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2013-04-07 05:12:41 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 7 +1s)

Cemeteries can be such interesting places to explore - so much history. I would love to know the stories behind some of the people's gravestones.

Door to the Afterlife

2013-01-08 09:33:41 (10 comments, 2 reshares, 21 +1s)

My entry for The Plus One Collection 2012
#PlusOneCollection2012 project by +Ivan Makarov. All info at https://plus.google.com/+PlusOneCollection

Picture was taken out in the sand dunes on the west coast of the North Island NZ. The rolling in of a westerly storm front in early Spring.

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2012-10-23 07:29:56 (14 comments, 1 reshares, 33 +1s)

One of the crater lakes at the top of Mt Tongariro.
Crikey it was cold up there.

2012-09-25 10:01:53 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 13 +1s)

The swamp behind the sand dunes drains slowly to the sea but makes for a great vista

2012-09-10 22:59:15 (8 comments, 1 reshares, 15 +1s)

From Whatipu on the northern head of the Manukau Harbour - a storm front typical of the spring wather coming off the Tasman Sea;

2012-09-09 08:28:52 (6 comments, 1 reshares, 10 +1s)

Went out to the west coast last weekend and encountered some of the last of the winter weather fronts coming through.  Taken at Whatipu.

2012-06-01 06:54:13 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 9 +1s)

Last minute submission to #plusoneissue1   magazine created by +Ivan Makarov 

2012-05-06 09:01:57 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

2012-02-23 03:54:42 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 11 +1s)

Italian Window

From Verona for #WindowWednesday curated by +Jules Hunter +Simon Kitcher +Jason Kowing +Cheryl Cooper and +Martin Ober

2012-02-22 08:34:35 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

2012-02-21 17:27:26 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 9 +1s)

2012-01-11 06:52:41 (5 comments, 1 reshares, 12 +1s)

Things that are purple

Visited the local wintergardens in the Domain last week and thsi was out.

#PurpleCircle curated by: +lynn langmade +Craig Szymanski +Sinead Sam McKeown and +Alexis Coram
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2012-01-09 06:59:23 (12 comments, 3 reshares, 26 +1s)

#MoonMonday - curated by +Stephen Krieg and +sylvain roux
#PanoPoker - The Moon - curated by +Mike Spinak and +Barry Blanchard
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2012-01-06 23:55:04 (8 comments, 0 reshares, 8 +1s)

Zephyr is a Wheaton terrier - poodle cross but often his terrier genes come to the fore!

For #FidoFriday curated by +Wes Lum +mel peifer and +Lisa Lisa

2012-01-06 20:51:42 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 10 +1s)

For #FloralFriday curated by +Tamara Pruessner
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2012-01-06 20:47:07 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

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2012-01-05 06:12:06 (9 comments, 1 reshares, 8 +1s)

For #WindowWednesday curated by the indefatigable +Simon Kitcher +Jules Hunter +Jason Kowing and aided this week +Ken Rathke
A New Zealand interpretation of spiritual themes from one of the city's cathedrals.

2012-01-05 04:53:50 (5 comments, 0 reshares, 17 +1s)

+Roni Delmonico has kicked butt to get off holiday chuff and post some images. This is from a previous holiday down the South Island when a storm front moved across the valley.

#PlusPhotoExtract by +Jarek Klimek

2011-12-21 09:03:00 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

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2011-12-21 08:51:47 (4 comments, 1 reshares, 22 +1s)

Bethell's Beach Afterglow

After the sunset the colours come out to play.

For #SunsetSaturday by +TJ Kelly
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2011-12-14 09:41:17 (5 comments, 1 reshares, 9 +1s)

Scrapbook Photos

2011-12-13 10:00:06 (15 comments, 7 reshares, 25 +1s)

#SeaTuesday curated by +Julia Anna Gospodarou
#MyTownTuesday curated by +Melanie Kintz and +Eric Leslie

I went out to the west coast beach to catch the sunset after work. The kahawai were running , giving the surf casters a lot of action. The wind was howling, causing huge waves to break out on the sand bar on the horizon.

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2011-12-09 09:57:04 (8 comments, 0 reshares, 14 +1s)

A bit of juggling fire for #FireFriday curated by +Grayson Hartman
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2011-12-08 23:30:53 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 16 +1s)

For #ThirstyThursdayPics

Curated by +Giuseppe Basile

These are fisherman's cottages next to an estuary in northern New Zealand.
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2011-12-08 08:14:32 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

#WindowWednesday Curated by +Jules Hunter and +Simon Kitcher

2011-12-08 08:07:20 (5 comments, 0 reshares, 9 +1s)

+Scott Jarvie asked people to share their favourite image.

This was one was from my first ever photowalk and I didn't really know what I was doing but felt excited about the possibilities. This fellow was a moving man and he and his companion had struggled to get this mirror into the back of the truck.

Pausing he glanced into the mirror and I love it because it looks and though it is just he and his reflection holding up the mirror and admiring one another.

That image while technically not great really gave me that excitement for capturing the moment that keeps me in photography.

#Photofave

2011-12-07 05:00:37 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 9 +1s)

I have the privilege of guest commenter over on #WindowWednesday curated by the classy grassy +Jules Hunter and the equally classy glassy +Simon Kitcher

Stop by and look at the great album at +Window Wednesday

2011-12-07 04:56:18 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

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2011-12-06 08:06:46 (7 comments, 1 reshares, 11 +1s)

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2011-12-04 02:28:34 (14 comments, 0 reshares, 11 +1s)

Opening up the Scavenger Hunt Album




I an in awe at the amount of work +Chrysta Rae must have put in and vote you to GODDESS status.

Huge thanks to your compatriots +Alan Shapiro and +Lee Daniels - what a tough job and ALan I will now endeavour to become more arty.

Huge thanks to the other contestants there were some amazing inspiring images through all those.

2011-11-29 22:59:51 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 14 +1s)

For #TransportTuesday curated by +Gene Bowker

2011-11-29 08:31:02 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 8 +1s)

Contribution to #GrassTuesday curated by +Ray Bilcliff

Sunset in the Waikato
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2011-11-29 07:41:40 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 5 +1s)

My contribution to #TransportTuesday curated by +Gene Bowker

From the Glenbrook Vintage Railway

2011-11-28 17:31:41 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 5 +1s)

#MirrorMonday curated by +Gemma Costa , +Elizabeth Edwards and +Jonny Scholes

The Rear Vision Mirror
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2011-11-28 08:56:42 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 12 +1s)

Contribution to #MonochromeMonday curated by +Siddharth Pandit

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2011-11-27 04:16:49 (6 comments, 1 reshares, 7 +1s)

#RuralSaturday

Curated by +Mario Cerroni

A barely functional woolshed that has seen better days!
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2011-11-27 04:13:41 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

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2011-11-27 03:57:23 (5 comments, 0 reshares, 6 +1s)

Thanks to +Jules Hunter I remembered this shot for #BenchSaturday curated by +Rainer M. Ritz . I always wonder who the previous occupant was and whether they left the bench in a happier frame of mind.
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2011-11-25 08:08:18 (2 comments, 3 reshares, 10 +1s)

My contribution to

#ForestFriday curated by +Rudolf Vlček
#FlowingWaterFriday curated by +Rolf Hicker

This is a small stream that crosses the Routeburn track in the South Island of New Zealand.
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2011-11-24 10:42:07 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 13 +1s)

For #ThirstyThursdayPics curated by +Giuseppe Basile

When Captain Cook first discovered New Zealand he rowed up this river looking for provisions - the banks were covered in forest then - its now all farm land.

#PlusPhotoExtract

2011-11-23 09:14:48 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

2011-11-22 10:11:30 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

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2011-11-21 10:27:01 (6 comments, 0 reshares, 11 +1s)

For #MirrorMonday curated by +Elizabeth Edwards and +Gemma Costa
A moment from down the marina.

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2011-11-21 10:19:26 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

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2011-11-20 08:28:12 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

2011 Scavenger Hunt Alistair McNaughton

2011-11-20 08:28:12 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

2011 Scavenger Hunt Alistair McNaughton

2011-11-17 06:43:56 (5 comments, 1 reshares, 12 +1s)

I think this week is #LighthouseThursday curated by +Heiko Köster

This is Whatipu lighthouse that guards the mouth of the Manukau Harbour. It shines across the Manukau Bar the scene of New Zealand's worst maritime disaster when the HMS Orphesus foundered on the bar in 1863 with a loss of 289 lives.

2011-11-17 05:30:19 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Landscapes

2011-11-14 18:06:14 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 10 +1s)

For #MountainMonday, #PhotoplusExtract


The view from the top of the Routebourn Valley, in the South Island of New Zealand. One of the great walks of the world. The setting sun picking up the bank of cloud over the mountain.

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2011-11-14 17:58:04 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

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