Day 2 of our Queen's Birthday Weekend getaway to Auckland (via Waikato). We made the most of the city lights and the rainy day.

Escaping work as early as I could muster, we were off on a short roadie over the long weekend. There was no time for stopping on the...

Not intending to wake up early for 2 days in a row, the plan was to skip sunrise this morning. Body clock had other ideas and I was...

Boxing Day - pack the bags (in advance) and waking at some stupid hour to hit the road again on our somewhat annual trip down south!...

Tonight, we received the news of achieving the PSNZ Honours distinction of Licentiate! My submitted portfolio has been accepted,...

Now that the trip is all wrapped up, here are a few of my favourite images.

Our last morning of the trip and we finally see the sun! A few shots in the Hawke's Bay before heading home.

Our last day in the East Cape, today we head to Napier.

Day 7 - we hid from the rain under the shelter of the trees at Eastwoodhill Arboretum and visited the Rere Falls.

Our next stage of the trip, staying in Gisborne. Tolaga Bay Pier a must see for anyone in the area.

East Cape sunrise (some colour finally!) and a trip up the lighthouse.

The start of our East Cape leg of the trip. Whakatane to Tokomaru Bay and a couple of great finds along the way.

Waking up at the VR Rotorua Lake Resort and thinking the benefit of this is that Lake Rotoiti is right outside our door... Problem is...

A slow start to the morning as sunrise didn't look too interesting... We went down to the beach near the batch to see what we can find. ...

Day 1 of our East Cape roadtrip - first stop, a short throw away from Turangi.

Sunrise in Kaikoura! We had wanted to stay in Kaikoura to capture the beautiful landscape there at sunrise and sunset. The last time we...

Today's the day we came here for, the Macro Magic workshop. I won the voucher around July last year at Camera Club and it had taken us...

On the road again! Haven't finished writing my last trip up but as I want to keep things more current and write when it is fresh in my...

Our last morning in Takaka and we decided not to wake up for sunrise, the bad weather blowing in overnight and the lack of good location...

Day two started in Takaka, trying to take sunrise at the nearby Port Tarakohe / Limestone Bay. This was only 5 minutes from our...