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On Friday we took a long route from Wellington to Napier. This included a little-used road across the Kaweka Range, part of the backbone of mountains running most of the length of NZ.
I liked this rural scene enough to put it on my computer desktop; it's the Rangitikei River:
An old suspension bridge alongside the one-way road bridge across the Rangitikei river:
The autumn colours are conservative this year:
We came up to the eastern edge of the volcanic plateau, where tussock grassland is the norm:
Looking north from the quiet intersection:
From the shade of the signpost, looking west across the volcanic plateau to Mount Ruapehu (for this pic I adjusted the levels more than usual to show up the mountain):
The Kaweka Range, from a lay-by between road and drop:
We were about to leave the lay-by to drive down to the east coast, when this brightly painted van hurtled down the road and came to an abrupt stop in front of us. The 2 young women tourists wanted their photo taken with the van. One stood by it and the other popped up through the sun roof. I took photos on their camera and cell phone - the latter for them to send to friends back home. They weren't going to find any useful cell-phone coverage till they were nearer the coast! I snapped this pic through the (grubby) windscreen as both vehicles began to move. The rental van company is in a bit of trouble for some less friendly sayings on their vans, but this one is ok
I liked this rural scene enough to put it on my computer desktop; it's the Rangitikei River:
An old suspension bridge alongside the one-way road bridge across the Rangitikei river:
The autumn colours are conservative this year:
We came up to the eastern edge of the volcanic plateau, where tussock grassland is the norm:
Looking north from the quiet intersection:
From the shade of the signpost, looking west across the volcanic plateau to Mount Ruapehu (for this pic I adjusted the levels more than usual to show up the mountain):
The Kaweka Range, from a lay-by between road and drop:
We were about to leave the lay-by to drive down to the east coast, when this brightly painted van hurtled down the road and came to an abrupt stop in front of us. The 2 young women tourists wanted their photo taken with the van. One stood by it and the other popped up through the sun roof. I took photos on their camera and cell phone - the latter for them to send to friends back home. They weren't going to find any useful cell-phone coverage till they were nearer the coast! I snapped this pic through the (grubby) windscreen as both vehicles began to move. The rental van company is in a bit of trouble for some less friendly sayings on their vans, but this one is ok
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