Kaikoura stock car racing 2010
Queens Birthday stock car racing at Kaikoura was full of action again this year. The 36th Northern Zones Championship managed to dodge the weather. Slushy racing for a start but it all got better as the weekend went on. You can find the results at the Kaikoura Stock Car Club website Take me to stock [...]
It’s Spring, Kaikoura Wedding time
Spring is here, although some days you have to wonder with the rampant weather that cruises past. It felt like spring this weekend though, with a beautiful couple, a great looking bridal party, bright spring colours and some sunshine, we had all the elements of a very super spring day. Thanks for sharing the fun [...]
Kaikoura Real Estate photography
There is an interesting mix of architecture in Kaikoura. I get to sample the diversity when I photograph properties for a couple of the astute real estate agents in town. There is everything from cutting edge architectural masterpieces to contemporary seaside baches to 1950s designs from the state house era. One thing that makes Kaikoura [...]
Kaikoura New Wharf – no more.
Call me old fashioned but progress doesn’t always seem like a step for the better. I’m thinking about the New Wharf, it ‘s been part of the Kaikoura landscape since around 1909 (The Old Wharf is around the corner and wasn’t up to the job of a busy town so the New Wharf was built). [...]
At the cinema
A wedding in a movie cinema, well how cool can that be! You don’t have to worry about the weather for starters, indoor seating for everyone, plenty of popcorn to go round and the Mayfair Theatre on the Esplanade at Kaikoura makes a serious Art Deco fashion statement. A wedding at a movie cinema – [...]
The great 2007 lunar rip off
I’m not a compulsive stargazer, but I am fascinated by things celestial. It comes from the days of being a kid brought up in an isolated rural place and the light of the night was the stars. We used to lie on our backs in the grass for hours and fascinate ourselves with the vastness of the universe. I never did [...]
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