….

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for the Nelson Pilot Boat….

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She’d been busy “assisting” someone else…

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….but when the chap in charge powered up the engines…

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….well gee I can tell you.. it really sounded great!

Friday, January 16, 2015

Anyone know what day it is tomorrow…

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….well other than of course its called Saturday…(these are pics from 2010)

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….in our part of the world…well we are world famous in NZ for our annual Kite Festival…

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something that has been going on …

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…for upteen years. In fact its New Zealands longest running ever Kite Festival. And 2015’s Festival kicks of tomorrow, and continues into Sunday.

Wednesday, January 14, 2015

Sea Fog on Saturday…

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morning made for

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some interesting photos

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this time of year.

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Monday, January 12, 2015

Spotted that “lil truck” again…

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and noticed the seat fabric used.

High Tide…and…

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…well…it turns out a few more people know about this fav local summer swimming spot than last year!

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Maybe TripAdvisor or something has got word out ….anyway part of the popularity is most surely because this spot …… its just 2m off the main highway!