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Lion Rock – Piha Beach 36-57-12.53e, 174-28-07.25s

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Oratia Farmers Market @ Artizan Vinyard

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Angelo shows us how a good pasta is rolled for Raviolli!
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Down to the Vinyard
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An old Pear tree down in the gully.
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Waitakere Trusts Stadium

The new atheletic track and stadium at the Waitakere Trusts Stadium.
This is where we hold our Special Olympic Atheletics training each Tuesday evening.
The Basketball and events Stadium is on the hill at left.
This is where The Breakers are based and the World Netball Championship was held last year!

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A young athelete in training takes off!
We’re in the distance doing our warm up lap!

South Piha Beach

After the Slow Food Convivium picnic I went home, collected Tyson & Taylor and off to Piha.
We usually go to North Piha but today decided on a change.
When you come out to these West Coast Beaches don’t forget your foot wear.
The black iron sand can really get painfull!
And ……SWIM BETWEEN THE FLAGS !!!
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These two are EquiRectangular photos giving 360 x 180 degree views.
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Partial Eclipse of the Sun

I was checking some recipes in my Great Grandmother’s copy of Mrs Beaton’s Book of Household Management when the TV news reader spoke about the partial eclipse of the sun going on right at that moment!
This was around 6.15pm NZST.
I grabbed a piece of cardboard, punched a small hole through it with a fine ball point pen, and projected the image of the eclipse onto one of Mrs Beaton’s pages! Voila!
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I then tried to capture the phenomenon with the camera.
Probably very lucky I didn’t fry the sensor!
What you can see is how dirty the sensor is, dust all over it!
Shame on me, I haven’t been doing my camera keeping!
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