The centre being the central North Island, rather than the coast. So many people take wonderful photographs of the sun coming up over the sea. That’s easy to do, all you need is an alarm clock and to point your camera East in the morning. Inland it’s a bit more of a challenge. There are hills and stuff in the way. Here are a handful of local sunrises I’ve been lucky enough to witness.
Cold cows, earlyHalcombe, 7 am or soRangitkei River. Steam off the water looks coolDerelict house, early, the ghosts aren’t even up yet.Manawatu Morning7am or so, from the Feilding-Halcombe road7ish, looking across the RangitikeiStill 7ish, bit of a theme of the hour in the morning setting in here.Mt’s Ruapehu and Ngauruhoe, about 120 kilometres away7am over Feilding. ManawatuRuapehu again, over there, miles away in the morningYou’ve heard of the Verve song, ‘The drugs don’t work’? This is the rural version ‘The cows don’t care’. Sunrise in the Manawatu.
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