I thought I would give you something a bit different to look at today.

This is a video of a stunning garden I visited a week ago as part of the Heroic Gardens festival.

One of my photos has been used in The Encyclopedia of New Zealand website. This one’s a photo I took of the Christchurch Town Hall, check it out, it’s so cool:

http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/culture-and-recreation-in-the-city/1/3

Both Sides of the Story

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While out on my walk I spotted a sad Punga tree with a broken branch. I knew the branch would die soon, so I picked a bit off to photograph the silver part of the fern.

Once I got home I felt in the mood for a bit of Photoshop to merge both sides of the fern into one image, plus I removed the background and filled it with black.

A Brand New Day

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This is the stunning view I got to enjoy on my way to work this morning.

Thought I would try something different today. A video.

Today was one of those days where it’s great to live and work in Auckland city. The weather was perfect and downtown Auckland was busy with loads of tourists. A couple of us from work walked down to the waterfront at lunchtime to look at the ship and try out “video” for my blog. It’s not a long video coz I had to chop the ending where the pontoon I was standing on started to rock.

The big walk paid off.  Despite all the wonderful food I ate throughout my birthday weekend, I managed to weigh in a whole kilo lighter. Yahoo!!!

Hidden Treasure

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Just down the road is a huge area of bush walks. Because it is weigh in tomorrow in the biggest loser at work, I decided I have to go for a walk no matter what the weather is doing. I also looked at a map and tried to figure out a way to walk without having to walk up a hill for too long.

I discovered I could walk through the bush and end up further up the hill but not too far and it looked flat on the map, so that’s what I did.

I couldn’t believe how beautiful the bush is and I walk past it all the time but never knew. There are proper landscaped tracks, huge kauri trees, flowing rivers, little waterfalls and bridges. There were several alternative routes I could take, and at one point I didn’t know which way to go, but thanks to my trusty iPhone (Google Maps application) I could see where I was and which path to take… Way Cool!!!

Now if I have to pay a penalty tomorrow at weigh in I think I will quit… that was a huge walk.

Orere Pt Campsite

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Joined a group of happy campers for the day at a really great spot by a river.

Look Closely

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As I was looking through my most recent photos in Flickr, the thought occurred to me, that my wonderful holiday in Auckland seems so long ago. I’ve been back at work for over a week now.

Auckland Panorama

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Went for a big walk along Cheltenham beach and up North Head with a friend this morning.

The weather was perfect and gave me a real excuse to try out the cool application for taking panoramic shots with my iPhone.  (Click the image for a better look.  Once on the Flickr web page, click the All Sizes link at the top of the image.)

We also went for a walk around Fort Takapuna today. Did you even know there was such a place? It’s near Bayswater.