Tuesday 25 October 2016

Yellow gazanias and driftwood sculptures at Ohope beach





Over the weekend we did a bit of a tiki tour around Whakatane, one of the spots we visited was lovely Ohope beach. Beautiful hot sunny Spring day and awesome scenery - yellow gazanias growing in the sand on the hillside and a driftwood sculpture on the sand - just perfect!

Linking up with Our World Tuesday :-)

14 comments:

Buckeroomama said...

Was that structure for a makeshift tent?

(No idea what that flower is called. It was just there by the roadside.)

Amy said...

no I don't think so, you're not allowed to camp on beaches here, we have campgrounds for that, I think someone just found all the driftwood and made something from it :-)

mick said...

Great photos of a beautiful beach. I like the yellow flowers growing over the sand.
This bit is just for your amusement - I live in a place called "Cooloola Cove" One of the businesses in town had recently changed owners and the new people have put up new advertising and signs - they have called it "Kiwi Cove" and yes, they are from NZ.

Andrea said...

Beautiful finds, same structure. Where is Ohope Beach? I am so envious my sister is now having conference in Wellington.

Fun60 said...

That first photo is a gem with the yellow flowers in the foreground. Brings to mind the poem, Sea Fever by John Masefield: 'I must go down to the sea again, to the lonely sea and the sky.....'

Amy said...

hi, Ohope beach is in the Whakatane area, Wellington is about 6 hours drive south of us.

eileeninmd said...

Hello, the flowers are pretty. Love the beach scenes. Enjoy your day!

baili said...

pleasure to eyes really

Photo Cache said...

I love driftwoods in the beach. I cannot open the first image.

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Wayne said...

I *really* like that first photo!! Spring has sprung :-)

Amy said...

strange that, I had problems uploading the photos yesterday, I think blogger is playing up.

Amy said...

it's well and truly here, Summer will be arriving come December :-)

Photo(Geo)grapher said...

First photo is great!

likeschocolate said...

So so beautiful!

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