James and Katie's visit

James, Robyn's son, and Katie recently visited us from Sydney, so we showed them some of Auckland's sights:
Oh Calcutta restaurant, Parnell















Auckland city from Mt Eden's volcanic crater














The BBQ



















Bethells Beach














Karekare





















































Devonport chocolate factory





























Quicksand at Bethells Beach



















Cafe in Titirangi village

Aimz sans Braces

Aimee is somewhat overjoyed (a mild understatement) that her braces are now finally history - big smiles all round please :)

Moonbeams

Taken this evening - an eerie moon.

Night Shot of the Sky Tower

Trev's Birds

A collection of shots taken on holiday in Queensland earlier this year. Robyn's brother-in-law, Trev, has an impressive aviary of parrots, rosellas and budgies (all native to Oz). For the photographers out there, the lighting conditions were a bit poor, and obviously the birds are highly mobile, so I shot these pics on ISO 1600 and shutter speed of 640 on a Canon EOS300D SLR.

A Shot in the Eye

Advertising awards evening: the pre-party

Spring arrives in the Winter Garden

(on 2 Sept) We spent a pleasant hour or so at the Auckland Winter Garden, in the Domain, not far from the Museum - see previous story.

Auckland Museum

Some shots of the stunning new section of the Auckland War Memorial Museum foyer.

Night Shots

A selection of shots from Parnell, Remuera and Ponsonby