Its summertime, clear skies, no swell….

…well someones gotta be out there!

This Flag debate certainly is …

…generating some sides. We’ll find out soon enough.

Most drive past it every day….

but the sign near the doorway talks of the past…

Back in the day, a Real Estate agent had many feathers to his/her bow.

Mapua Makers Market looked to be a success…

this Dec 2015 too.

Beach Frisbee champs couldn’t have…

…made it harder for themselves on Saturday with some real gnarly winds in Nelson.

Repurposing I believe its called…

…new life into old signboards.

Airline competition heats up in Nelson….

Who’d have thought?

After a bit of a tiki tour, the inaugural flight, ex Auckland, landed just before 1.30pm today, Tuesday.

Interesting to see their take on an entry / exit system, being so different, but probably overall stats to show a reduction in injures when compared to the “old stair” type of system. Considering the aging population around NZ, it kinda makes sense.

And in what can only be a lost photo op……one of her bigger sisters was flying overhead for a period too, just that we put on a very unusual non-Nelson type day weather wise so the higher jet wasn’t visible from the ground. 

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Another colourful utility box…

spotted locally.

They’re comin….

We’re told competition is good, and nothing hits home like competition in relation to airfares, especially when its from a place like Nelson that has no railway line in or out!

Another nifty local mailbox …

…spotted recently.

New Phone Tower going up…

on Stoke side of Bishopdale Hill, should aid voice and data reception even further. Bit blurry because photo was taken from 1500m away.