Cabbage tree, Bainham
My mother keeps chooks
My sister keeps hairy cattle
Our neighbour builds crazy electricity-saving devices
Tata beach, around the rocky outcrop at the western end
Tata beach
Tata beach, towards the west
A young shag. We figure he fell off the Tata islands (where they breed) and wore himself out swimming to shore -- I don't think they'd usually let me get this close.
Birgit on the Pupu power scheme track
Pupu springs. Impossible to photograph. That disturbance in the water is permanent; the springs are about five metres deep at that point. It's a *lot* of water coming out *fast*.
Pupu springs
Guards the entrance to a recycling centre near Nelson
Bach at the beach, Bainham
Wholemeal Cafe, Takaka. Left is something with berries, right spirulina.
Bellbird in my grandmother's garden
Swamp, Bainham
Haymaking. Yes, that bale has got to go up there.
We're walking on trees! (Wharariki)
Wharariki
Wharariki, and a very bored seal.
Wharariki; Mike, Andrew, Pont
Another cabbage tree, at Wharariki
Sampling the fine local brews at the Mussel Inn.
Somewhere on the Abel Tasman.
Shags on the Abel Tasman.
Abel Tasman
Looking back from Separation Point on the Abel Tasman
Arrival barbeque; Mike and Pont relax on our verandah
Pohara beach
Helping out at my uncle John's at Upper Takaka
John diving into the Takaka
Jocelyn surveys the fruits of our choppings, and finds it good
Weavings by Zoe (my clever sister)
Rock balancing at the swimming hole
Taking a dive at the swimming hole
Not taking a dip at the swimming hole
When the sun goes off, it gets cold quick...
