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 | Autumn in Christchurch. One of the nice things about Autumn is when leaves go yellow and gold! It is a sign that the leaves are or have died it's true, but that is the way these kind of trees work, and it looks wonderful. That's the Avon river in the background. | |||
| By the Avon River, Christchurch City. 5:22 pm, Sat 11th Apr, 2009 | ||||
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 | Reflections. I like the way the blackness sort of encroaches on the light from both sides and in places actually joins, it is like life, with the wonderful light, complex and vivid in its joy and excitement, all the more intense because of the ever presence of the other side. Yet even in the darkness there is goings on, there is struggles and triumphs. Neither side expects to conquer the other, the eternal day to day match. | |||
| Otaihanga, north of Paraparam. 3:15 pm, Sat 28th Jun, 2008 | ||||
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 | Ducks at Home. Quietly strolling by in their Duckish way, patrolling their territory, looking for things to eat, chatting about the family and friends? | |||
| Otaihanga, north of Paraparam. 3:13 pm, Sat 28th Jun, 2008 | ||||
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 | River Road. At the foot of this steep slope is naturally, a river. It is only a small one, and yet, over the years it has carved into the land. The whole area is 'up and down' like this, and riddled with slips from heavy rainfalls. Much of the rock around here is a soft kind of mudstone, almost grey clay really so it is not surprising to see all the erosion, but at the top of the slope is some much harder rock, perhaps graywake, it explains the 'ups' of the hills. Geology is fun! ;) | |||
| Fields Track Road, between Hwy 49 and Hwy 4, Manawatu. 12:32 pm, Sat 29th Dec, 2007 | ||||
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 | Mung on the Rocks! Mung sits by the water as it slides past, not caring what is in the way, not trying to avoid obstacles, it embraces everything that it touches, leaving its watery presence as a memento. | |||
| Tongariro National Park. 1:36 pm, Thu 27th Dec, 2007 | ||||
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 | Gold or God in the Water! Looking so rich and mysterious, the rocks on the bottom of the small river flowing from Mt Ruapehu enchants me. Water always does that for me but I think this is exceptional, don't you? | |||
| Down the road from Mt Ruapehu. 1:34 pm, Thu 27th Dec, 2007 | ||||
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 | Mung In Front of Waterfall. This is the waterfall up stream from our picnic spot, it is a very beautiful place indeed. | |||
| Tongariro National Park. 1:28 pm, Thu 27th Dec, 2007 | ||||
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 | Franky Playing in the River. What a glorious spot this was to spend some time at, just down stream from beautiful waterfalls, with a small beach to relax on and quite secluded. | |||
| Tongariro National Park. 1:15 pm, Thu 27th Dec, 2007 | ||||
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 | Hidden Beauty. A very delightful place to have a picnic as we did one day. There is a small sandy flat area about 3 picnic blankets in size just down stream from here. | |||
| Down the road from Mt Ruapehu. 12:31 pm, Thu 27th Dec, 2007 | ||||
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 | The Hutt River. I heard someone say once that animals were not as worthy of our efforts to help them survive because they are not 'Sentient'. Well I ask you, what is the point of our 'Great' sentience if it is simply to glorify ourselves, is sentience a great thing at all if we use it for merely 'Surviving' in the face of the extinction of Any life. I look at this water and its play with its environment, it's highly complex and vitally important part in the functioning of the world, and I wonder what prevents us from recognising the life this water has? Is it simply that we cannot 'Kill' it? We are very ignorant sometimes with our sentience, very un-scentient, very un-conscious and sometimes very guilty. | |||
| The Hutt River, Wellington. 3:55 pm, Sun 2nd Sep, 2007 | ||||
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 | The Hutt River and the Rimutaka Ranges. The waters of the Hutt River meander their way towards us flowing the 15 or so miles to Petone. Surrounded by this kind of beauty and only limited ways to express how it makes us feel, I think we allow it to mingle with our souls and thus change who we are, that way we are able to express our experience of beauty by simply being ourselves. | |||
| The Hutt River, Wellington. 3:49 pm, Sun 2nd Sep, 2007 | ||||
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 | The Peaceful Waikato River. All the turmoil of the Huka Falls nearly forgotten but for the billions of tiny bubbles now probably contained within the water, and the quiet roar coming from behind me 300metres or so up the river. | |||
| Huka Falls, Taupo. 4:08 pm, Tue 16th Aug, 2005 | ||||
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 | Huka Falls! I remember when I first saw these falls, there was no bridge over it to the nicely fenced viewing areas, we stood on the rocks above the falls, and I don't remember any fences either! I was knee high back then and so the memories are faint, but I remember telling mum that it made me nervous hehe. What a beautiful sight! | |||
| Huka Falls, Taupo. 3:42 pm, Tue 16th Aug, 2005 | ||||
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 | Still Waters Run Deep. The waters of the Waikato River flow to the Huka Falls from Lake Taupo, the smoothness of the water as it enters the channel leading to the falls themselves belies the force and volume of the water. From this point on it becomes a churning seething deluge of white water until a good way after the falls. I guess it is not so much that the water is deep before the falls, but when you squeeze 100 metres width of water into a 15 metre channel? | |||
| Huka Falls, Taupo. 3:31 pm, Tue 16th Aug, 2005 | ||||
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 | The Huka Jets. The Hamilton Jet revolutionised high speed boat travel in shallow water, with no bits dangling down into the water like rudders or propellers the jet boats can happily scrape the bottom of the boat on the river bed and do little to no damage to themselves. Here Huka Jets exhilarate tourists, taking them right into the white water of Huka Falls. | |||
| Huka Falls, Taupo. 3:26 pm, Tue 16th Aug, 2005 | ||||
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 | Huka Falls in all it's Glory. The landing place of all that water, I wonder what it looks like down there under all the water?!? | |||
| Huka Falls, Taupo. 3:25 pm, Tue 16th Aug, 2005 | ||||
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 | Puhoi. The tree with the Tui in is behind me, as you can see it is a nice spot. Not a lot of traffic using the road when I was there. Further on down the road I found a place that made tea and scones to die for, with whipped cream and strawberry jam to smear all over the scones (and my face ;) ). | |||
| Puhoi, 50km north of Auckland. 1:40 pm, Mon 15th Aug, 2005 | ||||
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 | The Rusty Old Truck. Looking a bit like a 'beached Whale', this old truck I believe used to be used as a winch, though today I'm guessing it acts as a form of 'art'. The glassy surface of the water makes nice reflections of the far bank of the harbour. | |||
| Kohu kohu. 10:43 am, Thu 11th Aug, 2005 | ||||
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 | Glassy Waters of Kohu Kohu. A small jetty sticks out into the waters of the Hokianga Harbour. This water often has a beautiful glassy surface being very sheltered and is often shrouded in mist in the mornings. It's hard to imagine this harbour with old wooden sailing ships in it. | |||
| Kohu kohu. 10:41 am, Thu 11th Aug, 2005 | ||||
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 | A Turmoil of Boulders. I suppose when the boulders reach the river bed in the valley, they have reached their destination, and will remain there for the next 280 million years. But they look a lot like a rock glacier rather, perhaps they are slowly tobogganing down the hill towards the sea, in the slippery mud of the valley? | |||
| Wairere Boulders, off the road to Kaikohe. 12:31 pm, Wed 10th Aug, 2005 | ||||
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 | Forgotten Land. Thought worthless land till not so long ago, the Wairere Boulders was bought and turned into a touristic venture. The path amongst the boulders is a wonderful adventure, and was apparently exciting to build. | |||
| Wairere Boulders, off the road to Kaikohe. 11:49 am, Wed 10th Aug, 2005 | ||||
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 | Run Off from a Small Hydro Dam. Stopped here because it was so nice, the gentle rain seemed very refreshing. | |||
| Waipapa Rd, west of SH1, next to the Waikato River. 3:31 pm, Sun 17th Jul, 2005 | ||||
