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Norfolk Pine reflections on Marine Parade


Gotta love early Summer mornings along Marine Parade, part of where I walk each day. This is a road along the beach that's lined with mostly posh multi-million dollar holiday homes.

As you can see on the left of the photo there's one that's been built and on the right are a ton of carparks as this area gets very very busy over the Christmas/New Year season - the beach is extremely popular. Lucky we live 5 minutes away so it doesn't take us long to walk if we want a swim :-)

More weekend reflections here...

Comments

carol l mck said…
Looks very inviting ~ Hope you had a great Thanksgiving ~ ^_^
26 November 2016 at 15:08
Amypie71 said…
hi Carol, it's a nice spot, we dont' celebrate thanksgiving in NZ but hope yours went well :-)
26 November 2016 at 15:09
betty-NZ said…
What a great find! I love the Norfolk pines that I find along the coastline roads in Taranaki.
27 November 2016 at 15:27
Yogi♪♪♪ said…
I love the thought of going to the beach for a swim at Christmas!!
28 November 2016 at 05:28
Rhonda Albom said…
It's almost silly season. Let the fun begin!
29 November 2016 at 22:24
Sallie (FullTime-Life) said…
Gosh... you live five minutes away from all that beauty and wonderful beach? Wow...that's wonderful. Though I'm sure it's a tiny bit less pleasant during the busiest visitor and tourist times.
30 November 2016 at 16:29
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