In an oblong inset aside the road, a white door is set behind and between two white bollards. The left bollard is lent upon by a third, uprooted. The door is set in a stone brick retaining wall, with similar embankments making the left and right sides of the rectangle. Above the construction greenery abounds from trees to ground cover. The flora flows fountaining upwards, cascading over the stonework to the left of the door, crashing against it to slowly seep towards the ground on the right. A greener shade of stormpswept sea

Door

More town

Oh so very occasionally, the blocky squares of civilisation do something for me

Not so much safety, but if you can carry it in, you can carry it out too. Don't litter

We struggle with kina barrens in nz, between weather based overflows and mayors wanting to dump half-processed sewage to stop smell complaints, that potential for viable coprophagia is unsettling :(

Big time Magic Eye nostalgia now. This is sick

I canned this one before leaving, but weatherman, why? What I do to you?

Busted boots replaced, now to pick a spot to break these in

What the fae

Awesome

Sunrise in the Tararua.

P sure that's Nicholls hut in the foreground. 2023

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The old Kopu Bridge

Or a shoegaze band

Another old SI photo

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A warm orange glow bleeds up from the gently creased silhouette of the horizon, a hazy delineation of white separates it from the soft blue of the sky proper

Favourite photo of a sunset I've taken.

Te Kuiti, 2020

Dilapidated dam building, think it was a bit South of Taihape. 2023/4

Lookin down on Coromandel. A little before the Kaipawa trig, pre recent rain

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Drizzly bit of track from the other day

#ForestFriday
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Why does it look like dessert though?

The only sense I can make of this world is in the old places. The greens and blues of our home.

Focus, determination, surety in purpose and action.

NZ bush culture is ruled by one simple question, "What about the next person?"

I love that shit, the world needs that shit.

Dunno if this is correct, but: purple.

#abstractia
#nature

Old picture, i think South Island.

#WaterfallWednesday

Live leaf and shadow almost entirely obscure trodden leaf litter

This was a marked part of the track. Glorious.

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Oiiiiiii! Dodged that weather warning though. Hitched a beaut moody ride back down the coast. Barely even had to walk.

Thanks Coromandel

The Pinnacles,
Coromandel
New Zealand 🇳🇿

#landscape #nature #newzealand #naturephotography #hiking

Better eel face shot

Some highlights for the last couple days of the hike. Weather beat the everloving SIM out of my phone

The Red Crater turned red when Frodo threw the ring in. Little Orcs remain if you click on the pic and look closely. #photography #landscape #volcano #tongariro #nztracks #trekking #nz #aotearoa

Ahead of sched, which would be a bonus but, the campsites on the coastline are booked, and theres not always space to switch in summer

Room with a view though

I hope you like coasts. You can see to the sea when you hike on top