Fireworks Display – New Brighton Pier
In buying the section and then building his house in 1952 my father unwittingly created a wonderful viewing platform to watch the Winter Fireworks display on New Brighton Pier. It's…
In buying the section and then building his house in 1952 my father unwittingly created a wonderful viewing platform to watch the Winter Fireworks display on New Brighton Pier. It's…
I have no idea why it's called (update: I was just sent this link) Naughty Boys Island, but it's a cool name, and its names ambiguity allows the imagination to…
The old (1910) but newly renovated (2021) Hooker Hut has been brought down from its site on the moraine wall beneath the Copland Pass, to a much more accessible site…
A few bird shots taken at sunset from Beachville Road jetty. A pied oyster catcher, Sacred Kingfisher, an Australasian Harrier, a Black Backed Gull, and a Pied shag
Over the last month or so I have been exploring the area around the Ferrymead Historic Park, including a couple of small lakes nearby. There are quite a variety of…
I'd heard on the grapevine that there was a White Heron (Kotuku or Eastern Great Egret) hanging around in the Avon River, upstream of the Bridge Street Bridge. I decided…