For quite some time I was meaning to visit the bachelors at Sinclair. The usual 'Oh, can't be bothered today', 'No sun. Not great for photos', 'Too cold' or 'Too windy' got in my way. Yesterday I finally managed to get myself in my […]
Tag: walk
Winds from west
Finally got around to posting the pics I took on a wheeled excursion to West Wind Recreational Area & Wind farm. (Click the thumbnails above to see the photo gallery ;)) …
A long walk to Makara Peak and back
Sunday morning was beautiful. After a great day out on these hills on Waitangi Day, I was keen to do another longish walk. The route I had in mind was to walk up the spur that I came down on Waitangi Day and carry […]
On Crows Nest On Waitangi Day
The Crow's Nest is the prominent peak towering over the Wellington suburbs of Crofton Downs and Ngaio. I have been to this handsome peak twice before. I was meaning to visit the peak again for some time. It's time I rectified the situation. Waitangi […]
Walk to Mrs Chippy
Had a first walk of the year today. Actually the first walk for some time. The purpose of today's walk was to pay a visit to Mrs Chippy and her master. …
NZ Navy 70th Anniversary walk
Last week was New Zealand Navy's 70th Year Anniversary Week, which brought 11 of its 14 naval ships in Wellington Harbour. On the Saturday the 1st, I took my camera out with an intention to take a few naval pictures. It turned out no […]
Themed walk
Went for a bush-hill walk for the first time in a while. I was also in pursuit of some old relics, which is the theme for April at Shoot&Tell. Weather at first wasn't great for walk or photography, but became better by 11. I […]
Walk to garden
Wellington City Botanic Garden held the Annual Rose Festival last weekend at its Lady Norwood Rose Garden. Unfortunately the weather wasn't that great for photography, so as the expected big crowds, which would have a disproportionally large number of people named "Rose", who would […]
Right or left old or new
During the past week or so I've been trying to reintroduce some moderate exercise into my daily routine as a means to calm down my unruly alien in my chest. Having to live with this alien (aka Premature Ventricular Contractions or PVCs) has certainly […]
Te Ahumairangi or the hill with many names
The words on Twitter were that there is a new lookout built on the Northland end of what formerly referred to as Tinakori Hill, and will be officially opened tomorrow. The sources such as Wellington City Council and Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand […]
