For a week now a solo tramper has been missing over in the Ahuriri Valley. It’s a bit of mystery where he is! Each day Wanaka Search and Rescue has fielded some teams, and on Friday two car loads of us drove over the Lindis, to add to other volunteers from all surrounding areas,...
Every year ANZAC day comes along, I hear of increasing numbers honouring our forefathers who summoned more than was ever expected to keep their country and future generations safe. I presume this is why they “signed up”, but all is after all relative to...
A couple of weekends ago I was privileged to be tail end Charlie on the annual Gold Rush 3 day Adventure Race. It was a bit humbling as it’s possible I felt more tired at the end of each four wheel driving day than...
Almost a decade ago I found myself embroiled in a marriage breakup, and because there was a child involved the situation rolled into the realm of the New Zealand Family Court system. For me the events that led to this engendered much confusion in...
Technically it’s called The Upper Clutha A & P Show, and was first held in Cromwell in 1895. We’ve just had the 75th Show near the beautiful shores of Lake Wanaka, which is one of the most stunning settings in the country for an...
Well autumn is here, and with a vengeance! But I love the lower angle tangental light this offers for landscape photography – especially in New Zealand and at latitude 45 degrees south. It’s the long shadows… I uploaded a similar shot to FaceBook midweek...
Some years ago as a computer techy I decided for work reasons I’d better figure out what a blog was. Oddly enough when I got my head around it I realised I’d been making self editable web sites for a few years anyway that...
Dear Margie I’m not sure how you did it, but I sensed a great peacefulness the times we had coffee together recently. Not that we’d ever known turmoil before making sure we connected before you had to go. I’d hoped initially it might have...
I’m just back from a trip to Dunedin getting my son’s furniture down for his second year at Uni. studying chemistry and physics, but this is his first year flatting. All I can comment on is I’m witnessing an accumulation of worldly possessions, and...
Lake Rere is accessed from the less populated southern shoreline of Lake Wakatipu, from either Elfin Bay or the Greenstone Valley and was a popular tourist destination in the late 19th century. I’d heard of it years ago, but left it un-tramped. This was...
Since I’d not been to the Dunedin for awhile, the nearest large city to where I live, a couple of weeks ago I trundled off in the first rain we’d had for ages, for a little break. There was some heavy rain in the...
It’s been awhile coming, but I’m settling at last into the year. I must admit I use this summer holiday time to do more varied things, especially thought wise as to the bigger picture – this year’s work! So distractions abounded, and one was...
Five call-outs in a couple of weeks! Too many accidents and deaths of a tragic nature for Wanaka Search and Rescue of late. I’ve been on standby, so bags packed I took quite an interest in what might be coming up! I don’t mind...
Dear Readers It’s been a very special few days here in Wanaka. Not because of the sudden influx of party goers and holiday makers, most relaxed, sadly many drunk. No, not the many nubile young woman on the lake’s beaches either! Instead my friend...
Merry Christmas dear readers. Please find below an eclectic collection of recent images I quite like for various reasons…
Much has been written about the fact that photography is a two dimensional representation of three dimensional scene, or at least if we walk among our “landscape” it’s not flat! But everything in my perceived world is dynamic , so I’ve...
I’ve just waved goodbye to my old mate Al., companion on many a trip in great mountains, and his two boys. Sadly their mum passed on a couple of years ago and I’m not sure how or why, but this seems to have strengthened...
A bunch of crosses in a populated cemetery can numb my mind if I consider the whole experience of being human, and the collective experiences of all who’ve gone before us to once again return to the dust of the universe. A lonely grave...
Yesterday I had an interesting look at a block of country nearby that I’ve not seen before. The Wanaka Forest and Bird group organised it and it was down the west branch of the Manuherikia river and up the east. Accessed oddly enough from...
It’s pretty normal to get some wild equinox driven weather this time of year in this neck of the woods in Wanaka, and this year has been no exception. What maybe an exception is I seem more “into it” this year. If I’ve got...
The recent Labour Weekend break was a bit lost on me I’m afraid. It does not happen often, but I came down with quite a nasty ‘flu. However life’s experiences have taught me that being so laid up with a ‘flu creates opportunities. Namely...
I had to write so I could recite, or sing God forbid It went on into the darkest of a rugby night What is an ode, but a short code Thinking of what and not Right enough to describe the dew of spring Between...
The spring weather of late here in Wanaka has been very beautiful. Yes, unsettled but interesting and thankfully not the gales too often that underscore spring at 45 degrees south. It’s been very conducive for walking, and so too has my mindset: every evening...
I seem to have been all over locally in the last week. With springtime ski touring on x/c skis a “happening” thing , but then there are the delights warmer temperatures bring,...
I’m not sure why exactly, but for the last few months I’ve been walking lots and sometimes even jogging when in the mood – often into the deep evening. So thought I’d share aspects of my neighbourhood with you. Springtime is a beautiful time...
I’ve come close but this weekend past I realised I’ve never been to a true dinkum Ceilidh before . It all began as a fund raiser at the Snow Farm for the kids in the NZ Nordic Sports Development Assoc. This is an...
I’m just back from a mini vacation break in Dunedin. There was Rugby World Cup fever everywhere, and that was an interesting energy. But springtime… I have a habit of heading directly to the Botanical Gardens. One I learnt many years ago when I...
From a landscape photography perspective , you might recall around autumn and ANZAC day I posted several images of golden leaves portraying motion. Well, what better time than spring to refine these techniques again with a few shots incorporating motion, and where...
Last Sunday a week ago, my phone rang early: Wanaka Search and Rescue ringing around for people to search the Gillespie Pass route in Mt Aspiring National Park. Specifically the Wilken and Young valleys for a missing tramper. That person was found quite quickly,...
Once again I have to report, or admit too, being up at the Snow Farm for the weekend. Kite skiing is really “taking off” up there. They’re becoming like butterflies… But anyway kites aside on the Sat. I helped in a minor way with...
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Ceilidh at the Snow Farm
Cardrona valley hoar frost, Central Otago, New Zealand
Historic Bendigo gold diggings - Central Otago, New Zealand
Poolburn, Central Otago, NZ ~ Mylee and the fisherman
Waiau bridge enroute to the Kepler Track
Roger and Kara ~ wedding, Lake Wanaka
Folk singer Phil Garland at the Cardrona Folk Festival
St Kilda beach ~ Dunedin
Bendigo historic gold diggings ~ Central Otago NZ
Meg Hut - Central Otago
Lake Wanaka
Nesting banded dotterel ~ Bird survey - Makarora
New Zealand falcon ~ Benmore Peak, Mackenzie Basin, New Zealand
A New Zealand endangered species ~ buff weka family
Autumn in my garden
Ice plant ~ Otago Harbour
Rhododendron ~ Wanaka Station Park
Dunedin Botanical Gardens
In amongst Mt Alpha bluffs with my ever enduring companion
Roys Peak from Damper Bay Lake Wanaka NZ
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A random selection of about 20 of Donald's images
Concepts on how New Zealand landscape photography and fine art can be used to stimulate our imaginations to make the world a better and more gentle place.
With photos, and some words, we explore with nomadic tendencies and inherited wizardry, all that is New Zealand, and it did not all begin with Lord of the Rings!
Cheers Donald Lousley
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