Category Archives: Photo of the Day

Photo of the Day #11 (SE Asia Day 2 Penang)

Posted on December 1, 2012 by Ross

Day 2 of our travels in South East Asia last year dawned in Butterworth after an overnight train trip north from Kuala Lumpur. A short ferry ride later we were on Penang Island and navigating through the streets of Georgetown … Continue reading →

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Photo of the Day #10 (Esquilant Bivy)

Posted on November 29, 2012 by Ross

When is a hut not a hut? When it’s a bivy. Boom boom! Back in the old days many mountain huts were small. It was a long way up there for one thing. They probably had to carry everything up. … Continue reading →

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Photo of the Day #9 (SE Asia Day 1 – Kuala Lumpur)

Posted on November 27, 2012 by Ross

These warm days in Blenheim remind us a bit of our travels last year in South East Asia. Except the humidity was a whole lot higher. And the sights were a whole lot different. It’s fun to go back through … Continue reading →

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Photo of the Day #8 (Super Sunset New Plymouth)

Posted on November 26, 2012 by Ross

Wyn and I were talking this morning about that Dunedin sunrise and how maybe it was the best we have seen. Wyn remembers ringing me to alert me to it. And then we got to talking about what might have … Continue reading →

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Photo of the Day #7 (Another Dunedin Dawn)

Posted on November 25, 2012 by Ross

As I mentioned in Photo of the Day #6, Dunedin does delightful dawns. This was another of those mornings. 31st of May 2007 to be precise. It started off lovely, and developed into spectacular. And then it kept on going. … Continue reading →

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Photo of the Day #4a (Green Hut Revisited)

Posted on November 24, 2012 by Ross

There was some doubt about my first picture of Green Hut in Photo of the Day #4 (Green Hut). Sister Wendy thought the chimney was on the other end. In denial, I suggested maybe the chimney got repositioned in the … Continue reading →

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Photo of the Day #6 (Dunedin Dawn)

Posted on November 23, 2012 by Ross

Blenheim blue skys are lovely, don’t get me wrong. But there’s something about Dunedin clouds. Especially at dawn and dusk. Fabulous sunrises and sunsets. And none better than those looking down the harbour. Dunedin’s West Harbour suburbs used to be … Continue reading →

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Photo of the Day #5 (Forgotten River Col)

Posted on November 20, 2012 by Ross

The Christmas after the Barrier Range stopped us getting to the Olivines (1973?), a more determined push via the Rockburn and Olivine rivers saw us at Forgotten River. Which is a river you don’t forget. [Once when the ODHB had … Continue reading →

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Photo of the Day #4 (Green Hut)

Posted on November 19, 2012 by Ross

Once upon a time this was the most important hut in my universe. It was called Green Hut because it was green. This avoided confusion with Red Hut or Yellow Hut. Imaginative lot weren’t we? Green Hut is in the … Continue reading →

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Photo of the Day #3 (Margaret Burn)

Posted on November 18, 2012 by Ross

This is a photo from a tramping trip many years ago, almost 40 years ago to be imprecise.  We were attempting to reach the Olivine Ice Plateau from the Dart Valley, via the Margaret Burn. The Margaret Burn drains the … Continue reading →

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Photo of the Day #2 (Chaweng Beach)

Posted on November 17, 2012 by Ross

Yesterday’s photo was one of Chaweng Beach in Thailand in 1977. Today’s are three taken on Chaweng Beach last year. Wyn and I returned to Koh Samui on our travels in South East Asia in August 2011. We were lucky … Continue reading →

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Photo of the Day #1 (Chaweng Beach 1977)

Posted on November 15, 2012 by Ross

Maybe I’ll try a Photo of the Day series. This should last me for the next couple of centuries 🙂 Anyway, today’s photo is an oldie, from 1976 – or was it 1977? It’s the only one I’ve got (I … Continue reading →

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