There's a Japanese saying "Taihu ikka no seiten" meaning 'The sky is bluest after a typhoon past.' After the hail storm the day before, I went out for a short walk to find the bluest sky on top of Tinakori Hill. …

I used an old less used track off the play ground by Pembrook Street. First the track was muddy and slimy through a small gully but soon it became drier. After crossing two current wider tracks, and climbing diagonally through the pines, I intercepted the current track from Glamorgan Street roadend. In about 25 minutes of leaving home, I popped up at southern end of Tinakori Hill and was greated with yet another beautiful views.

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  Suburbia, sea & hills
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  Wind turbines & snowy peaks above hill side suburbia
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  Our beautiful city
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  Raggedy peak

There were also some interesting utility structures on top. Climbing up on a concret structure behind the towers, presumeably housing some machinery for the water tanks. A great harbour view could be had.

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  With special decoration
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  Three towers, actually
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  White sails on blue sea
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  Pollens bite dust, no, mud!!!

Thanks to the power of hailsones, the annoying pine pollens have been delivered to their rightful position, on the ground.

The white tops of Tararua Southern Crossing greeted me in a distance. Beautiful but also could be a very dangerous and scary place to be.