Karting in Tauranga

Has been such a great weekend weather wise here in Tauranga. I took Brad into town and we watched the Kart racing through the city streets - some of the carts reaching up to 130km.

Made a great Tango movie and put it on youtube this week! and one day soon will have to set up my camera on timer and get a nice photo of a Tango dance pose!

New Zealand Fern + Sky

Sarah-Jane & Chloe

...Has been a nice relaxing week this week. I have had the week off and just as well as needed to recover from all that dancing I did in the weekend!

I dont think my body can keep up with 3 nights in a row dancing ! hhhmmmm I might be showing my age here!!... :-) Just too much salsa I guess and not enough Tango.

Went for plenty of walks this week and went over to Rotorua for the day. Finding it a challange to go to places I been in the past and take new photos. I guess it's trying to find a different angle each time

A couple of photos here are taken from round the Mount looking at the main beach... then at one of the lakes in Rotorua looking out from the jetty at the moored boats out to the lake.

Well has been a quiet weekend so far... Went to the beach for a walk around the Mount - and took quite a few photos of a top that a friend has designed to be used in some labels.

Went to the beach and then Bay Fair with Emily, Bella and Brad for some Sushi for lunch and then off to Tango later today in town.. so all a bit quiet :-)

Rotorua Lion/Trout Park

Went to Rotorua with my Bro and his daughter to go to the lion and trout park. Had some great bush walks - plenty of large trout and animals.

The lions were pretty cool to see and you were able to get about 6 inches away from them!

McLaren's Falls

A few swans by the lake...

McLaren's Falls

Fantastic to have our sumer on its way back.... After a real busy week went up to Mclarens falls for a walk on the weekend.

This is such a nice spot... lots of trees around the lake along with a couple of bush walks leading up to a a small waterfall

Tango in Tauranga

Had a great weekend of dance over the last 2 days. We held a Milonga here in Tauranga with 30 odd people dancing at one the bars in town. I teach some beginners Tango on Sundays and on the Saturday night we had some dancers from Auckland come down to join us and even a couple from the USA in New Zealand tanking Tango workshops came and joined us!

A bit of Karaoke

Me singing some Karaoke!... LOL a lot of fun!

Fishing out from Thames

Well I finally got out for a fish with a mate on the weekend at Thames. The weather wasnt the best in that it was pretty grey and windy!! which made for a rough ride, but we did catch quite a few kawiahi and 14 snapper ....

I have never fished up at Thames before so was interesting fishing among the mussel bouys and harvest boat. Despite the rough weather was a fantastic day on the water and hope to go back next month for a few days.

I spoke way too soon re the RAIN...
I have never known it to rain so much here in Sunny Tauranga. Off to dance later today as I have started teaching some Argintine Tango in town on Sundays. Lots of fun!
Just spending the day with Brad listening to some music on the new stereo I brought on Saturday - Queen & Mariah Carey. Looking forward to taking some photos next weekend :-)

Emily and Isabella

Was wanting to post this photo I took of Emily and Isabella a while back but couldn't find it!.. But found it now... I think Isabella is about 2 weeks old here.. In the photo below, Sarah-Jane is 8 weeks old.

Chloe and Sarah-Jane

Hey the rain is over!.. well maybe :-)


So nice to have a fine saturday and a chance to get into my garden - pull a few weeds and tidy up the section.

Hope to be fishing next week...or if not, are planning a day trip out of Tauranga so will have a few photos to post.

Nice to see Chloe and Sarah-Jane who came around to visit today.

Was a busy week at work.. Tried to get a few photos for a new brochure in our computer classroom.. the morning shots didn't turn out that flash at all! so orginised some more students in the afternoon and hopefully the photo will be used. I enjoy taking the photos as I have done in the past for other brochures

Brad heading the ball in a soccer game on Sunday

Fantastic to see the sun today :-). Brad had a rep game today so took my camera along for a couple of shots. I love this shot as catches him leaping up to head the ball.

Has been a quiet weekend, just soccer on Saturday and Sunday.. Off to tango shortly for some dancing..aalways lots of fun.

Another Wet Tauranga Weekend/Saturday

All pretty crazy really this weather, I think it is about 6 weekends in a row that it's rained!!! - Well Sunday has turned out fine! Off to watch Brad play soccer most of the day.

Went out for a drive with Brad and thought we would see if there were any fish around the jetty down at the marina....But there were not! :-)

Hope to go fishing with a mate out Thames way next week so I hope the wind stays away. Will be good to get out, catch a few fish and have a couple of days off work

Sitting in a bar having a wine in Wellington...

Wow... Wellington City is such a busy place compaired with little old Tauranga!... Was sitting in a bar watching as bus after bus went crusing past. Not quite the same being in the city on your own :-) so hope to go back for a weekend and explore more of the city one day with a friend.

The Wellington waterfront

I managed to get a shot of the Bee-Hive (parliament building) in the distance (photo below). This was taken on the wharf just up from the Te Papa museum.

Was a great flight back to Tauranga today, flying above the clouds, it looked liked the North Island was all covered in snow! Very Impressive... Yea an I didnt take a photo of it either!

Wellington--- and it's not raining!!!

Can you belive it!!! It stopped raining for a few days... and that's in Wellington!

I had a couple of days there this week so got to go for a walk along the waterfront in the evening. I missed a few really good shots as I never had a small tri-pod with me and my night shots just had way too much shake on them even though I tried to steady the camera on a post!

Ice-bergs at the Mount Main Beach / Leisure Island

Hey it's been cold enough!!!

Walking along the beach saw a couple of massive ice-bergs drift right in to the shore... :-)

My son Brad at the start of the new Chapel St Fly Over

A couple of Taupo photos...

Well I can't belive we have had soo much rain!.. It's been so hard to get out and about and do a few day trips and take some photos.... So havent put any new photos on here again!!!. I havent been up to much, though I have spent a bit of time dancing in Tauranga on Sunday and Monday nights the Argentine Tango. It's so much fun :-) Decided to start teaching with a friend some basic moves in town after putting an add in the paper.

Looking forward to going back to Taupo for a few days soon.. need a bit of a break! well a trip overseas would be nice but hey... that can wait... Taupo will have to do for now. Just so much to do and see... some great walks and always nice to sit out on the lake front with a wine. Was at the races at Christmas and got a few good shots of the horses. Real interesting to go back to the stables and watch the horses getting ready for their races..

Looking out from Pilot Bay Mount Maunganui

Well, It sure has been a long time since my last blog!! well my last photo!... I just havent taken any good shots of late, or just havent really got out anywhere to take any photos.

Anyway have decided to get back into it again, get the camera out and get back to what I like to do. :-) Much rather take photos of people, so hopefully will start that soon :-)

Was out walking round the Mount with my son Brad on Sunday. At last a weekend without rain!

Well it's been a while since I posted anything on here!!

I'm going to have to make the effort to post some more photos.

Took some great shots of a friend of mine in Rotoura a couple of weeks ago down at one of the lakes. Was a fun day out!

I was at the Hamilton zoo not long ago and really like these 2 pictures so thought I would post them on here.

Mount Maunganui Beach

This afternoon went for a walk along the beach and got a few photos of some kite-surfers.

Was a pretty windy grey sort of day at the beach.

Lot of birds working close to shore feeding on small fish, so I guess there would have been plenty of King fish hanging around.. Hopefully will get out there soon and land a few with my new rods.

Last nights tea!

While I can cook the worlds best pavalova!! -- thats about all I can cook unfortunately.

I did have a good go at cooking 'Orange Turkey with Rice' hhhmmmm thats one dish I wont try cooking again in a hurry! :-)

Invited a friend to tea and tried to impess her with my cooking skills :-) Well at least she was impressed with the effort!!

Little Isabella

Was great to see Emily, Mike and Isabella this morning... Always real hard to get a few photos of the kids as no one likes posing for me!!

Isabella managed to stay still for a couple of sec's so I managed to get this one in!

Looking towards the wharf from Pilot Bay tonight

While driving to the Mount Hot pools for a swim tonight I saw the cruise ship at the wharf so thought I would get a couple of photos. I didn't have my tri-pod with me but managed to lean the camera on a bin.

Such fantastic weather last weekend

When the sun is out, Pilot Bay at the Mount is a great place to hang out... When my kids were growing up we spent many weekends here together having tea and playing on the beach.

A great place to enjoy a nice bottle of wine and some sushi!! :-)

A couple more boats...

Was nice to sit and check out the boats down on the waters edge today and chill out for a bit... Was out till 2am chatting and dancing with a friend in the city last night/early morning... I can hardly keep my eyes open today!....I guess one day soon I should post a few photos of myself dancing Argentine Tango and Salsa!!

Boat racing in Tauranga harbour - Saturday 29th March 08

Was catching up with friends at home when we could hear the roar of powerboats in the harbour, so we headed down to the water and took a few pictures.

I need to get back into taking a few photos each week as I have been realy slack as of late! :-

On a recent trip to Nelson

One of the great things with my job is I do get a few trips away from time to time. I always put time aside to go for a walk and get a few photos.

I love this shot of a yacht at the end of the marina with Nelson town in the back ground.

Many shades of colour!

hhmmm... done a bit of body painting for different events in Tauranga .... lol :-) something different!

Cruise Ship at Mount Maunganui

Was out for a walk around the Mount on Saturday when I saw the Cruise Ship at the wharf.

One day I hope to be on it!!! :-)

Isabella & PJ

A photo of new born Isabella and myself.
I cropped this photo and put the B&W background in with PhotoShop.