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A Western sunset – February taken

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Photo taken on twenty third – February – two thousand and twelve Anno Domin. in the westward direction.

When you look into the western direction from Auckland Observatory Known as Stardome. You could see a lot of timeless unique events like you may see a sunset many, or multiple times, and you say it’s just another sunset…?  Well when you look at one, it’s never the same again like the other ones like the day before, the presently now, or presently tomorrow.

The clouds are different, the warmth of looking at that moment of feeling the beautifully citrine orange hues giving you a sense a natured regeneration refreshness as you look down to the awe of the horizon westwardly as the sun settles down the direction of Piha beach.  Also when it’s slightly scattered  clouded, it can be a good thing as giving you more light to work from and comfort.

Morning – Plane spotting.

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Airbus 320 – Air New Zealand takes off in later parts in the morning.

This morning I decide to something a little different, when back to a haunting place of plane spotting. During that moment there’s been a few take offs at Auckland international Airport, from a viewing point nearby the runway.  Throughout that morning there was a lot of domestic versus international flights.

Most of the departure aircrafts , departing away are the smaller series of line of either Boeing or Airbus,  departing eastwards, but there was more arrivals in westwards.

The weather was fine, almost just right as it felt like a summery winter, very unusual for this time of  year, so I’m presuming that here in Auckland is going to be one cold spring, or wintery as she arrives very late.

One driving escape.

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This is one drive of road is one of the best escapes from after work, given you just had heavy work load. When you drive down this drive, it refreshing you has you drive down slowly to take you time driving down or up the drive. Locate in the first thing that you drive into in Cornwell Park,  is a drive known as Pohutukawa drive from the Greenlane west, Auckland, New Zealand.

The drive is surrounded by beautifully Edwardian planted trees, that it was crafted, by the parks donor Sir Logan Campbell. In that surroundings it’s a place where it people exercise, weekend  family fun where there’s place located nearby so you could do family BBQ’s in the park. Plus it’s one very good location to have your wedding photographs taken timelessly.

your after work escape is there 24/7 for you, even though it’s pleasing relaxing refreshing to escape to during summery,  it can be the same during wintery seasons. Driving down the drive. gives your eyes a sense of rest, freshness after intaking delightfully self prescribed dosage the natural light, rather the harsh working office light.

When you drive along this road slowly, it’s a 40Km/hr.  there’s a velocity restriction, due to the people walking around in the park be courtesy take you time.

Taken on past 2010 eve..

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Taken on past New Year’s Eve, on eight past midnight in the morning on the year 2010.  On that morning or the eve, the crowds gathered around to watch the impending spectacular of fireworks from the Sky tower. from the Auckland’s central business district.  Crowds gather, some lately arrived, but most that do, find parking spaces afar to walk to the front of the Auckland war memorial Museum in Parnell, in which has an all compassing two seventy degrees view of the city, with standing at the back the museum mood lighted.

But before you do its best to check your car is locked just in case, also grab also warm clothing it can be cold even the warmest of days or nights.

Arriving around, you could see the crowds gathered to watch the fireworks as the clock counted down crowds counted to the seconds making way for the New Year, celebrating with least than ten minutes of candle blossoming with fireworks  of Auckland to first to celebrate the new year of 2010.

Mission Bay — July fogged—

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‘don’t swin in a foggy beach”

Auckland was foggy extremely on 22nd July 2013. In the morning from where I was you couldn’t see pass the least than one hundred meters. But when the sun came out in later in the later mornings it became slight clearer, burning the fog out,  roughly Teen-ish in the morning mostly Mission bay was fogged out in the Waitemata harbour, in which was unsafe to swim out, as you could barely see the Rangitoto Island, least than only a dangerous least than 100 meters away. The incoming out going Ships blasted their fog horns in the fogged out harbour in the distance where it could not been seen.  Mission Bay from that point was seen as a a Nicole Kidman movie ” The Others” in where your live-ishly are in the scene where you are in the self, directed, also screen play sequel of the movie.

Arriving there,  driving along Tamaki drive thinking only could see the only a little of the shore line also a bit more, only on actually the expected view is replace by fog in the very close distance like the cursed Black Pearl arrived in the harbour to loot the oncoming ships.