Monday's adventures

[byslantedlight]

I was all set to post as I went along today - only to find that the very Northlands wasn't giving me internet. Waah! Oh well, let's see what I can do in the traditional way before I go to bed... *g

Comments

[gilda_elise]

Wow, some absolutely gorgeous photos! Ninety Mile Beach looks almost unearthly. And the stairwell! Truly amazing.

Are the wild turkeys indigenous? We see them around here from time to time. One time an entire family, mother, father, and ten offspring, decided to explore our back yard. The dogs were going crazy at the door.

On another note, having been in a car that you're driving, I think I would have gotten out and walked on the slalom. *g*

[byslantedlight]

Thank you - and Ninety Mile Beach did seem rather unearthly - good description!

I gather the turkeys were domestic ones that were released or escaped and bred - since the 1860s, according to one website. I think they're only indigenous in the Americas, aren't they? Odd things!

And ha - slander! It wasn't my fault that there were lots of small roads in southwest England, and that you don't like them! I'm a perfectly competent driver of small roads, thank you very much! *g* And the slalom was fun... *vbg*

[gilda_elise]

Yeah, I thought turkeys were indigenous to America, but I didn't know if it was some other bird that they had slapped the name on, or, as you say, some taken over that escaped.

Lol, I have to admit my aversion to twisty, small roads after a 100 foot tumble off of a mountain road. I never could have managed the slalom!

[heliophile_oxon]

You have confirmed my suspicions that this is actually heaven on earth, or the nearest thing to such :-s I had no idea that you could actually see the prevailing waves going in opposite directions in these places where the oceans meet - I guess I just thought of them as humans divvying up names for the convenience of their maps, nothing more! Consider my mind officially blown (even more than usual!). And a staircase inside a tree ... if ever I thought a place could be alive with magic, I reckon you must be visiting it right now. Purely wonderful.

[byslantedlight]

It really does seem pretty heavenly! And yes - how fab are those waves?! *vbg*

Never mind the staircase in a tree - I'm off to Hobbiton tomorrow! *vvvbg*

[siskiou]

It's surely *not* enough pictures! *g*

How wonderful is that staircase in the tree, and the oceans meeting, and the 90 mile beach?!

I was in NZ over 30 years ago. I think it's time for another visit! If only!

Enjoy your time, and post as many pictures as you feel like.

[byslantedlight]

Hee - well, I've posted two more smaller sets since this one, so... *g*

I think you'd love NZ as much now as you did then - it really is pretty gorgeous. I know it's got problems to, but there does seem to be a better attitude of fixing them, somehow...

And thanks! I posted a few more yesterday, as it happens... *vbg*

[milomaus]

Wonderful fotos! Please show more! They are wonderful!

[byslantedlight]

Thank you! *vbg* I posted some more yesterday, but I don't think anyone's seen them yet... *g*

[loxleyprince]

Gosh! Those Kauri trees are seriously big. The grain is beautiful. I guess it must be very hard if they can carve a staircase into it. Fabulous beaches too!