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Londonhttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/img_0159.jpgIMG_0159Lillehttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/img_0158.jpgIMG_0158Londonhttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/img_0157.jpgIMG_0157London2019-02-24T18:22:29+00:00monthlyhttps://sandyspics.blog/2018/09/30/central-south-island/https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/lake-matheson-mirror-lake.jpgLake Matheson Mirror LakeShothttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/hawea-lakeside.jpgHawea LakesideLake Haweahttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/plains.jpgPlainsBlue and Goldhttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/wanaka-reflection.jpgWanaka ReflectionLake Wanakahttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/valley.jpgValleyGlacial Valleyhttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/single-lane-bridge.jpgSingle Lane BridgeBridgehttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/roadworks.jpgRoadworksRoad 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Rangeshttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/plimmerton.jpgPlimmertonPorirua Harbourhttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/estuary-birds.jpgEstuary BirdsManawatu Riverhttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/rain-forest-waterfall.jpgRain Forest WaterfallDoubtful Soundhttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/lake-manapouri-reflections.jpgLake Manapouri ReflectionsLake Manapourihttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/doubtful-sound-forest.jpgDoubtful Sound ForestDoubtful Sound2018-06-27T04:11:28+00:00monthlyhttps://sandyspics.blog/about/https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/1900143_303601373179532_2068695711528333003_n.jpghttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/photo-6.jpgphoto-62018-04-26T19:04:14+00:00weekly0.6https://sandyspics.blog/2018/03/27/change-of-scenery/https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_3721.jpgKunekuneThis is the New Zealand pig, the kunekune. This is a happy one because he isn't being made into bacon. https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/opunake-dairy.jpgOpunake DairyClassic dairy, with updated paint job. Tip Top work. I've never been in that dairy. https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/marton-racecourse-2.jpgMarton Racecourse 2Wonder when the next race meeting is, I believe the last one was in 1980.https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/tackle.jpgtackleFooty is the lifeblood of New Zealand, some good mates enjoying the day. https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/cuba-espressoholic.jpgCuba EspressoholicKiwis drink more coffee than just about anyone. Often served by someone who looks and dresses like a gay lumberjackhttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/canterbury-maori-haka.jpgCanterbury Maori HakaNo day is complete in New Zealand without a rousing Maori haka, I think this was just a practice one though, or maybe these Wahine were saying hooray to the South Island. https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/hawkes-bay-wool-shed-shutes.jpgHawkes Bay Wool Shed ShutesShutes, for when the shearing is completehttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/eltham-nana-jaques.jpgEltham Nana JaquesThats a nice memorial to Nana Jacques, obviously much loved, I bet she'd be very proud. https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/busy-bee-dairy.jpgBusy Bee DairyThe great New Zealand dairy. This is a fine example of this iconic establishment.https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/gun-tunnel-grafitti_.jpgGun Tunnel Grafitti_It's nice that young people want to put their own flavour on the relics of the 2nd World War in New Zealand. Like in these old Harbour defence Artillery Emplacement tunnels2018-03-28T04:48:41+00:00monthlyhttps://sandyspics.blog/2018/01/06/back-home/https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/muapoko-street.jpgMuapoko StreetThat's my street at night. Awesome sunset. https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/mt-taranaki-early-am.jpgMt Taranaki early amMt 'Nakihttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_0434.jpgIMG_0434Portrait of Miss J, Wearing my hat.https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/dry-as.jpgDry asBeen a bit dry off late.https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/cottage.jpgCottageIt's still there.https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/akld.jpgAkldCity Lights, Aucklandhttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/akld-roads.jpgAkld RoadsAuckland at nighthttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/weds-03-01-18-part-2.jpgWeds 03-01-18 part 2Home, of an evening.https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/wake-boarding-one-handed.jpgWake boarding one handedKIte surfer, practicing at the new place in Foxton. It's called 'Off The Loop' Cable wake boarding among other awesome adventure activities. https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/turakina-cottage.jpgTurakina CottageI like this building.2018-01-07T04:56:34+00:00monthlyhttps://sandyspics.blog/2017/11/21/himatangi-beach/https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/yellow.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/wide.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/white.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/white-2.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/wall.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/tui.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/toetoes.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAOLYMPUS 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Headhttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/pelorus-sound-light-show.jpgPelorus Sound light showhttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/pukaki-shore-road.jpgPukaki shore roadhttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/nelson-marina-3.jpgNelson Marina-3https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/lake-benmore-road-trip.jpgLake Benmore Road triphttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/mt-taranaki-print.jpgMt Taranaki Printhttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/island-bay-brewd-front-on.jpgIsland Bay Brew'd front on2017-05-19T22:13:05+00:00monthlyhttps://sandyspics.blog/2017/03/26/dolphins/https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/dolphin-1.jpgDolphin 1This photo isn't that great, but you can see the Dolphins turned up in force.https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/dolphin-2.jpgDolphin 2https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/dolphin-watcher.jpgDolphin WatcherSo, they were out by Moa Point, which is where the Airport is when I saw them first.https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/dolphins-5.jpgDolphins 5https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/dolphins-air-nz.jpgDolphins AIr NZAs I said, near the Airporthttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/dolphins-lyall-bay-at-airport.jpgDolphins Lyall Bay at AirportNo, seriously a lot of Dolphinshttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/dolphins-lyall-bay.jpgDolphins Lyall Bayhttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/ferry-dolphins-leap.jpgFerry Dolphins leapYou can practically hear it squeaking, whoooooooohttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/ferry-dolphins-four.jpgFerry Dolphins FourSurf's up! https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/ferry-dolphin-scar.jpgFerry Dolphin scarNext to 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sailor.https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/vulcan-lane-walk.jpgvulcan-lane-walkWalk on byhttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/vulcan-lane-parking.jpgvulcan-lane-parkingNo Parkinghttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/up-mt-eden-road.jpgup-mt-eden-roadLooking the other way, towards the cityhttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/stables.jpgstablesNo horseshttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/st-heliers.jpgst-heliersBusy Saturday at the beach2017-03-11T21:02:52+00:00monthlyhttps://sandyspics.blog/2017/02/25/abstract-stuff/https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/cruise-prison-2.jpgcruise-prison-2https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/pihama-post-office.jpgpihama-post-officeClosed.https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/logs2.jpglogs2Logs.https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/abstract-graffiti.jpgabstract-graffitiThe Other Side Of The Fence.https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/paekak-freight-door.jpgpaekak-freight-doorOut Of Service.https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/containers.jpgcontainersContained.https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/colourful-garages-1.jpgcolourful-garages-13 flatshttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/bench.jpgbenchBlue Chairhttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/modern-art-creation.jpgmodern-art-creationSpace Age.https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/bw-bricks.jpgbw-bricksTate Modern, The Outside2017-02-25T02:59:27+00:00monthlyhttps://sandyspics.blog/2017/02/14/birds/https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/white-heron-sunday-flight.jpgwhite-heron-sunday-flighthttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/white-heron-sunday-admiring.jpgwhite-heron-sunday-admiringhttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/single-heron.jpgsingle-heronhttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/heron-single2.jpgheron-single2https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/takahe-colours.jpgtakahe-colourshttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/tui-step-off.jpgtui-step-offhttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/tui-flight.jpgtui-flighthttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/spoonbill-manawatu-wet-side.jpgspoonbill-manawatu-wet-sidehttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/kowhai-tui.jpgkowhai-tuihttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/tui-flax-awesome-pose.jpgtui-flax-awesome-pose2017-09-09T06:41:26+00:00monthlyhttps://sandyspics.blog/2014/11/10/no-smoking/https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/marton-racecourse_.jpgMarton Racecourse grandstand. The crowds moved out in 1980. Maybe nearby Palmerston North was more exciting.https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/shone.jpgSH1God rays over SH1 near Rata Straight first thing in the morning. 10x12 canvas $300https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/sheep-of-the-night.jpgSheep of the nightB&W of the old cottage beside SH1 near Marton 8x10 canvas $200https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/rangitikei-relic.jpgRangitikei relicB&W of cool old barn 8x10 canvas $200https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/no-smoking.jpgNo smokingChimney's, no house. Rangitkei 10x12 canvas $300https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/geese3.jpgWild GeeseGeese crossing Kawau Bay at sun rise. 10x12 canvas $200https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/derelict-house.jpgDerelict houseSpooky old house in the Manawatu, gloomy morning. 10x12 canvas $200https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/chimney.jpgchimneyThe remains of a long forgotten cottage in the Rangitikei2017-02-14T04:00:41+00:00monthlyhttps://sandyspics.blog/2014/11/10/pastoral-scenes/https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/windmills-full-sun.jpgwindmills full sunSee, more than 3, there are dozens. Most of them are behind me though. https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/hay-tractor.jpgHay tractorHay baling. I hated doing hay. Worst job of the summer. Mind you, the hay paddock can be a scene of some pretty epic summer colours if someone else is doing the work. Which is the best way to get the hay in.https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/rangitikei-river-view.jpgRangitikei River viewThe Rangitikei River. One of our finest, most beautiful winding rivers. Part of it was used as the Anduin River in the Lord of the Rings films. This information seems to have bypassed most of the LOTR fans who head straight for Hobbiton (which is in the Waikato. I'm pleased to say I had to look that up) and the South Island. Not so many Hobbit geeks wandering around the Rangitikei. https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/windmill-farm.jpgWindmill FarmThe Te Apiti Windmill Farm on the hills near the Manawatu Gorge. Many people hate windmills because they are an ugly blight on the landscape. If you've ever seen this windmill farm, you might change your mind. I think the word you might choose over ugly, is awesome. Even though awesome blight on the landscape still doesn't sound like a good thing. They are an amazing sight and apparently also generate an awful lot of electricity. Which is a good thing. https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/green-shed.jpgGreen shedCentral North Island, near Hunterville, this scene reminds me of a song by the New Christy Minstrels called 'Green green'. I wonder why?https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/old-cottage-10-14.jpgOld cottage 10.14The derelict cottage beside SH1 near Marton. Early morning light 10x12 canvas $300https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/yards.jpgYardsSun set on the sheep yards taken looking west from Mt Curl in the Rangikei. 10x12 canvas $200https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/topdressing5.jpgTop dressingFletcher flies low over the fence line in the Rangitikei 8x12 canvas $200https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/shed-rangitikei.jpgRangitikei ShedWonderful old bar with the evening sun striking through. Between Kimbolton and Cheltenham. 8x12 canvas $350https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/old-cottage.jpgOld cottageThe old cottage looks great in the right light. This is early morning. The cottage is beside SH1 near the Marton turn off. 8x12 canvas $2002018-02-16T08:11:48+00:00monthlyhttps://sandyspics.blog/2014/11/10/tunnel/https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/tunnel.jpgTunnelPeering through the rail underpass at Mt Ruapehu. Not much of a risk of being run over by a train in New Zealand.https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/ruapehu1.jpgRuapehu1Because Mt Ruapehu is so very big, you can see it from very far away. Like this from over 100 miles, or 160 kilometres distant.https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_1811.jpgRed SkyRed Sky in the morning 10x12 canvas $350https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_1757.jpgIMG_1757https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_14161.jpg01 January 2014New year dawns 8x12 canvas $350https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_03371.jpgIMG_0337https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/07june2.jpg07 June 201310x12 Canvas $250https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/06-june1.jpg06 June 201310x12 Canvas $250https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/ruapehu-09-11-5.jpgRuapehuClouds, not smoke above the active volcano. https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/ngaurohoe.jpgNgaurohoeStanding in the middle of SH1. 2017-02-14T03:58:43+00:00monthlyhttps://sandyspics.blog/2014/11/11/the-sun-rises-in-kawau-bay/https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_21131.jpgIMG_2113https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_1810.jpgRed skyRed Sky in the morning. 10x12 canvas $300https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/dawn-best.jpgEpic arisingThe day was going to be rough, possibly. 10x12 canvas $300https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/sunrise-27-06-14.jpgSunrise 27.06.14https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_2211.jpgStiltsPied Stilts crossing Kawau Bay 10x12 canvas $300https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_2113.jpgDuckDuck shooting season started at this very moment in 2013. The duck was probably better off where he was in Kawau Bay. 10x12 canvas $300https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_1994.jpgOrangeJust orange. 10x12 canvas $250https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_1817.jpgStormhttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/07june21.jpg07June2https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/seagull-sunrise1.jpgseagull sunrise2017-02-14T03:57:55+00:00monthlyhttps://sandyspics.blog/2014/11/12/you-take-the-high-road/https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/lodge-rainbow2.jpgRainbow on the glenRainbow on the glen. Western Highlands. 10x12 canvas $250https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/loch-arkaig.jpgLoch ArkaigWestern Highlands. Scotland 10x12 canvas $300https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/loch-and-leaves.jpgLoch and leavesLoch Arkaig, western Highlands. 10x12 canvas $250https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/bothy.jpgBothyBothy on the glen. Western Highlands of Scotland. 10x12 canvas $300https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/sunlight-distance.jpgSunlightSun breaks through over the distant hills. Western Highlands of Scotland. 10x12 canvas $300https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/glen-dessary-school.jpgThe old SchoolOld Corrugated iron School house on a remote Scottish Estate. Blown away in the last big storm up there. 10x12 canvas $3002017-02-14T03:56:50+00:00monthlyhttps://sandyspics.blog/2014/12/30/new-zealand-coastal-awesomeness/https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/mahurangi-west-2.jpgMahurangi West 2This is from Mahurangi West where most people never go, they don't go to Mahurangi East much either. New Zealand has an awful lot of places with few people visiting. Which is most excellent for those who prefer a bit of solitude with their awesome natural beauty.https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/wenderholm-boats.jpgWenderholm boatsThis is also Wenderholm. It get's two pictures here because it's so terribly calm and peaceful. This was taken at 8am on a Sunday Morning. When you were in bedhttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/fishing-small.jpgFishing-smallI went for a walk along the beach at last light, saw a bloke fishing. I don't think he caught anything though. He seemed happy enough.https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/fisher-kids-epic.jpgFisher kids epicI left the house to take this. I mean I know all my pictures require me to at least leave the room if not the house. But I popped down to the river to catch the last rays of this sunset. Pretty cool, even If I do say so myself. Which I think I'm allowed to?https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/tolaga-bay-jetty.jpgTolaga Bay JettyUnder the Jetty at Tolaga Bay. The longest Jetty in the Southern Hemisphere. This is the much sought after, under the jetty shot. All you have to do is get here, which is miles from anywhere, on a nice day at low tide. Simplehttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_0395.jpgIMG_0395https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/russell.jpgRussellhttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_2843.jpgIMG_2843If you found yourself in Russell of an evening, and fancied a quiet refreshing beverage. You might have this as your backdrop, or foreground, depending on where you sit.https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/old-log1.jpgold log1Gnarly old Pohutukawa stump, with added sceneryhttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/distant-boat-2.jpgDistant boat 2Messing about in boats in Kawau Bay. That person out there is doing a donut, in a boat2017-02-14T03:55:43+00:00monthlyhttps://sandyspics.blog/2015/02/16/a-pack-of-dogs/https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/website-terriers-ready.jpgWebsite terriers readyhttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/website-pups-sofa.jpgWebsite pups sofahttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/website-pup-circle.jpgWebsite Pup circlehttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/website-pip-ready.jpgWebsite Pip readyhttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/website-pip-and-bruno.jpgWebsite Pip and Brunohttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/website-meggie-last.jpgWebsite Meggie Lasthttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/website-meg-buttercups.jpgWebsite Meg Buttercupshttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/website-jessie-snow.jpgWebsite Jessie Snowhttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/website-jessie-sitting.jpgWebsite Jessie sittinghttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/website-jessie-close.jpgWebsite Jessie close2017-02-14T03:54:28+00:00monthlyhttps://sandyspics.blog/2015/03/15/one-hour-one-evening/2017-02-14T03:52:17+00:00monthlyhttps://sandyspics.blog/2015/03/28/stuff-in-the-middle-of-nowhere-in-particular-new-zealand/https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/halcombe-god-cattle2.jpgHalcombe God cattle2You 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.https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/viaduct.jpgViaductThe 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. https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/truck-graveyard-2.jpgtruck graveyard 2https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/old-shed.jpgOld shedWho doesn't like a photo of an old derelict shed in the middle of nowhere?https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/inner-cave-best.jpgRight inside the cave. Apparently the glow worms come out at night, inside the cave. I know right?https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/cave-mouth.jpgCave mouthThis is inside a glow worm cave most people are unaware of. It's about an hour from my house.https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/cave-mouth-best.jpgCave mouthI stood inside a cave and looked out. https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/woolshed-1.jpgWoolshed 1A woolshed. I like a woolshed.https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/ruapehu.jpgRuapehuMt Ruapehu at 8:30am. I know this gets in tourist brochures but not this shot and it is an hour from my house.https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/rata-church.jpgRata ChurchThe Rata Church which is beside the Marae, or behind it depending on where you stand.2017-02-14T03:51:29+00:00monthlyhttps://sandyspics.blog/2015/04/24/while-out-driving/2017-02-14T03:50:22+00:00monthlyhttps://sandyspics.blog/2015/05/04/here-and-there/https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/st-martins-church.jpgSt Martins Church, I walked around the grounds for ages to get the spire in the sun shot.https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/rangitikei-jump-2.jpgHuntsman from the Rangitikei Hunt Club. They don't actually hunt anything. They just get dressed up and ride about in the scenery.https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/foxton-sunset-3.jpgSunset from Foxton Beach. It's the best bit of Foxton Beach.https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/foxton-ruapehu-zoom.jpgThat's Mt Ruapehu, from Foxton Beach. just the 230 kilometres away. We have clear skies in New Zealand.https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/woolshed.jpgDerelict woolshed, near SH54, the Vinegar Hill road. Nobody knows why it's called Vinegar Hill.https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/weather-effect.jpgWeather effectI have no idea what you might call that atmospheric effect. Like a reverse rainbow sort of thing. Seen above the Wairarapa Hill countryhttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/tararuas.jpgHigh in the Tararua Ranges. I drove up the creatively named Heights Road to get here.https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/steam-train-speed.jpgWho doesn't love to stumble across a Steam Train passing through.https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/steam-train-2.jpgThe sign says look for trains, I found one.https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/ruapehu-looming.jpgThere's Mt Ruapehu again. From about 150 kilometres away. It's awesome.2017-02-14T03:49:35+00:00monthlyhttps://sandyspics.blog/2015/05/30/winters-coming/https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/top-of-the-mountain-road.jpgI call this one, 'Top of the Mountain road'. I'll let you puzzle over the hidden message in that title.https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/open-road.jpgThe open road, literally. The sign says so. https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/mountain-road.jpgI call this 'Mountain Road'. Because I took it on the Mountain Road. No need to make up names when the actual name is cool enough.https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/ruahine-snow.jpgThe Ruahine Ranges again, looking across the Rangitikei River Valley. Snowy and sunny. A perfectly photogenic combination https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/old-barn.jpgWho doesn't love a derelict barn with a tree growing out of the window on a remote country road. Just a hint of the Ruahine Ranges in the background.https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/autumn-reflective-pond.jpgNo snow here, but it's not far away. This is beside the Moawhango Valley Road, not a road you are likely to find by accident. It's up behind Taihape, in the middle of nowhere.https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/waiouru-sign.jpgTake care, like the sign sayshttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/snowy-woolshed.jpgThis is also high in the Rangitikei Hill Country, an old woolshed looking cool ij the snowy morning sunhttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/snowy-ruanhines.jpgThat's the mighty Rangitikei River Valley with a bit of snow on the Ruahine Ranges in the distance. Epic views across the lower North Island. https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/snow-shadow-2.jpgWe had a light dusting of snow in the Rangitikei hill country, I loved how the shadowed side of these hills took longer to thaw giving this cool effect on the landscape2018-05-12T00:17:20+00:00monthlyhttps://sandyspics.blog/2015/05/31/sunrise-in-the-centre/https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/halcombe-god-rays-cattle.jpgHalcombe God rays cattleYou'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. https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/ruapehu1.jpgRuapehu1Ruapehu again, over there, miles away in the morninghttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/cows-1.jpgCows 1Cold cows, earlyhttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/halcombe-morning.jpgHalcombe morningHalcombe, guess what time?https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/early-morning-rangitikei-river.jpgRangitkei River. Steam off the water looks coolhttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/derelict-house.jpgDerelict house, early, the ghosts aren't even up yet.https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/ruapehu-dawn-from-stormy-point.jpgMt's Ruapehu and Ngauruhoe, about 120 kilometres awayhttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/woolshed-dawn.jpgStill 7ish, bit of a theme of the hour in the morning setting in here. https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/vinegar-hill-dawn-3.jpg7ish, looking across the Rangitikeihttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/sunray-toetoes.jpgSunray toetoes7am or so, from the Feilding-Halcombe road2017-02-14T03:47:35+00:00monthlyhttps://sandyspics.blog/2015/06/27/cloudy-coolness/https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/rangitoto-dusk.jpgRangitito at Dusk, with a boat heading out to sea. This is the sort of thing you want to be looking at of an evening rather than the telly. Just saying.https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/awesome-rangitoto-clouds.jpgSame place, different day, slightly different angle. Big skies up there.https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/awesome-auckland-clouds.jpgAwesome Auckland cloudshttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/arkles-bay.jpgOver there at the bottom right is Rangitito Island to give some perspective to this epic cloud formation. Early morning in Arkles Bay.https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/sunset-clouds-and-moon.jpgCumulonimbus. I know I said I wasn't going to name any clouds. But this is amazing. The entire top of the Whangaparoa Peninsula obliterated by a nuclear explosion, is what a Cumulonimbus looks like in this instancehttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/god-rays-halcombe.jpgThis is an unremarkable place in the Manawatu. Made interesting only by the sun striking through the clouds. I'm sure there is also lots of local history the local people are very proud of though.https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/low-cloud-rangitikei-4.jpgRangitikei river valley, full of fog, love this stuff. There's a river down there, I expect it has something to do with the valley hugging foggy clouds.https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/yard-rays.jpgI put a lot of care and thought into naming my images. I call this 'Yard Rays'. I know.https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/ruapehu-rail.jpgRuapehu Railhttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/napier-driftwood-beach.jpgSouth of Napier, Hawkes Bay. Storm front brewing but the storm wasn't here. Still, as you can see, the beach is not one for sunbathing so that's good to know if you'd ever considered such a thing and felt a special trip to Napier might be in order. Make the trip by all means. Don't swim or sunbathe, drink wine.2017-02-14T03:46:34+00:00monthlyhttps://sandyspics.blog/2015/07/11/oceans-rivers-and-lakes/https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/rangitikei-river-valley.jpgI've said it before and I'll say it again, I like a nice valley. This is one of my favourites. The upper reaches of the Rangitikei River. Seen from Toetoe road. I know it's a funny name for a road but it's a splendid view. Toetoe is pronounced toy toy and it's a sort of pampas grass kind of thing.https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/autumn-river-south.jpgRangitikei River, near Utiku, looks calm enough now, you should have seen it a few weeks ago, washing away bridges it was. Not this bridge though.https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/manawatu-floods.jpgLooks pretty, it's disastrous, those are flood waters. Manawatu flats under water. The Manawatu river is a long way from here.https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/ruapehu-over-wanganui-2.jpgWhanganui River, with Mt Ruapehu in the distance, 120 kilometres distant. That's a 9,117 foot high volcano, 120 kilometres away.https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/old-river-valley.jpgUpper reaches of the Rangitikei River. That's it really.https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/leedstown-firey-sunrise-best.jpgThis is here because the water in the watercourses down there is orange, which is cool.https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/manawatu-river-reflection.jpgIf you showed this photo to someone and said this was the Mouth of the Manawatu River at Foxton, they wouldn't believe you. Go on, try it, ask someone.https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/manawatu-river-reflection-with-net.jpgThat's looking out to sea across the Manawatu River. Fishing net with attendant Seagull beside the beach.https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/manawatu-river-mouth.jpgThis is at the Manawatu River mouth, Foxton Beach. Looking inland at the Tararua Ranges. They've got snow on them under that cloud. I was hoping to get some snow in the shot as well. Not today.https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/himatangi-river-beach_.jpgAlong the coast from Himatangi to Foxton beach these little rivulets flow across the beach and out to sea, see?2017-02-14T03:45:30+00:00monthlyhttps://sandyspics.blog/2015/07/20/up-down-and-far-away-winter/2017-02-14T03:44:46+00:00monthlyhttps://sandyspics.blog/2015/08/13/photos-from-my-place/https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/passing-birds.jpgAfter the day has gone, just after, the light changes again, and some sea birds happen by. https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/low-sun-awesomeness.jpgIf you don't look directly at the last light of a Sunday, you can look at the sea shore instead, which has it's own meritshttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dont-look-at-the-sun.jpgIt's the last hurrah of a Sunday. Didn't anyone ever tell you not to look directly at the Sun?https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/angry-clouds.jpgThis was a Sunday, any other Sunday, every Sunset is different of course. The clouds look a bit angryhttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/wonky-shed.jpgWonky shedhttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/shed-shadows.jpgDo-er upper. This is on the way home, or out, depends on where I am goinghttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/epic-glow.jpgMoments after the sun sank beneath the horizon, Tuesday evening at my place. https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/beach-river2.jpgWhile looking out to sea, I can look right, up the coast, that's the way Northhttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/4th-sunset.jpgSame Tuesday, the clouds have eyeshttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/1st-sunset_.jpgWalking up to the sunset after work, on a Tuesday2017-02-14T03:43:54+00:00monthlyhttps://sandyspics.blog/2015/08/24/at-the-end-of-the-day/https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/passing-people.jpgPassing people, golden glowhttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/taranaki-horizon.jpgOn the horizon, in the distance is Mt Taranaki, 210 Kilometres distanthttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/sun-set-thursday.jpgLooks like Summer, it isn't. This is Winterhttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/last-light-thursday.jpgLast sighting of the Sun on a Thursdayhttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/kite-surfing-beach.jpgKite Surfer walking in, had enough for the eveninghttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/peeking-sun.jpgClouds trying to hide the sun. Sun winshttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/walking-up.jpgWalking up to dusk, 200 metres from my front doorhttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dead-tree-moon.jpgFull Moon, dead tree, moody eveninghttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/ruahine-sunset-best.jpgBlue Mountains, pink hues, cool dusk toneshttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/old-barn.jpgThat barn isn't there anymore, shame, it was a nice barn2017-02-14T03:43:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sandyspics.blog/2015/09/25/road-trips/https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/epic-sky.jpgEpic SkyFinally, this is also a photo I'm confident nobody else has ever taken. A paddock and some trees side the road half way between Palmerston North and Himatangi Beach. I think it's the sky that carries it though, to be fair.https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/mountain-barn.jpgManawatu, from the road, old hay barn. Tararua Ranges. nothing to see here...https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/waitbaiting.jpgFrom beside the Manwatu River Estuary. It's Whitebaiting season. There's one. A Whitebaiter that is. Don't think it's Beaver.https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/sunday-driftwood-toetoes.jpgSunday driftwood Toetoeshttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/roadhouse-blues.jpgThe Roadhouse, perfect Roadhouse blues setting. Middle of nowhere Manawatuhttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/epic-tree.jpgA bit of driftwood beside the road at Himatangi, the beach is a road remember?https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/speed-sign.jpgThat's a road, there's a speed limit, see?https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/morning-tararuas.jpgYou know what that is? That's an unremarkable view from the side of the road in New Zealand. I bet nobody has ever taken this photo beforehttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/half-barn.jpgOld barn, farm paddocks and the Ruahine Ranges. Stark light, morning tea time.https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/fuel-tank.jpgThe light was rubbish, photographers would say don't take photos in this sort of light. I don't care.2017-02-14T03:42:10+00:00monthlyhttps://sandyspics.blog/2015/10/17/between-the-mountains-and-the-sea/https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/kiwi-rail-kaikoura.jpgTaking the Train in New Zealand is slow but scenic, this is the 'Coastal Pacific. I think they call it that because it follows the Pacific Coast but I'm just guessing at that.https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/tory-channel.jpgAfter a rough crossing of Cook Strait, turning into the Marlborough Sounds through the Tory Channel is like walking into a library off a busy street. A giant outdoor nature library on a sunny day sort of thing.https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/kaikoura-seaspray.jpgOn a rough crossing in Cook Strait, the large bit of water between the North and South Island's you sometimes get these sea spray 'rainbows'. You have to be quick to photograph them as they come and go. Plus you risk a salt water soaking of your camera. You decide if it's worth it. https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/sunset-wednesday-epic-beauty.jpgWhat better way to finish than with the sun dropping beneath the Western Horizon. I'm standing just feet from a public highway here and barely an hour from a mountain range behind me.https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/morning-misty-fence2.jpgOne day when I can afford better camera equipment than I have. I can capture this sort of amazing early morning scene better. Between the mountains and the sea. The Mountains are half an hours drive in front of me here and the sea is 15 minutes drive behind me.https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/misty-morning-fence.jpgEarly morning Manawatu. I drive past this sort of thing from time to time. Manawatu is mostly flat, lying between the Rhine and Tararua Ranges and the Tasman Sea. https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/massive-rainbow.jpgRainbow, kicking off an early morning, inland.https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/ruapehu-northern-explorer.jpgI like a train track heading towards a mountain. The title of this post made reference to mountains. That's the biggest one in the North Island. Mt Ruapehu. It's quite far from the sea.https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/ruahines.jpgThe Ruahine Ranges, on the other side of them is Hawkes Bay.https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/old-shed.jpgInland, far inland, almost a whole hours drive the sea in one direction, well over two hours in the other. 2017-02-14T03:41:25+00:00monthlyhttps://sandyspics.blog/2015/11/11/the-moon/https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/arkles-bay-moon.jpgLet's face it, this looks like the end of the world. Amazing clouds with accompanying moon over Whangaparaoa Peninsular. https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/sh1-moon.jpgMoon rising over State Highway One. Near the Vinegar Hill SH54 turn off.https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/moon-yacht.jpgYachting by moonlight. Kawau Bay at Dusk.https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/moon-sinking.jpgMoon sinking into the clouds, Rangitikei at dawn.https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/moon-over-snells.jpgAmazing clouds and full moon. Kawau Bay. https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/moon-and-trees.jpgMoon and treeshttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/moon-and-shed-2.jpgDawn, early moon in Rangitikei. With a derelict cottagehttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/moon-and-balloon.jpgThe moon and a balloon. Surrey, Englandhttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/misty-moon.jpgMisty moon. Ok I'm stretching the other stuff in the frame here as the other stuff is just mist. Hunterville.https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/hunterville-full-moon-zoom.jpgHunterville Full Moon zoom2017-02-14T03:39:56+00:00monthlyhttps://sandyspics.blog/2015/11/30/sheds-and-barns/https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/rustic-barn.jpgRustic Barnhttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/mountain-barn-best.jpgMountain Barn Besthttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/ruapehu09-11-1.jpgRuapehu09.11.1https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/wool-barn-after.jpgWool barn afterhttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/snowy-barn.jpgsnowy barnhttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/sh32-whakamaru.jpgSH32 Whakamaruhttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/rangiwhaia-woolshed.jpgRangiwhaia woolshedhttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/cow-barn.jpgCow-Barnhttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/rangiwhaia-woolshed-two.jpgRangiwhaia woolshed twohttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/mountain-barn.jpgMountain Barn2018-02-16T08:11:02+00:00monthlyhttps://sandyspics.blog/2015/12/20/wellington-bays/https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/wellington-cable-car-classic.jpgWellington cable car classichttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/miramar-peninsula.jpgMiramar Peninsulahttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/breaker-bay-seagull.jpgBreaker Bay seagullhttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/oriental-bay.jpgOriental Bayhttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/breaker-bay-pinnacle-rocks.jpgBreaker Bay Pinnacle Rockshttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/karaka-bay-jetty.jpgKaraka Bay Jettyhttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/worser-bay-jetty.jpgWorser Bay jettyhttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/kaikouras-from-moa-point.jpgKaikouras from Moa Pointhttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/worser-bay.jpgWorser Bayhttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/island-bay.jpgIsland Bay2017-02-14T03:38:07+00:00monthlyhttps://sandyspics.blog/2016/01/07/the-tui/2017-02-14T03:37:29+00:00monthlyhttps://sandyspics.blog/2016/01/09/a-walk-in-the-woods/https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/jurassic-path1.jpgJurassic pathhttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/jurassic-path2.jpgJurassic path2https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/baby-fantail-song.jpgBaby Fantail songhttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/jurassic-path3.jpgJurassic path3https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/light-on-the-floor.jpgLight on the floorhttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/path-1.jpgPath 1https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/fantail-light.jpgFantail lighthttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/fantail-closer.jpgFantail closer2017-02-14T03:36:58+00:00monthlyhttps://sandyspics.blog/2016/02/06/summer-sunsets-at-the-beach/https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/long-beach-one.jpgLong Beach onehttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/himi-beach-post-sunset.jpgHimi Beach post sunsethttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/himi-beach-tree-two.jpgHimi beach tree twohttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/himi-beach-sunset.jpgHimi Beach sunsethttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/evolution-of-a-cloud-bank-1.jpgEvolution of a cloud bank 1https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/himi-inlet-sunset.jpgHimi Inlet sunsethttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/himi-beach-light.jpgHimi beach lighthttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/himi-beach-people.jpgHimi beach peoplehttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/kapiti.jpgKapitihttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/thursday-night-himatangi.jpgThursday Night Himatangi2017-02-14T03:36:04+00:00monthlyhttps://sandyspics.blog/2016/02/14/road-trip/https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/lake-matheson-purple.jpgLake Matheson purpleLake Matheson in the pre dawn light. The clouds rolled in and covered up the mountains quite quickly. So you only get a shot in the dark on this particularly day.https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/heron-river-bank.jpgHeron River BankThat's where the White Herons nest in New Zealand. Just there. Only that little bit of forest, nowhere else. It's quite amazing really. When I say that bit of forest. Just that little bit there. That's all of it, their entire nesting area.https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/west-coast-look-north-hill-top.jpgWest Coast Look North hill topLooking north up the West Coast. It's rugged and remote. I like it here.https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/buller-river-upstream.jpgBuller River upstreamBuller River. https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/buller-gorge.jpgBuller GorgeBuller Gorge. You can probably fish in that.https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/arthurs-pass-barren.jpgArthurs Pass barrenArthurs Pass Highway. It's a bit barren up there. A lot of tourists though. There are only 3 roads that cross the South Island. This is the middle one.https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/buller-gorge-sun.jpgBuller Gorge sunThe Buller Gorge. Better than the Manawatu Gorge if anyones asking.https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/waimakariri-river-arthurs-pass.jpgWaimakariri River Arthurs PassThe amazing Waimakariri River Valley at Arthurs Pass. Mid summer. Bit of rain must be due?https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/te-mahia-bay.jpgTe Mahia BayThis is Te Mahia Bay in the Marlborough Sounds. It's nice here.https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/punakaiki-rocks-north-east2.jpgPunakaiki Rocks North East2That's the 'West Coast'. Near Punakaiki Rocks. The entire West Coast of New Zealand is the West Coast, but this bit is called the West Coast. 2017-02-14T03:35:02+00:00monthlyhttps://sandyspics.blog/2016/05/05/reflections/https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/scottish-loch.jpgScottish Lochhttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/autumn-pond-3.jpgAutumn pond 3https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/autumn-reflective-pond.jpgAutumn reflective pondhttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/best-scottish-reflection1.jpgBest Scottish Reflection1https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/boat-reflections.jpgBoat reflectionshttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/seagull-sunrise.jpgSeagull sunrisehttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/manawatu-river-reflection.jpgManawatu River reflectionhttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/himi-awesome-clouds.jpgHimi awesome cloudshttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/fur-seal-ignoring.jpgFur Seal ignoringhttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/tern-reflection-focus.jpgTern reflection focus2017-02-14T03:33:25+00:00monthlyhttps://sandyspics.blog/2016/06/14/new-gear/https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/heath-goal-strike.jpgHeath Goal strikehttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/kaka-colour.jpgKaka colourhttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_0126.jpgIMG_0126https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wrights-hill-awesome-cloud.jpgWrights Hill Awesome cloudhttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/spoonbill-wading.jpgSpoonbill wadinghttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/titahi-bay-bright-boat-sheds.jpgTitahi Bay bright Boat Shedshttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/high-tide.jpgHigh Tidehttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/city-half-light.jpgCity half lighthttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/saddleback-foraging.jpgSaddleback foraginghttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wellington-evening-long-exposure.jpgWellington evening long exposure2017-02-14T03:32:49+00:00monthlyhttps://sandyspics.blog/2016/09/17/tourist/https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/wing.jpgwinghttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/remarkables.jpgremarkableshttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/remarkable-lenticulars.jpgremarkable-lenticularshttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/queenstown-sunset-tuesday.jpgqueenstown-sunset-tuesdayhttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/lake-whakatipu-1.jpglake-whakatipu-1https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/forest-colours.jpgforest-colourshttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/falcon-one.jpgfalcon-onehttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/cottage.jpgcottagehttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/chinese-workers-cottage-2.jpgchinese-workers-cottage-2https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/blossoms.jpgblossoms2017-02-14T03:32:05+00:00monthlyhttps://sandyspics.blog/2016/11/26/back-in-the-capital/https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/wilson-street.jpgwilson-streethttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/watching.jpgwatchinghttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/vanguard.jpgvanguardhttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/turnbull.jpgturnbullhttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/tower.jpgtowerhttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/tinakori-road.jpgtinakori-roadhttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/te-kainga.jpgte-kaingahttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/taco-shop.jpgtaco-shophttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/steep-street.jpgsteep-streethttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/statue.jpgstatue2017-02-14T03:30:09+00:00monthlyhttps://sandyspics.blog/2016/12/02/before-the-sun-comes-up/https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/early-mist.jpgearly-mistLow fog, or mist, or whatever. Creeping over a farm fence. Manawatu.https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/seagull.jpgseagullThe sunrise was so awesome, even the seagull stopped to watchhttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/red-sky.jpgred-skyYou know the phrase 'red sky in the morning'? Well this is an epic warning. https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/stilts-at-dawn.jpgstilts-at-dawnOnce again, Kawau Bay, different day. Place of contrasts and all thathttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/epic-morning.jpgepic-morningI love Kawau Bay. https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dawn-best.jpgdawn-bestSame place, different day.https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/06-june.jpg06-juneJune the 6th. https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/epic.jpgepicState Highway One in the Rangitikei, from Leedstown Road. Most people don't know where that is.https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/cows.jpgcowsHalcombe cows don't care about the sun coming up.https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/shed.jpgshedShed, early.2017-12-08T10:56:48+00:00monthlyhttps://sandyspics.blog/2017/01/13/the-far-end-of-the-world/https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/tomb.jpgtombhttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/routemaster.jpgroutemasterhttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/palace.jpgpalacehttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/horses.jpghorseshttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/horse-guards-parade-ground.jpghorse-guards-parade-groundhttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/highbury-fields.jpghighbury-fieldshttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/general.jpggeneralhttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/doors.jpgdoorshttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/castle-coombe.jpgcastle-coombehttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/buckingham-palace.jpgbuckingham-palace2017-02-14T03:28:30+00:00monthlyhttps://sandyspics.blog/2017/02/01/the-lonely-mountain/https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/cabbage-trees.jpgcabbage-treesPastoral, volcanic. https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/te-rewa-rewa-bridge-sunrise.jpgte-rewa-rewa-bridge-sunrisehttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/lake-view-taranaki1.jpglake-view-taranakihttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/taranaki-distance.jpgtaranaki-distancehttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/taranaki-sheep.jpgtaranaki-sheephttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/taranaki-road-trip-2.jpgtaranaki-road-trip-2https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/taranaki-from-himi-2.jpgtaranaki-from-himi-2https://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/odd-tree-and-taranaki.jpgodd-tree-and-taranakihttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/mt-taranaki-from-plateau.jpgmt-taranaki-from-plateauhttps://sandyspics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/mt-naki-rail-bridge.jpgmt-naki-rail-bridge2018-02-16T02:51:18+00:00monthlyhttps://sandyspics.blogdaily1.02021-10-26T02:19:15+00:00