I recall counting 8 in various states of repair/disrepair in Patrick Maisey’s workshop in Stewart Estate, near Nelson. Marine/chainsaw/motorbike. There are probably more. Somewhere in there
..says Sid, guest photog Ute Matchke‘s hound. “Finally” says jb. Wednesday instead of Monday, last seat on Thai to Bangkok NottheNelsonDailyPhoto.com takes over from here in a day or so.…
Glass half-full? Well, if you’re trying to fly down to New Zealand to escape the winter and kick-start notthenelsondailyphoto, what you DON’T need is for Lufthansa’s cabin staff to cripple…
I can highly recommend Manuka Island eco cottage, at the end of a 1km long private road that goes over a bridge and a causeway right to the edge of…
Footwear is frequently jandals (as documented by the pale chevron on this chappy’s feet). Or nothing at all.
Even the stormwater drain manhole covers aren’t safe from these arty types.
Jane Evans was an immensely talented Nelson artist who died last year. Much too young. The obituary in the Nelson Mail hints at her influence and talent. Her cottage in…
The Mussel Inn at Onekaka in Golden Bay is a classic. They brew beer from manuka (or tea tree). When you visit, you’ll see mobile phones nailed to the veranda…
American Indians appear to have established a beachhead on Rabbit Island. They’re probably off looking for scalps with which to cover their teepee. Follically challenged as I am, I have…
…. before this chappy (paper wasp, methinks) finally works his way though the roof support and the whole shebang comes crashing down
…from the cloudless blue skies we’ve been having for the past 2 weeks. Still between 20°-25•C though…
….where are the bloody kina?
Charmaine “Char” Jack is a director of Edito, a design store on the fringe of Nelson’s CDB featuring an eclectic mix of antique and contemporary furniture and accessories. Also recognised…
Stag’s skull. Water tanks Windmill. Rural Nelson
….how come I’ve yet to the sight the eponymous creature, but constantly keep tripping over reverse-engineered crabs on the beach?
At some stage, this sign appears to have been 7 km (or miles, even?) from the beach on Rabbit Island. The icecaps have obviously melted to such an extent that…
Not a spare chair to be found at the Playhouse Café and Theatre in Mapua last night for The Eastern’s gig, Except – being Mapua which is “country” (as in…
Vivienne Fox has been a star in Nelson’s culinary night sky for as long as I can remember. She and her husband Tom opened the Apple Shed cafe/bar/restaurant in late…
…we have hairdressers sprinkled around the globe. I have Chantelle at Zoom in Mapua, Yilmaz in Mainz and Ms jb for in between. Ms jb has Brunhilde (I think…) in…
On the coast road from Christchurch to Nelson via Blenheim, you’ll come across Kaikoura, New Zealand’s centre of whale=watching and the best place to get rock lobster (or crayfish, as…
Jess and Bonnie, the 2 black labs at the cottage we’re renting, smell food through sealed packaging at 300 metres. I swear.
It all started with a group of artists in Tasman, a small village 30km from Nelson, with Steve Fullmer, internationally acclaimed ceramicist (I have the honour of doing his website…
3 pieces of Ribaldo, 2 (which turned out to be 4…) mussels and a scoop of chups from the Smokehouse on Mapua Wharf. A pint of California Ale and a…
An avian Dick Turpin at Mapua Wharf. Check tomorrow to see what the other gannet scoffed…. iPhone 4, by the way. And don’t say it was luck. This is a…
Not even Not the Nelson Daily Photo yet. In the fine tradition of Petrea’s Zen Monday series over on Pasadena Daily Photo (whereby she posts an incongruous image and let’s…
..supper …er…. turtle. Phoebe and Rebecca are standing on what used to be the much-loved aquarium on Mapua Wharf before an arsonist munted it just under year ago. Little survived.…
170-ish years ago, this spot on Bridge Street in Nelson apparently marked the foreshore – a good 1km away these days. Mind you, you can get your feet wet and…
…empty. The Origin Pacific passenger terminal at Nelson airport. Origin Pacific was an airline owned by one of the local influentials that had been struggling since it started competing against…
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