Christmas Holiday in Whanganui: post 2

After the visit to the Durie Hill Tower, another "must" is Virginia Lake. Virginia Lake used to be the main water supply for Whanganui [many years ago], but nowadays is a renowned small lake with ducks, geese, pukekos and various other wildlife present, as well as an aviary, gardens and more. The ducks and geese all look healthy - I'm not sure that my comments of "that would be nice for dinner tonight" were appreciated though... :-)

The following pictures are from around the lake, and then some of the birds in residence. Most of the birds were really friendly, and happy to pose for a photo or two!

Auckland visit

I spent last weekend in Auckland visiting friends, airports and a couple of other places.

Here are a couple of scenic type photos. The first three are Pukekos... scavenging around Auckland International Airport and desperately trying to avoid Maria, her gun and her desire to rid the world of these lovely birds :-)

Following this are three pictures from Mt Wellington - the crater [look closely, there are at least 10 fat and happy looking bunnies in there if you're hungry!!!], a tree, then an "iconic" picture of Auckland looking across to Rangitoto Island.

Enjoy!

Evans Bay scenary

I popped down to Evans Bay in Wellington on Saturday. The main reason was trying to photograph some aerobatics being performed [that didn't work out], but I did get a nice photo of Evans Bay looking north. On the left side of the photo is part of Mount Victoria, on the right is the northern end of the Miramar Peninsula.

As you can see it was another stunning Wellington day weather-wise!

Other photos are a seagull that was hanging around [perhaps creation's perfect scavenger?? :-)], and finally a photo taken that evening at home looking south. I was most interested in the cloud formation which had been visible for around half the day.