photographing New Zealand: July 2009

7/30/09

Pukekura Park Display Houses and Fernery

These little 'jars' are full of water to drown insects.

Tire 'swan' and metal 'goat' decorating the outhouse.

All the fountains and water jars were decorated with blooms.

This park has wonderful year-round hot house beauty.

7/28/09

signs

Find signs of life in other worlds at My World Tuesday!

Napier

Do Asian visitors need the police more?!

7/26/09

frosty

Frost morning in Taranaki

Frozen pond under duck-proof net

Scenes from around the world can be seen here on Scenic Sunday.

View other Macro Monday views here.

7/24/09

gulls

Look at other heavenly bodies at Skywatch Friday!

7/22/09

Black Swans

Black Swans at Lake Mangamahoe

Splash yourself with some water from

Watery Wednesday!

7/20/09

7/18/09

TATATM

A few more pages of photos from the museum.

On NZ phones the numbers on the dials start with 9.

Top left, opthomologist tools. Bottom 2, cameras.

Top right, a 'butter press'. Bottom right, butter cooler.

The TATATMuseum Website

7/17/09

This week, during the school holidays, we went to this wonderful place that was truly a step back in time. It was the Taranaki Aviation Transport and Technology Museum just outside of New Plymouth. It was suppose to have the country's largest collection of Postal uniforms, but, darn, I guess we missed that wonderful display. (Yes, that is sarcasm)

But the other things were just awesome and I was pleasantly surprised at all the variety of things they had crammed into the place.

Here is a sample of the wonders within the walls. These are out of the 'printing' department.

( Done on photoscape . Thanks, Deb!)

TATAM Website

Many of the coming items are self-explanatory, especially if you are over 40, but even I didn't recognize some of the stuff!

7/14/09

Turuturu Park

Hubby is always on the lookout for places we can walk that are of interest to us all. This is Turuturu Park in Hawera that has seen better days. But it was quite interesting, even in the dead of winter.

This is an old Maori Pa (fortress) that was really huge. It not only sat on a hill, but they also dug several ditches at intervals up the hillside to deter enemies.