Huntly, the once mining town (and power station town). Sadly for them, mining is slowly coming to a close and the power station also dated for decommission.
Pāki Tikā Chugger
Over in my ‘Make Projects’ section I just added my latest stringed creation. Built almost entirely from recycled lumber, Im really happy with the results.
A few more images can be seen there is interested:
https://mikehawkey.com/projects/paki-tika-chugger-the-2-stringer/
Florence and the Machine
Florence paid NZ a visit this weekend been and performed a great concert.
Some before,during and after shots.
A Day at the Park
Last weekend we dropped down to one of the local parks. Lots of radio control boat action, as well as bike action with a ride for our future awareness around the Climate Summit. Also some very cool fully electric vehicles.
Gannets Take Flight
The fifth Friday of the month gave my team at work reason to go on an afternoon outing. Off to Muriwai we headed.
Blowing off the dust I took the now 10 year old Four Thirds Olympus E500. Although only 8MP, and old tech by current standards, I still love the out of camera rendering + the lens set I have with it have a great range! Limited to 400iso, and slow but ok focus times, I knew it was going to be a challenge catching these birds in mid flight – especially with the decent trade winds blowing. I certainly had many poor results,but here are a group I am quite pleased with. The E500 ain’t book-shelved quite yet still!
What the Flowers See
Auckland Domain. View towards the Memorial Museum.
Sony Nex 5n
Waikato
The Waikato planes. Auckland to Hamilton New Zealand.
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