Comments | sarahdownundah: Castlepoint Station

sarahdownundah

Castlepoint Station

Jan 14, 2011 19:05

Greetings! I am now in Wellington! Well, near Wellington... Lower Hutt, to be exact, also known as "The Hutt" along with Upper Hutt, apparently. I do not see an abundance of huts, so I am not sure where this name came from. :p ( Read more... )

caves, lighthouse, friends, sheep, riding, ocean

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blitzen_ January 14 2011, 06:15:29 UTC

WOW night caving! would love to do that.
how fun to have some horse time, you're very lucky!

i think we call 'ramseys' 'rousabouts' over here.

sarahdownundah January 15 2011, 11:45:14 UTC

My caving addiction all started with our adventure together, you know! :)

blur_kiwi January 14 2011, 08:11:15 UTC

All of that (apart from you of course - though I'd like to think you're getting there) is so incredibly Kiwi!

I grew up on a farm, even had a few sheep of my own as a child (though I was never farmer material), and I would love to go to a proper shearing shed and watch and photograph those incredible people in action. I remember going to agricultural shows with my grandfather and watching shearing competitions, and the winners always seemed to be Kiwis or Aussies. As I grew up I understood why. One thing I know for sure, they work bloody hard.

sarahdownundah January 16 2011, 21:56:19 UTC

They were amazingly fast! What I found most amusing was that the sheep were completely resigned to their fate... the shearers grabbed them, flipped them, and started shearing, and the sheep had nothing to say about it!

chloe_elf January 14 2011, 08:38:50 UTC

More lovely photos. I stayed at Lower Hutt for a night back in 2009. The Hutt is the Hutt river.:0)

erincalenear January 14 2011, 21:17:42 UTC

Which was named after some explorers I believe.

I used to think it was named after Jabba the Hutt, so I may be wrong. :P

chloe_elf January 15 2011, 08:49:50 UTC

Yes, I believe the river was named after an explorer. Jabba the Hutt :0)

aquarius_galuxy January 14 2011, 12:38:00 UTC

I really love the pictures this time! Especially of the light house trip *__* (The lighthouse pictures were awesome!) and omg the seal!!! =O

The lost soles picture was funny XD

and I like that picture with the copule of ponds/lakes next to a path! It looks really interesting somehow =p

so do you send these pictures to the people you visited with? =p

sarahdownundah January 15 2011, 11:52:41 UTC

Yup, I sure do send pics along to my hosts! :)

k7point5 January 14 2011, 13:13:58 UTC

AHH! so awesome, all of it! Your photos of the lighthouse and the areas surrounding it are just stunning, WOW!!

sarahdownundah January 15 2011, 11:51:49 UTC

I had some great light to work with! Another case of being in the right place at the right time. :) Thanks for your compliments! :D