Ever since I saw
Katherine's posting of her interpretation of a
Hawkes Bay landscape I've been intending to do my own photographic interpretation because her painting was exactly as I see the landscape. So today I spent the afternoon climbing the hill at the Sugar Loaf Reserve in nearby Taradale and then went to
Te Mata Peak in Havelock North. There is one small caveat: the hills this year are much greener than they often are - there's been a lot of rain in the Bay this summer.
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| Sugar Loaf Reserve covered in wild thyme. Napier and Bluff Hill in the background. |
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| The wild thyme was bee-laden and the hum was reminiscent of hot summer days. |
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| Looking towards the Kawaka Ranges from the top of the Reserve. |
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| Looking towards the Ranges. |
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| From the top of Te Mata Peak looking South and West towards the central Ranges in the middle of the Island. |
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| The Hawkes Bay Hills |
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| And again |
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| And the faithful Handbag waits for me in the shade. |
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What stunning countryside. Some superb shots here. Just the right amount of shadow to give some contrast.
ReplyDeleteThat gives me yet another view of NZ that I don't think I've seen the like of before. Very special landscape (it seems to me) and beautiful photos. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteThese are beautiful photos, GB, of an intriguing land. I tried to imagine the fragrance of the wild thyme wafting through the breeze...it must have been spectacular to stand in the middle of it. The size of the immense tree caught my eye, as well.
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Gorgeous pictures Nice blog I add you to my bloglist. Thanks for visiting and yes the sense of humour of christchurch people is great even they lost so much Ka kite ano
ReplyDeleteBreathtaking shots! The thought of standing amidst the thyme- ~sniff~ Ah!
ReplyDeleteWell. Words have escaped me. Yes, I think breathtaking is the word. The mountains are velvety! Superbly well done GB!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the clue..the answer is Eversion.......feel free to delete this.
ReplyDeleteGreat shots, GB. The light and shadows are perfect. Love the wild thyme covered hillside, can imagine it smelled and sounded wonderful.
ReplyDeleteamazing photos as ever
ReplyDeleteVery nice Geeb, very nice indeed. Of course there was no thyme when I was growing up there....
ReplyDeleteAnd that row of hills all lined up from the Peak caught my eye too. I even did a series of paintings, but it looked too unnatural to be real. Sigh.