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 A&P Show. About 20 years ago a real local [you're...
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 bond I’ve always had with them. A very special...
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 to concentrate on being in the moment, then that’s not...
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’ve been fortunate of late to wander many miles along...
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, such as a bush walk at nearby Kidds Bush in...
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 of year here. I used to live in this street...
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 the last of the Winter Games events up there –...
This weekend we’ve experienced the positive benefits of quite a spell of wild weather. Front after front dropped up to 2 meters of snow on the local ski areas, and probably double that back in the Southern Alps. It was a pretty unusual cycle though, as a lot of it happened accompanied by gale...
I regret the silence here – due to writer’s fatigue I suspect. And currently after Telecom upgraded broadband in my neighbourhood I’ve been sans broadband. I apparently need a new modem, so that’s in the mail as they say. The snow and winter are late this year, but I don’t mind. Everything has a...
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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!
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