I’m not even going to pad this out with words, well not many words. If you come here a bit you’ll know I spend a lot of time on the road. I’m lucky that I live in New Zealand which is the worlds greatest road trip. People travel from all over the world to see this stuff and I just have to leave the house. These images are some that I have captured since my previous Dolphins post, which was just over a month ago. As far as a travel experience goes, it’s truly epic out there in New Zealand. I almost couldn’t believe I’d covered this much territory in under a month. I should get out more…
Near Pipiriki, Whanganui Region.Raetihi, Central PlateauRatana Church, Raetihi, Central PlateauWaitonga Falls Walkway, Mt Ruapehu, Central Plateau.Sunrise near Raetihi, Mt Ruapehu, Central PlateauOtago HarbourEglignton Valley, Fiordland National ParkPortobello, Otago PeninsulaLake Benmore, Mackenzie Country. CanterburyMackenzie Country, CanterburyLake Pukaki and the Southern Alps, Mackenzie Country.Taiaroa Head, Otago.Te Anau, SouthlandNelson Marina, Nelson.Pelorus Sound from Queen Charlotte Drive, Marlborough Sounds.Mount Taranaki from Lake Mangamahoe, New Plymouth, Taranaki.The Pub in my local village. End of the trip. That’s not my car though.
Once upon a time. I spent a lot of time out and about before and during the sunrise. I should do that more often.
State Highway One in the Rangitikei, from Leedstown Road. Most people don’t know where that is.Halcombe cows don’t care about the sun coming up.Shed, early.Road to nowhere, literally.June the 6th.Same place, different day.I love Kawau Bay.Once again, Kawau Bay, different day. Place of contrasts and all thatYou know the phrase ‘red sky in the morning’? Well this is an epic warning.The sunrise was so awesome, even the seagull stopped to watchLow fog, or mist, or whatever. Creeping over a farm fence. Manawatu.
Get up early. Sunrise is often way cooler than sunset.
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.
The dawn of 2014, 6:15am January 1st. The year appears calm in it’s arrival.June 7th, 2013. An unremarkable day arrives in a most splendid mannerJune 6th 2013. The day before the day before, up there, above this one. I never get sick of this stuff.The day dawned so awesome, even the seagull stopped to watch. You try getting an inquisitive early morning gull to turn it’s back on you.Peaceful morning in Kawau Bay. Still, the stilts have had enough.The day was going to be rough, possibly. Seagull flies into the shot. I have this exact same image without the seagull. Some prefer it that way.Just orange. Most people lie in bed and miss out on this sort of thing.Duck shooting season started at this very moment in 2013. The duck was probably better off where he was in Kawau Bay.Red Sky in the morning. It was a very nice day though, so there goes that old wives tale, or sailors legend, or something.
