the rest of yesterday

found some .. down south

Nice warmish sunny day, took a trip down south a bit to a fav spot with my girls and the camera.

Climbed over the rocks a bit, and took some shots while the girls made little flax mats.. soo relaxing, and great there was some explosive surfing going on too, pity about the surf, blew out and chopped up alot as the hour went on.
Pics up in the order they were taken, another half a dozen tomorrow along with a couple of sequences like the ladder 1 ones tomorrow too.

where are the surfers?

got a question on a previous post, asking where all the surfer pics were recently..
sorry, but hasn't been happeneing to get them.. been busy painting, doing free work for good causes.. and spring cleaning the house.. after all its spring.. AND there is no good spring surf.

Above a pic from sometime this month from the Esplanade looking up to St Clair Park at Sunset. But below are some odd ones that haven't been on the blog yet from various dates this year.


Also my www.phoam.co.nz website is down.. forgot to pay the domain fees, paid now.. so waiting for it to be hooked up again.

Google Maps

Had a big play on google maps this avo, and screen shot a few of our locals, first one is Blackhead from the top, I found it fascinating.. seeing the extent of the quarry work etc.

and second is of our beloved St Clair

and third is maungamanu.

Sewer Pipe Progress

Some pics taken from up Cargills castle way of the progress of the new sewer pipe.

You can see where John Wilson Drive has been blocked off to traffic, also the large pipes lined alongside the road.

Also a couple of pics looking from Cargills Castle towards the other side of Blackhead.

Dolphins at the View

Got a text from a friend yesterday morn, Dolphins were playing and feeding out back from the surf at Ocean View.. thy had moved down past brighton by the time I got there, I could still see the frolicking past the rocks. But it was nice to get out of the house and get some fresh air. Took a pic along the beach at OV towards blackhead, and then a few as I drove past Blackhead on the way home.

Another Painting commission completed.

Just putting up a pic of the latest Surf Art painting commission I finished last week. Some of you will recognise the place.

Kiwi .. soo touching

Found this on YouTube when following another link, watch it.
SAYS: "My Master's Thesis Animation. Created using Maya, After Effects, and rigged using The Setup Machine by Anzovin studios. website: www.donysanimation.com

getting there

Just a few shots down at St Clair mid afternoon on the 11th Nov.

And a few shots from the 5th I forgot to put up...

and one from up central last xmas thats been hanging around to stick up when I needed to fill a gap that size . Its the road up to the matukituk valley (sp?)

St Clair Poles - sand level changes over a decade.

Found and old pic in the album I just scanned, (now I've worked out how to scan straight into photoshop).. of the height of the pier piles november 1996 compared to august 2006,
and the white arrow points to the same pole in each picture. Since then even more sand has gone. Anyone keen to guess how much sand has gone? . hint the guy is 6ft 1 . and ha ha, thats me on the left in matching stone wash denim jacket and jeans

too busy for blog

Full on week.. painting, framing.. website, haven't been out to take pics, well just once at 7.30pm a few nights ago while dropping Caitlin off to a Queens high thing. got one shot...

also a few from months back I never stuck on and saved for a rainy day, not that its raining, but its darn cold outside.. and there was snow on the hills this morning, and its mid november!? oh yeah icebergs 200 k's off the south island too at the mo.

:: VID :: Blackhead October

Latest vid put together using my new computer and premiere pro.
Filmed one afternoon, or was it morning, at Blackhead Beach, Dunedin on the 28th of October 2006.
For a better quality video footage I have it uploaded to yousurftubes.com
YouTube always pixelates the footage to death.
If you want a high qualityDVD of it email me.
Music by Xavier Rudd .. check out their website