Road Trips – NUI.NZ

Okere Falls, Rotorua, Bay of Plenty

publish — Tue, 06 Sep 2022 08:36:27 +0000

Sunday 22nd May 2022 – Visit to Okere Falls near Rotorua…
Click here for DoC information page about Okere Falls.

Mokaihaha Ecological Area

publish — Wed, 17 Aug 2022 10:05:55 +0000

21st May 2022 – A little loop walk around the Mokaihaha Ecological Area near Rotorua, There’s a few other photos from the same weekend I will get around one of these days to uploading.

Official Department of Conservation web page about this reserve can be found here.

Speaking of which, there’s been a gazillion of outings for which I’ve yet to upload photos. The reality is, the hikes are all beginning to look much the same.

Rangiwahia Hut Track

publish — Fri, 18 Feb 2022 05:32:33 +0000

Tuesday 4th January 2022 – A short climb up Rangiwahia Hut Track out in the Ruahines on a fairly warm 30 degree day.

Official DoC information page and map… Rangiwahia Hut Track.

Took me around 2 Hours 20 minutes with a day pack including short stops along the way to cool off.

Elevation gain is around 500m – 580m. First part is relatively steady, before a short 80m drop down to the arch bridge and then a steeper climb of about 350m up to the hut.

If time permits, can do a much longer loop via Mangahuia.

Three Sisters, Tongapōrutu, Taranaki

publish — Sat, 15 Jan 2022 01:40:08 +0000

Thursday 6th January 2022 – Final stop of the Central north island trip. Visit to the Three Sisters at Tongaporutu just north of New Plymouth. Can only be accessed about 2 hours either side of low tide. About a 10-15 minute walk one way.

This was the first time I processed a photo set entirely using tools available to Ubuntu Linux. ImageMagick (Command Line tool), ShowFOTO and Shotwell. Aside from my job obviously, current plan is to change over almost completely to using some flavor of Desktop Linux going forward for my specific personal computing needs.

Mangawhero and Waitonga Falls, Mt Ruapehu

publish — Fri, 14 Jan 2022 18:32:34 +0000

Monday 3rd January 2022 – A pair of easy and short walks to a couple of falls around Mt Ruapehu.

Waitonga Falls was visited in the past myself just after snow fall.

Waitonga Falls is around 2 hours return including an explore up to the Falls themselves

Mangawhero Falls is right beside the car park, with just a short stroll to the viewing platform itself.

More photos from the trip will gradually be uploaded over the next month.

See also… Tupapakurua Falls short walk

Tupapakurua Falls

publish — Fri, 14 Jan 2022 10:18:49 +0000

3rd January 2022 – Short walk to the base of Tupapakurua Falls and return. Managed to find the time to get out of Auckland after all over the Christmas / New Years break and do a road trip. Will gradually post up some other galleries over the coming week or so.

Walk to the Tupapakurua Falls is about 1 hour 30 minutes (one way) to the base, an additional half hour (4 hours return)

DoC webpage regarding Tupapakurua falls.

Morrinsville River Walk, Matamata-Piako

publish — Tue, 06 Jul 2021 10:28:59 +0000

Saturday 3rd July 2021 – On my way back to Auckland. Dropped into Morrinsville to wander along the Morrinsville River Walkway, a short 1.4 km one way loop-able track.

See the Matamata-Piako District Council’s Official River walk page for more information (includes detailed route map)

Anyway, looks like the latest Huawei EMUI 11 Update has caused the P30 Pro camera to severely degrade substantially from it’s original firmware EMUI 9.1. Will try and figure out how to roll it back to the original.

Te Ika-a-Māui North Island Autumnal

publish — Mon, 17 May 2021 09:36:07 +0000

Various Autumnal shots around the Waikato and Bay of Plenty regions. Weekends of 8th/9th and 15th/16th May 2021

Rēkohu Chatham Islands Explore

publish — Mon, 17 May 2021 08:07:02 +0000

Tuesday 20th March 2021 to Tuesday 6th April 2021 – Trip to Chatham islands archipelago 800 km off the east coast of the South Island.

Staying at Skirmish Bay Stay situated at Rēkohu far North eastern corner.

(17 May 2021 – More photos to be uploaded when I get a chance)

Basalt Columns, Ohira Bay, Chatham Islands

publish — Thu, 22 Apr 2021 10:46:19 +0000

Sunday, 4th April 2021 – Morning photographing the Basalt Columns situated on Private land at Ohira Bay, Chatham islands.

These columns were formed via vertical shrinkage. See the Chatham Island tourism Basalt columns page for more information.

Land owner permission to access this attraction is required through your accommodation provider / host. Beware when we were present, there was an active disagreement between Hotel Chathams and the Farmer.