Our house from the top of the hill, zoomed 30X.

                  NZ's native passion flower, Kohia, Tetrapathaea tetranda.

                               Very heavy rain clouds in the Hunua Hills.

            Looking up the trunk of the Kauri tree which we planted 50 years ago.

One of our NZ shags drying off after swimming at the Hunua Falls. I was able to get quite close.

                                 NZ wood pigeon, Kereru. Quite a large bird.

                          New Zealand tomtit sitting on the roof of a shed in our garden.

Another one by Dave. I hope the snow doesnt kill the tree ferns. They are not used to it.

Snow in our hills, not a very common occurrence. Photo by Dave Oliver with his permission.

A pair of Australian Welcome Swallows on the handrail outside the back door.
The one in front is looking at our cat.

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          Ducks swimming away from the bell-mouth spillway of Cossey's Dam.

                          Water intake tower in the Cossey's Dam, Hunua Hills.

I lived in the valley pictured below from 1959 to 1973. I now live just 'over the hill'.

Looking down the spillway channel to the stream at the bottom, and the road out of the valley going up the other side.

Reflections in the lake behind the Mangatawhiri Dam (foreground). The white 'pointer' on the right centre is actually the spillway of the previous picture.

Mangatawhiri Dam spillway overflowing. This is over the hill from our home.

        Another cobweb dangling between the wires of the rotary clothes line.

                                Cobweb on a foggy morning at our place.