An unknown seed has entered our tiny garden. It all started in a supermarket where they were giving away tiny cardboard pots without markings. Without much thought we threw their content among other veggies. One seed sprouted and a large plat grew out of it. It had leaves with an interesting shapes and tiny yellow […]
After a long time I went for a dive to Mahurangi Harbour from the beach in Otarawao (Sullivans) Bay. Actually I did it twice; first time my camera’s strobes were flat so all the pictures turned up greenish-brownish. The main reason of the dive was to see what the fine sediments coming from the shore […]
I just uploaded a set of underwater pictures from Puhoi River estuary to pacificimages.net. Puhoi River is a partially tidal river flowing through farmland. That’s why it is muddy, acceptable visibility is very rare. Yet it can happen, especially at its mouth.
FREEDOM is not an empty sound; it is not an abstract idea; it is not a thing that nobody can feel. It means, and it means nothing else, the full and quiet enjoyment of your own property. If you have not this; if this be not well secured to you, you may call yourself what […]
These videos have one thing in common … all of them are related to fresh water.
They are disappearing. There are none left in inner Hauraki Gulf around Auckland. Unfortunately too many divers see these animals as a dish and nothing more. They cannot, or do not want to see them as an important part of the coastal ecosystem. What has to happen so we we start behave differently and change […]