The best scenery is found around here. The mountain views are really breathe taking. Monday, July 11, 2005. The Southern Alps, 6th December 1999. At the end of December 1999, I took my family for a tour of the South Island. We drove the Toyota Ceres from Christchurch to Hanmer Springs, Westport,. The mountain scenes were fabulous so were the wild flowers on the shores of Wanaka. Our first glimpse of snow capped mountains. Part of the Southern Alps. One for the family album.

It is a backpacker hostel called the Lazy Fish at the Marlborough Sounds. Monday, July 11, 2005. This hammock is very popular. You have to queue for your turn. The Lazy Fish has a lazy dog. I prefer the barbecued tiger prawns from Maxim on Merbau Road, any time! There was absolutely nothing to do, but watch the ships go by.

A few fruit trees in our back garden in Hamilton. Sunday, June 22, 2008. It is so strange to see such big fruits on a small tree. Wednesday, May 14, 2008. This is because there are two graftings on the one tree. Here you can see clearly that one branch already has leaves and the other branch was just starting to bloom.

Saturday, August 25, 2012. My blog is back on line. It seems that my blog has been hacked. When I opened it I could see my blog for only a few seconds and then another blog, Kunoichi appears. I seek help on the blogger help forum and received a response from Redleg. Thank you Joe, it worked. Your blog is getting redirected by this line of code, the script call.

Saturday, July 01, 2017. A hole in the ocean. I am trying to keep track of all the new stuff I buy for this old boat. The cost of all new items added to an old boat is not recoverable when you sell the boat later. Friday, June 30, 2017. Thursday, June 29, 2017.