I spend a lot of time in the car, by choice. It’s my happy place. When I’m out driving I have one eye on the road and one eye on the scenery, keeping a look out for any place that might offer a nice photograph. Here’s a selection of sights I’ve seen lately, while out and about.
Top Dressing plane with attractive orange detailing to set it off against the wilderness, like on purpose.The New Zealand Swamp Harrier. Common Raptor, hard to photograph, getting this shot only took me about two years.Cows and trees, pastoral farm land in the middle of nowhere, upper Rangitikei.Early snow on the Ruahine’s and a fetching barn. NiceLow cloud on the Ruahine Ranges.Early morning sun, mist, trees, fence and spiders webs combine for a this arty number. It reminds New Zealanders of when they were little, apparently grown ups don’t look for dewy spiders webs.Day breaking in the Manawatu. Love how the sun strikes over the distant ranges. You have to get up early for this stuff.Call that a valley? This is a valley, upper Rangtikei.The Te Apiti Wind Farm early morning. I’m sure there are all sorts of interesting facts about the Te Apiti Wind Farm.Rangitikei River. You can’t see this particular view unless you are paying attention to where the river is going and pull over on the Vinegar Hill Road. There’s no official view point here.Misty Morning in Hunterville. I’ll give the caravanning a miss this year.Look, a photo of New Zealand. Literally.There’s that Mt Ruapehu again. I found this lake, in the forest. As you do. OK, I had to walk about 15 minutes to get to this one.The Rangitikei Valley at 8am. It’s cool to look down on the cloudsMt Ruapehu, about 10,000 metres. Live Volcano. Right there behind that farm.
This is a post showcasing the stuff we have about the place on the way to and from nowhere special. The places we drive past, or near, every day. The scenery that makes up the rest of New Zealand somewhere other than the places you see all the time in tourist brochures. All of the photos here were taken within an hour of my house though. So I didn’t even need to go far to take them.
This is a road to work if you live round here. A commute if you likeA woolshed, we have lots of them in New Zealand. not so many with graffiti on the side though.You see this sort of thing on your way to work, not every day, but sometimes. You see the cows every day of course but the amazing rays less often.Looking north in the evening from our front lawn. So not quite an hour from my house.Steam train passing my house, out there.Jerusalem on the Wanganui River Road. Or Whanganui River Road. I believe the h is optional.A waterfall beside the Turakina Valley Road. Where? Yes, exactly, but it’s right there, beside the road.The Rata Church which is beside the Marae, or behind it depending on where you stand. I like the angel. She looks like a celestial umpire giving someone out.Mt Ruapehu at 8:30am. I know this gets in tourist brochures but not this shot and it is an hour from my house.A woolshed. I like a woolshed.I stood inside a cave and looked out.This is inside a glow worm cave most people are unaware of. It’s also about an hour from my house.Right inside the cave. Apparently the glow worms come out at night, inside the cave. I know right?Who doesn’t like a photo of an old derelict shed in the middle of nowhere?I’m not normally a fan of people leaving wrecks lying about the place but this scene works for me as a photograph. Like a graveyard in the middle of nowhere for machinery and stuff.The Makohine Viaduct. For a while it was the tallest viaduct in New Zealand at 73 metres high and 228 metres long. It’s no longer the highest viaduct in New Zealand but it is still high.
So, I hope you like the photos, this is the Southern Central North Island of New Zealand, randomly photographed here and there.
This is Iris. Iris is always in a hurry and moves about a lot. Even when she is not supposed to. Like when she is being called to somewhere else, Iris will often be hurrying in the opposite direction.This is Shackleton. His name has too many syllables for a dogs name. He is a galumby which is not a proper word but suits him perfectly.This is Bruno, he is given to yawning a lot, as though everything is a bit ‘meh’. Nothing excites him much apart from the smell of deerJeff loves his dinosaur. He would have called it dinny dinosaur if he had the power of speech.Look in to my eyes, there is a person in my eyes. I’m cool with itI want to be a Christmas card. I’m going to sit here, freezing in the snow until I get to be a Christmas cardSomeone said ‘Stay’. I’m a good dog, but I’m almost over the staying.Build me up? No seriously. I can hardly see a thing in here, how about mowing the lawns?Old Westie called Meg. This was the last photo of her. This is how an old lady should be remembered.One of these two knows something is about to happen. Up there. The other one doesn’t care.Terrier…..readyThe circle of life. A dogs life.They’ve never done that before. No dogs allowed on the sofa.Terriers…..ready! Terriers are always ready.
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