Looking seaward down Albert Rd…

in a North – North Westerly direction out to Tasman Bay. Prime real estate territory around here as you can tell from the views.

Further around the point is the Queens Rd Reserve, which was the topic of a prior post here.

This is what happened at Nayland Primary yesterday….

….this big red fellow showed up…

…..then entered the school grounds….

but parked on the playing field behind the school……

Apparently this is all completely normal in December,

for pupils who are seeing out their last year at Primary School,

Year 6 I think it was……

then the fun started….(I’m thinking even the fire-fighters had fun too)

this “shower” was at Nayland Primary on Nayland Road in Stoke, Nelson.

Our world famous in New Zealand “Boulder Bank” starts here …

….. under those steep slopes a yonder, at Glenduan.

Unofficially, locals refer to this area as just “The Glen.”

Its about a 13km drive north from the centre of town, but much of that is at open road speeds so its actually quite a short trip really…

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….and second to this fantastic local natural formation, is one of the other most recognisable….

….you could say……almost “iconic” landmarks of Nelson…

……that of the Boulder Bank Lighthouse.

Ok, ok ….but before we move on what is the Boulder Bank?

There’s a good explanation of it over at Wikipedia. but briefly the www.dayout.co.nz website says…..

Boulder Bank Lighthouse

Boulder Bank (nr Nelson)
Nelson, Nelson/Marlborough

In New Zealand, only Wellington’s Pencarrow Lighthouse is older than the British-made, cast-iron tower which was erected on Nelson’s Boulder Bank in 1861-62. On the Boulder Bank too are interesting old baches used by holidaymakers in years past.
This is the longest natural boulder bank in the southern hemisphere.

At the Port end a man made channel, the Cut provides the entrance to the port .

Members of the public can visit this spot and climb to the top to enjoy a fabulous vista of Nelson,

although you need to visit the Nelson City Council office first….

….and go thru some formalities. ("”…like….you’ll need a key?”)

RELATED LINKS

Boulder Bank Lighthouse -  a day out

Boulder Bank history – local legend

Making the Cut - “breaking the bank” history

Argillite or Pakohe – what the heck is this

Pigs Can Fly letterbox

spotted locally.

Credit where credits due….

great initiative by the local Nelson City Council

has seen the small garden beds beside some streets planted

with strawberries, I’ve even spotted two local youngsters on there BMX’s taking advantage of them, because that’s why they are there.

The original concept “was seeded” back in 2008, and has been “growing” in popularity since then.

What’s in a name….

quite a lot really when it comes

to the name of a business

as you can see from these local examples.

Great example of rough & smooth in Nelson

in terms of water I mean…..by viewing none other than the Haven inside the Boulder Bank, and then the open ocean of Tasman Bay on the other side.

Rather out of her depth here….

but hopefully being transported to somewhere happier.

Sometimes the News isn’t so serious…

…but amusing, and tonight’s Friday night TV1 News was a case in point…..

here we had a reporter standing on the top of that “massive hundreds of thousands of tons of earth” slip in the Manawatu, talking about safety and stability reasons being behind why he couldn’t get any closer to the edge behind his reporting location, but hold on……what’s that a mere 1 – 2 m to his left?!? (to  his right in this photo)

While I’m at it, baby boomers should also know that we have our own “texting codes” …no you definitely don’t have to follow those “LOLs” any longer….

Summers officially here….

and its nice to report that the sea water is warmer once again, as these swimmers can tell I’m sure.

Brand New Caution Sign on Rocks Rd

just spotted this,

I’m usually on this road at least every other day, and it wasn’t there the other day, its a problem I didn’t even know we had?