Mechanical waka – The Crowthers (re)Tired in Kaikohe

Otto’s and Manuel’s Image Expeariament

I took some photos on the way back home from lunch at Ruawai on May Day, wending from Arapohue to Tangiteroria. There was still quite a bit of flooding after three week’s of “Drought-breaking” rain.
Instead of loading them into a Gallery as per usual, I hunted out a Linux app that will produce slideshows and render them as a video. And I included the donor photos as well as the usual stitched panoramas.

Oh! Fragious joy! NOT!

First teach the elderly brain how to drive the app. Then teach it how to add subtitles in YouTube. Then add sound from a Creative Commons source. Anyhoo, anyhoo: several tries (MUCH) later…
(Oops. Click on the CC at the bottom of the YouTube player to show the subtitles…)

Finally found the Round Tuit…

And got the camera closer to the wee church you can see across the Hokianga Harbour from the Rawene foreshore. (And it’s not so “wee” when you are standing alongside it.)

Church of Our Lady of the Assumption, Motukaraka Point
Church of Our Lady of the Assumption, Motukaraka Point

Light the blue touch paper and stand clear.

We hastied back to the barge ramp and got on the Bridge Over Placid Waters
We hastied back to the barge ramp and got on the Bridge Over Placid Waters

The distant view of Rawene and Motukaraka Point

The church from mid-harbour, much closer than when you are eating fission chips on Rawene foreshore

Everybody ready to race up the hill to Rawene Takeaways

Visit From A JAFA Rellie – Day 7

Today will be the last full day before we deport the visitor back to South of the Harbour Bridge. Jean was harassing everybody into the car because she wanted to get to the Library, so off we went. Then I had anticipated heading to Rawene for lunch at the Boat Shed, where the lunch menu isn’t available until midday. So we dawdled up through Okaihau, then down to Horeke and along for a stretch of legs at Mangungu Mission House.

Thence over Horeke – Taheke Road. The locals managed to “acquire” another wildfire (like they do on this road EVERY summer — Hmmm‽) So we expected Fire Service activity and just hoped the road was open – it was. Firies still around, and at least one helicopter and monsoon bucket working. Got through to SH12, turned right to the Taheke Bridge, round the corner from the marae. Ay! Caramba!