Hazy Window

The other weekend I hiked to the summit of Rangitoto Island, a volcano in the habour outside of Auckland. The weather was typical of Auckland - raining one minute and completely sunny the next and the cycle continues... As you can see, the haze never completely went away, so I couldn't get a crisp and clear image of Auckland, but I was happy with this photo nonetheless, mainly because of the random pirate ship in the corner. The beach and two small volcanic cones are part of Devenport (remember my previous posts from Devenport: Beautiful Day, Bay View, and Old Wood). Here are some other views of Auckland's CBD: One The Way, Sunny Over the CBD, Sail On, and Made It).

Here are some truly disturbing images of our world that I believe everyone should see: http://gigapica.geenstijl.nl/2009/05/mooi_milieu.html -- nothing can just disappear.

Sail On

I'll continue to post photos from Rotorua, but today I decided to post a photo of Auckland. This weekend I took a ferry to Waiheke Island with some friends. It was a wonderful day full of randomness, bush walking, sunshine, rain, laughs, and some really nice and helpful kiwis. I took this photo from the ferry. If you remember my first post from New Zealand, then you'll remember that Auckland's nickname is the "City of Sails." There were so many sail boats out on this beautiful morning it was clear where the name came from.

They sure don't make criminals like they used to: Vintage Mug Shots

Oystercatcher

I took this photograph in Devonport (just like this one and this one). I noticed these black birds mixed in the seagulls as we walked along the beach. They are known as Oystercatchers, I spent some time looking them up and found a site with information about them here. Their bright red eyes definitely caught my attentions and I found them interesting to watch. I guess the seagulls were keeping close to see if they could have some leftovers.