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Nelson Masked Parade 2015
It used to mark the start of the famous World of Wearable Arts show (born in Nelson) but the annual Masked Parade has continued long after WoW has gone. It still shows a lot of the creativity and...
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NZ v Sri Lanka, Nelson
A friend invited me to a cricket match yesterday, the one day international between New Zealand and Sri Lanka. He was very surprised to hear that in seven decades I had never been to a live cricket...
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Nelson Street Races 2016
Bit of a washout this year. We had rain forecast for the whole day and some did come, enough to make life difficult. I was very cautious about moving around the track, because last year we had to...
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Rotoiti powerboats
No posts for more than a month – I’ve been busy! But here are some images from the annual powerboat racing held up at the Nelson Lakes. I went up on the Saturday, probably not the best day. The...
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Race Unity Day 2016
I had been out of town for a while and only realised that this event had come around again when a neighbour asked me if I was going. So I was a bit late and missed quite a few of the performances....
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Boulder Bank mini-drama
We had some minor drama on Saturday morning when we woke to see a fishing boat aground on Nelson’s Boulder Bank. The skipper had missed the harbour entrance by about 200 metres. The pilot launch was...
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Metal art update
After quite a long pause I was back photographing the work of metal artist Bruce Derritt. Here are some more samples, to entice you to the Nelson market on a Saturday morning (where you’ll see a lot...
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Nelson Trolley Derby
On Saturday we had the annual trolley derby, a chance for kids of all ages to have fun. Here’s a selection of photographs, starting with “The Charge of the Knees Brigade” (my name, not his). Yes,...
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More gymnastics shots
It’s been a while since I posted anything here, but I’ve been spurred on by some great images from the recent 3-day “Top of the South” gymnastics competition here in Nelson. You can find all of the...
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Alpine Dreams
Here’s something I’ve been working on recently: a new website for a mountain guide based in Switzerland. You can check it out here: www.alpinedreams.ch The photographs, including all images in this...
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