GKPE 8, Yet more NZ ramblings from some flightless Kiwis.

tongmaster wrote in post #19516778
Well, well! Still active after all these years! Great to see some familiar folks still rambling. I still have my Canon 5DMkII and still taking a few pics. I will look in again soon, maybe include a photo.

Cheers, Bruce

yep we still here but many MIA

dang, Barry Jenkins has passed away!

quick trip to Waiheke yesterday - suspect the last time I was there Halley's Comet was gracing our skies:

}joeseph wrote in post #19527011
}=joeseph;19527011]qui​ck trip to Waiheke yesterday -

Funny in the 29 yrs I lived in Auckland I never went to Waiheke

Good to see your still taking photos. Weather here has been rubbish for months.

Hoar frost in the McKenzie Basin.

something from the archives:

off to mountian tommorow so may have a pic to post

So family trip to snow day ....up at 6 on rd by 7am. Came up to National park and no snow 4 degrees on car temp. So headed to Ohakune and up the mountian rd. No snow, road closed at 9km rd .......ummm there should be snow. Wife and kids giving me greif so thought I would try Bruce road so back around we drove no snow as we headed up but temp had dropped to 2 degrees ...... nek minute saw snow flakes on windshield as we got up to the Chateau Tongariro Hotel we could see it was snowing ...........

1hr later it dumped it


Finally Ive been in a snow storm.

weka2000 wrote in post #19535872
So family trip to snow day ....up at 6 on rd by 7am. Came up to National park and no snow 4 degrees on car temp. So headed to Ohakune and up the mountian rd. No snow, road closed at 9km rd .......ummm there should be snow. Wife and kids giving me greif so thought I would try Bruce road so back around we drove no snow as we headed up but temp had dropped to 2 degrees ...... nek minute saw snow flakes on windshield as we got up to the Chateau Tongariro Hotel we could see it was snowing ...........

1hr later it dumped it


Finally Ive been in a snow storm.

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very cool!

joeseph wrote in post #19535893
very cool!

Didnt have chains to get up but couldnt see anything anyway. Will head down again this week as its school holidays just need more snow and then some fine weather for sunrise and sunset.

Cheatau could do with a couple of mill spent on it but would be well worth preserving.

I actually used my camera, with a filter attached!!! the other day. Went for a Sunday drive, nothing much exciting but this place may be ok for a sunrise visit, small walk from the road to the point, maybe something of interest down there. This is Maketu Point

Right booked 2 nights down at Waiouru Welcome Inn go down Wednesday moring and come back Friday night. Wife and kids staying home
Hard to predict weather but on holiday its snowing so better take it now could all change and be like last year with no snow. Hopefully some good light.

Stayed there 1 & 2 Jan 2019 (when I cooked the head in the van). Pretty basic but it's all you need.

Mark Vuleta wrote in post #19536528
Stayed there 1 & 2 Jan 2019 (when I cooked the head in the van). Pretty basic but it's all you need.

Ive been few times .... advantage is sunrise on desert road 20min drive

and tonight wekas weather report

SNOW SNOW SNOW up both roads but rain and cannot see a dam thing

Heaps of snow up both fields but cloud, rain etc 2/3 degrees and wind dont know if it will improve but im hoping it will at Waiuru for 2 nites so hoping it will clear