Pauline's and my Northland safari seems an age ago but I still have a few pics I would like to share with you before I set off for my other life in the Northern Hemisphere.
I think this might have been a major 'oops' moment.
The beautiful Whangaroa Harbour at Totara North
I just love old sheds (okay this is a bit bigger than your average shed)
Sailing out of Whangaroa Harbour
Old boatshed at Whangaroa Harbour
Continuing the 'shed' theme: old boathouse in the mangroves of the Whangaroa Harbour
This 'old shed' is, if I remember Pauline correctly, an old smithy and is now a conference facility down at the Kerikeri Harbour
The Kerikeri River, at the Wharepuke Falls tumbles over basalt lava fields, which flowed into the river
valley following volcanic eruptions some 200 million years ago. The pool is a popular diving and swimming place.
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The second picture is definitely a top tenner and the penultimate one I enjoyed.
ReplyDeleteI did that to a tractor once. It took two days to get it out.
Thanks Adrian. They actually lost a big JCB with a depth measurer thingy attached in the peat on a job on Lewis once some 35 years ago. They sent in a secon to get it out and it got stuck and started to sink. So they sent in a BIG one and it hauled the second one out but the first one is probably 10 meters under the peat and all the trees now.
DeleteMarvellous pictures GB. Like you I am drawn to tumbledown old buildings and sheds. You say that one of the sheds you showed us is now "a conference facility down at the Kerikeri Harbour" - good heavens! I wonder what kind of conferences go on in there? Looks like the kind of place a Catholic priest might bring one of his favourite choirboys.
ReplyDeleteApparently, YP, it's a historic building and is lovely inside and suitable for small meetings etc.
Deleteheerlijke foto,s van deze prachtige oude schuren maar de gefloepte tractor is ook heel mooi.
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DeleteBas, Ik vraag me soms af waarom de oude gebouwen zoals die schuur zien er zo aantrekkelijk. Maar ze doen.
It looks a beautiful area. I've never been further north than the Bay of Islands. Like you, Graham, I too like old rusty sheds.
ReplyDeleteBill where there is sea, islands and mountains I am in my heaven. Rusty old sheds are the icing on the cake. North of the Bay of Islands there are some beautiful bits of coast.
DeleteIt's strange how old rusty sheds often make interesting photo and art objects - while one does not always appreciate them so much if they happen to be in one's daily view (for example in a neighbour's garden).
ReplyDeleteYou have a very valid point there Monica.
DeleteThis was a wonderful escape from the grey rainy days here. Lovely to see those falls!!
ReplyDeleteWe can have those days here in New Zealand Mersad although I'm happy to say that they are not the norm.
DeleteYou may show old sheds but I'm impressed with the surrounding beauty of the land.
ReplyDeleteRed you may have hit on why I find them so attractive: contrast.
DeleteIt is the marvelous photos like these that make me want to visit New Zealand one day. Wonderful photos GB! Thanks for visiting my blog, it's been a lovely return visit.
ReplyDeleteI hope, Denise, that you manage a visit to New Zealand one day. It really is a marvellous place.
DeleteThat swimming hole looks so inviting, but I am sure it would be freezing to a tropical frog like me. The sheds are beautiful in their own way ~ the rust that has accumulated with time and weather ~ nature's own artwork.
ReplyDeleteI think, Carol, that it would be cold regardless! I don't do cold either!
DeleteLove the pictures. My wife and family did a similar holiday around the Bay of Islands a couple of years ago...I think it's one of the most beautiful places on Earth.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy yourself back in the Hebrides. Can you still get Black Pudding from MacLeod's in Stornoway? Best I've ever tried.
Sorry about the delay in responding TSB. I had a brainfart which can happen if I start my day by reading the comments as emails on my iPhone instead of sticking to routine and reading them on the blog on my laptop with my first morning hot water and lemon. The Bay of Islands is certainly spectacularly beautiful. Now the important bit. Do you mean MacLeod and MacLeod's Original Stornoway Black Pudding or Charles MacLeod's (Charley Barley) Original Stornoway Black Pudding? Each have their proponents and supporters who will ne'er be swayed from the cause. Personally I support ..... Ah but that would be getting me off the fence and into trouble with someone.
DeletePS TSB Yes you can still get Stornoway Black Pudding: there is probably more exported now than there is Harris Tweed.
DeleteMy favourite was made by Archie Smith, who I think worked/owned a butchers called McDonalds, but seeing this was over 25 years ago, it's probably all changed.
DeleteWJ MacDonald's is still going strong although I'm not sure who owns/runs it now. My wife shopped there but I haven't been in for some years (the queues are always too long which tells you something).
DeleteI'm glad these shed photos made it out of the camera....they're quite interesting in their own individual way.
ReplyDeleteThe waterfall photo and the harbour photo (2nd photo) were lovely shots...what I like to call picture perfect.
Thanks Virginia. As I said, I like old sheds and they are often very photogenic.
DeleteYou managed a good view of the tractor in the end. And I really like your shot of the boat shed in the mangroves, the low tide in the background. I think a lot of people would be surprised what a good photographic opportunites are around Totara North.
ReplyDeleteIt was a bit of a struggle Pauline. It's a shame we couldn't get closer for the vegetation. Totara North was a real little gem of a place.
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