Out and about with the dogs....

.......at the river close by us...



tug o war!



.......at Park Island reserve... Autumn Days...





Louise teaching a dog new tricks!



End of the walk...

Happy dogs............................Chester / Barney

Te Awanga Beach

Took the dogs for a run along the beach today. They had great fun chasing each other and getting wet!.




Chasing sticks...


Green lipped mussel, loads of them.... Not my idea of tasty!!

Earthrace

Earthrace is a 24m (78ft) tri-hull wavepiercer. She was visiting Napier as part of a Tour around NZ and was open to visitors!

In June 2008 Earthrace set a new world record for a powerboat to circle the globe, and she did this with 100% renewable biodiesel fuel, and a net zero carbon footprint. The voyage was over 24,000 nautical miles, and took 60 days, 23 hours and 49 minutes, smashing the old record by over two weeks.
It goes without saying that the above pictures were not snapped by me using my little digital 6.0 mega pixel camera.!!! These however were!

Kairakau Beach

Kairakau Beach on a busy Sunday.....!





Boats coming in after a days fushing!

Random pictures and things!

Another great Sunset picture...

Digger power!



You know about 24hr Cash Machines! Ever run out of ice at a party..? Not a problem here.... Just head down to the 24hr Ice Dispensing Machine. Insert coins, grab your bag of ice!! Couldn't be easier!!



2009 Church Road Red's nearly ready!!

Whilst out walking the dogs we came across a couple of Walnut trees! Never seen them before. So gathered some that had fallen! Now have to think of something to make with them!



Recently there were some Offshore Powerboat Championship held at Napier. I think you can guess which picture I didn't take!!




Oh... and weeks without rain... Then the sky's opened and it poured down!!

Billy Connolly Live!

Last night we went to see Billy Connolly Live. I haven't laughed so much in ages! He is sooo funny and the 2hrs he was on stage just whizzed by.


We were lucky with our seats, 4th row from the front, right in the middle with an aisle next to us! Managed to get a few pictures at the end of the show (even though it said no flash photography loads of people were taking pictures by then!)

Maraetotara Falls

Great Scenery.........


Kids having fun......!




Tree growing out of stone!