On our recent trip away we visited the Ngatea Water Gardens where they have a pond with lotus flowers all around the edge. The white flowers were easy to get close to but they were either almost finished or not quite more than a bud. The pink flowers were over the back of the pond …
Lotus flowers are one of my favourite water flower, I don’t know what it is about them that I like so much but they are so delicate and even after they have finished flowering, the seed pods are just as pretty as the original flower. One of the reasons for my recent trip to Coromandel …
We woke to a brilliant sky and even though it was a little chilly we jumped in the car and headed off to the beach with the camera. Today’s pick of beaches was Waikanae and Paekakariki. Initially I was looking for the posts that are in the water to stop cars from driving up the …
On a recent trip to Miranda we visited the Ngatea Water Gardens. I have never been there before and while it is a relatively small garden it is packed with interesting features, sculptures and signs. There were several species of ducks (one I have yet to identify) and a pair of white peacocks (rather fitting …
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