Skydiving

Thanks to Nick's Christmas present I jumped out of a plane at 13,000 feet yesterday :D

Absolutely loved it and I'll be going back again soon! I had awesome views of the north and south islands, and the over 50 seconds of free-fall was a novel way of enjoying it!

White Rata

I've been watching this rata for a while... It's in a wind-swept tree out on the windfarm and I always go and check it out when we're doing are mortality searches to make sure it's doing ok!

When i went to see it yesterday it was finally flowing and, as it turns out, it's white! I was expecting it to be red and thought white ones were just hybrids developed for gardens... As they say, you learn something new everyday :)

Thanks to Andrew - this is a Metrosideros perforata

I love our new house

What a sunset!

Solar halo

I just saw an awesome Solar Halo at work, best I've ever seen!

Here's another pic with an Akeake hiding the sun...