You know I love Nelson, but can I say..

…central Otago is just drop dead gorgeous at this time of year.

They say NZ has more sheep than peoples…

….and to act as re-enforcement on our mini South Island Road Trip last week was this sight…

can I say “it brings home the bacon?”

How many sheep can you count?

I also learnt for the 1st time..

…that Garston is…well I’ll let the photo explain…but gotta admit its also happens to have a real neat Honey Shop,

just across the road from this …oh so…retro NZ pub.

And at the same time, out the corner of my lens, I happen to note the town has a neat old building too.

NZs got fish…and then…

…its got “big fish”…and as one of my best mates Brian will tell you…they grow them big down south! A pic from last weeks mini South Island road trip. And where was it taken… well I think you can work that out.

“Bliss” is apparently the most popular image…

….numerically down-loaded wise (I’m guessing for desktop backgrounds) currently still in the whole wide world.

I love a challenge, so what better time is it to offer up my proudest pulling off to the side of the road with your wife screaming “what the h*ll are you doing on the 100 km/h Main Rd”  New Zealand country side shots…..

Keen eyed observers will note this is a “slightly” Kiwi perspective to these photos…but being there in the moment…it was just glorious …..

Never before in my Nelson (or anywhere actually) life have I…

seen so many

obviously “fish” in these spots

I say obviously fish because I am 100% sure

that surely is the only reason why

there are thousands and

thousands of seabirds hanging around.

Seasoned & “old timer” judged opinion today seems to be of the belief …

…its Kahawai stock that is chasing the

bait fish into the shallows…but man there

was just so many of them (what you see just above the underwater rocks in the above photo is 10’s of thousands of small fry…and I reckon all up there must have been millions in The Haven today …. and yesterday too I’m told)

that late this afternoon…

and adding to the excitement is another thing I’ve never ever seen along Rocks Rd,

a NZ Govt. fishery officer…

…but not just one,

but at least 3! handing out “handy min/max length catch” fishing guides.

Unfortunately this series of pics really does it no justice, you really had to be there to experience mother nature in her utmost abundance!

Seems local News Media finally thought it was worth a mention!!! too.

Kind of the fact that I reckon it was a “once in a lifetime” (I’ve prolly had 7-8 old timers tell me this in the last 36 hrs) visual. Here is their report…..

http://www.stuff.co.nz/oddstuff/9390258/Fish-frenzy-draws-a-crowd

Drat …… its not just the railway line…

there a blimen” Bristol Freighter (Safe Air replica indeed) parked up right next door

- what the heck is going on here….?

A railway line in Nelson…

…now that’s puzzling, isn’t it?

What “Bus” did I miss - pray tell me…

…what planet was I on…while bicycle tyres ever got to grow to this size ? Sure didn’t see this one coming.

My Photo made the TV One News…

well actually the weather spot with Jim it was…

…however considering he probably gets 100 photos a day ,its still nice to know he considered it a contender.

One of the Coolest things I saw this weekend…

in our faire town of Nelson.

Suspect out of the Mini Nationals,

the Hotrods and all the American Classics here for Labour weekend,

perhaps this guy just wanted to make a stand?