Swimming upstream

 on a rainy day

I like this idea

 

Small car parking

A lonely bud

On a big rhododendron bush.

Follow the leader

 

Purple ribbons

 Seen on a fence recently. 

Awareness of domestic violence.

Blooming pretty

 

Silver teapots

 

A walk in the park

 

Spring planter box

 

Happy Father's Day

 

Spring colour

 Spring in the garden.

Mary Mary

 

Racy red

 

Helicopter flyover

 For a magazine photoshoot apparently.

Just two buds

 But they'll be pretty when they come out. 

Moody skies

 

Saddle Hill

 from Bush Road

Too rich for me

 I'll grow my own 🙃

Jonquils

 Past their best.

A view across Manakau Harbour

 From Devonport Naval Museum

Could it be...?

 

Chico Marx??

Anyone for chess?

 Outside the Davenport Naval Museum, Auckland.

Auckland CBD

 The Sky Tower in the centre.

Manukau Harbour

Taken from Weymouth.

 

Indoor transport

 Indoor transport at the airport when you can't get a wheelchair. 

A big spider

 Giant golden orb-weaving spider.

The hand belongs to a big 6 foot man.

Platypus

At Eungella National Park, 

Queensland.

 Zoom in.

Orchid

 One of many orchid varieties in the Orchid House 

A cascade of bougainvillea

 

A slow Monday

 At the mall.

Orange sails

 A small pool and refreshment area opposite the shopping mall.

At the marina

Big toys for big boys.

A lot of money tied up here.

 

Tootling along.

 Seen on the main road between Eimeo and Mackay.

Sub tropical skies

 

Passing traffic

 

Pretty as a picture.

 

Can you see the face?

 On the computer desk.

Blue skies and palm trees

Mackay, Queensland.

An ibis ...

... walking up the drive. 

Taken through the window.

Mainbrace

 'Mainbrace'

Footpath permanent mosaic art, Cambridge, the horse stud capital of NZ. There are several of these mosaics on the footpaths in town.

Teapots galore

 Just a few of the teapots in the Cafe where we had lunch in Cambridge.

Maraetai Beach

 

Airport arrivals

 

Op shopping

Beautiful preloved glass

and china.