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Looking around Northland, and further afield, since 2011. The good ones you can take home.

2014

Next up, bananas! #iainsgardenCruising some back roads on an awesome e-bike!Photo, 28 Dec 2014Photo, 28 Dec 2014Photo, 28 Dec 2014Photo, 28 Dec 2014Keep left.Next up on the hibiscus list is the Fiji Gold that's just opened up today! #iainsgardenShe didn't disappoint :) #iainsgardenFuchsia #iainsgardenHibiscus (Agnes Gault) about to open up, stay tuned for tomorrow's unveiling! #iainsgardenPohutukawa (New Zealand's Christmas tree) are putting on quite the show.So wanted to grab my camera gear, say 'laters!' to the visiting in-laws and head to the beach to photograph this - but iPhoto, 20 Dec 2014Photo, 19 Dec 2014Photo, 18 Dec 2014Trevally at the Poor Knights, block mounted @ 600x400 and protected with a UV laminate. Love making these :)Kevin #kereru #iainsgardenSo long weekend, you've been choice.Cicadas starting to fire up #feelslikesummer #iainsgarden #macroMr Quail keeping a lookout #iainsgardenMrs Quail and her little one #iainsgardenPut in some stepping stones today, 100 more to go... #iainsgardenPhoto, 3 Dec 2014Photo, 30 Nov 2014Wellington's Bay to ourselves. #choiceSunflower! #iainsgardenMoreporks loving the solar lights round our property. Taken tonight, just off the deck. #iainsgardenCrane fly, like something from a sci-fi movie. #iainsgardenRuby's note to the tooth fairy :)#iainschickensPhoto, 11 Nov 2014Took some product shots today for local silversmith extraordinaire @silverbluexperienceThe people with the vision to make it happen. #hundertwasser #Whangarei #letsdothisA little over 31°C in #iainsgarden today!Loving pushing atoms instead of bits to round off the week!Photo, 6 Nov 2014Photo, 6 Nov 2014Lancewood #iainsgardenCelebrity kiwi.Had the privilege of meeting some kiwi this evening before they were released at Tawapou - amazing birds!Magic Tree.Photo, 1 Nov 2014Photo, 1 Nov 2014Photo, 1 Nov 2014How Whangarei Town Basin should look most weekends. #HundertwasserFTWPhoto, 1 Nov 2014#hippies #worldpeace #andallthatHappy Birthday #Whangarei, 50 years young.Photo, 31 Oct 2014Photo, 30 Oct 2014Photo, 29 Oct 2014Photo, 29 Oct 2014Photo, 29 Oct 2014Photo, 26 Oct 2014Photo, 26 Oct 20145pm traffic in Ngunguru.Spot the paddleboarder and the waka.Photo, 21 Oct 2014Took a lunchtime cruise on the paddle board up the river that skirts our property, just magical.Photo, 20 Oct 2014Where the first footprints are yours. #northland #newzealand #nzmustdoStink Bug #iainsgardenAntelope. #iainsgardenGetting things ready for summer!#iainsgardenFinally! #iainschickensPhoto, 14 Oct 2014Photo, 14 Oct 2014Photo, 13 Oct 2014Photo, 13 Oct 2014Coffee table hack.Crane flies doing the tango.Photo, 13 Oct 2014Photo, 13 Oct 2014I bought a second hand macro lens about a year ago, immediately wrote it off because I couldn't get any good results. ToPhoto, 12 Oct 2014Photo, 12 Oct 2014Photo, 12 Oct 2014Photo, 11 Oct 2014#iainsgardenNikau Palms #iainsgarden#insectporn #iainsgardenPhoto, 10 Oct 2014#bloodmoon is looking absolutely stunning here on the coast.To the moon.First print mounted @ 600x300x18, very pleased with the end result!Got a new flash in prep for some interior shots I've been commissioned to do. Nervous!Kevin is letting me walk right up to him now, he's pretty neat.Doing my first 1m print at home! Love this thing.After walking to Whale Bay yesterday, I bought 6 Nikau Palms from Tawapou. Love them.Pro Legato, Hibiscus #iainsgardenPhoto, 26 Sep 2014Love this tree.Photo, 26 Sep 2014Zzzzzzzzz.Photo, 26 Sep 2014Voted!Moved a lemon tree that’s done nothing for 5 years - I'm so excited that it’s now got a new lease on life. Confirmation #iainsgardenKorus everywhere, all the plant life has kicked into 5th gear. #iainsgardenTui, chillin' on the Kowhai Tree #iainsgardenOther half pretty much done for now. Finally got round to laminating and mounting @cabel's retro posters, only took me 2Hanging childhood memories on the office walls :)Trying to figure out the best way to mount this on the wall...New work area for trimming/mounting prints. #iainsoffice#complete #done #thankfeck #nomorediy #iainsofficeFirst night with the outdoor fireplace, win!Finally! #iainsoffice4th and final coat on the new desk. #iainsofficePhoto, 24 Aug 2014Photo, 24 Aug 2014Sunday mornings are for Sandys, love this place. #goodtimestutukakaThe centre of the Tutukaka universe #goodtimestutukakaIt's a duck! Little Ms Ruby (5) builds the most awesome things with Lego.Photo, 14 Aug 2014Photo, 14 Aug 2014Photo, 14 Aug 2014Photo, 12 Aug 2014Photo, 12 Aug 2014Photo, 12 Aug 2014Photo, 12 Aug 2014Napier has the most awesome road safety park for kids. Complete with lanes, pedestrian crossings, roundabouts and traffiPhoto, 10 Aug 2014They like their wharfs around here.Onwards!Photo, 9 Aug 2014Photo, 9 Aug 2014Epic day today on the East Cape.Photo, 8 Aug 2014Quite a tidy looking house in the East Cape...Photo, 8 Aug 2014Photo, 8 Aug 2014Photo, 8 Aug 2014This is where fairies live.Photo, 7 Aug 2014Photo, 7 Aug 2014Walking round Mount Manganui this morning.Only 3½ weeks till spring! #GoodTimesTutukakaPhoto, 5 Aug 2014Woolleys was looking choice this morning.Photo, 28 Jul 2014A winter Sunday.Lunchtime for Kevin. #iainsgardenTrevor, hanging out by the office window. #iainsgardenMade a bird table to put our excess citrus fruit out for the birds. It's a hit with the locals. #iainsgardenCan't believe how quickly these ladies are growing.#iainsgardenPhoto, 30 Jun 2014This is the path the local kids walk to school in Ngunguru. Pretty lucky, those little people.3 weeks old, first day out exploring!Good morning!#StarTrails tonight just off the front deck. 90 exposures at 40 seconds each, stacked using the awesome #StarStax app.Another epic evening on the coast, super clear again.Looking pretty stunning for the middle of winter.Been waking to cold, crisp & misty mornings like these recently, long may they continue.Quick 30 second exposure off the front deck on this clear and crisp evening.Koru #iainsgardenWhachulookina'? #iainschickens1 day old. #iainschickensThe majority of visitors go right past the Tutukaka Coast and head straight to The Bay of Islands. They've got no idea wPhoto, 2 Jun 2014And of course a trip to Tutukaka wouldn't be complete without a trip to @schnapparock / @benlilley1st day of winter here in New Zealand so I took Mr and Mrs @benlilley for a cruise along Daisy Bay. We left the only fooFeels like a dream and someone's gonna wake me up soon. #iainsgardenPuriri Moth #iainsgarden'Morning!Our new property boundary is the awesome Ngunguru river that snakes it's way up the valley.Young fella. #iainsgardenNew garden. #iainsgardenThe view from our new place. 2.5 acres facing directly north over an awesome valley, 2km from the beach!Photo, 26 Apr 2014Photo, 25 Apr 2014Photo, 25 Apr 2014Photo, 21 Apr 2014First time on the walking track from Daisy Bay to Whananaki, just stunning.Tutukaka looking pretty choice this evening.Matapouri Sand FortPhoto, 31 Mar 2014Photo, 31 Mar 2014That's me - shark bait, while @hippyk8 enjoys herself down below.Just a few fish at the Knights today... #poorknights #whangarei #tutukaka #nzmustdo #underwater #newzealand#selfieWellingtons Bay turning it on tonight.Photo, 22 Mar 2014Photo, 22 Mar 2014Photo, 22 Mar 2014Photo, 19 Mar 2014Photo, 19 Mar 2014Photo, 18 Mar 2014Photo, 18 Mar 2014Photo, 17 Mar 2014The ocean was exploding at Matapouri entrance, pretty awesome to see.Cyclone Lusi hitting up Matapouri pretty hard yesterday. #waves #storm #cyclone #lusi #matapouri #nzPhoto, 13 Mar 2014Some #macro #flower action from the #whangarei Quarry Gardens.Strip to your undies and jump the Pataua Bridge. #nzmustdo #whangarei #newzealand#iainsgarden #cicada #macro#iainsgarden #macro #nz #fern #dropletPhoto, 10 Mar 2014The boy totally surprised me and jumped off the Pataua bridge, I never thought he was going to do it!Photo, 9 Mar 2014Photo, 9 Mar 2014Photo, 2 Mar 2014Photo, 2 Mar 2014Getting this process nailed! Printing, block mounting, edging, and laminating! Pushing atoms instead of bits is really sPhoto, 16 Feb 2014So long Mr Weekend - you've been choice as, bro.Photo, 9 Feb 2014Photo, 4 Feb 2014Photo, 4 Feb 2014Photo, 4 Feb 2014#hotwaterbeach in the Coromandel is where folks dig their own spa pools on the beach at low tide. Underground thermals hPhoto, 3 Feb 2014Photo, 3 Feb 2014Photo, 3 Feb 2014Whitianga MarinaCheers!Best seat in the house #whangarei #nzSecond crack at #startrails. This one is from Wellingtons Bay, Tutukaka. 36 shots @ 30 second exposures, stacked using #Photo, 29 Jan 2014Photo, 29 Jan 2014Photo, 27 Jan 2014Photo, 27 Jan 2014Photo, 27 Jan 2014Glamping.Photo, 26 Jan 2014Primo camping spot.Elliot BayPretty choice night cruising around Russell, Bay of Islands.Photo, 20 Jan 2014Photo, 18 Jan 2014Photo, 18 Jan 2014Photo, 18 Jan 2014First crack at star trails. Unfortunately not an ideal night because of the full moon. This is a 1334 second exposure - Photo, 15 Jan 2014Photo, 15 Jan 2014Photo, 13 Jan 2014Gave work the middle finger and decided to do something constructive instead.Photo, 13 Jan 2014Photo, 12 Jan 2014Photo, 12 Jan 2014Photo, 12 Jan 2014Photo, 12 Jan 2014So long Saturday, you've been awesome.Exploring the secret corners of #tutukaka on the paddleboard, this awesome little bay comes loaded with pinnacles, stingPhoto, 11 Jan 2014Photo, 8 Jan 2014Photo, 8 Jan 2014Photo, 8 Jan 2014Photo, 7 Jan 2014Thirsty work. #iainsgardenPhoto, 6 Jan 2014Photo, 6 Jan 2014Photo, 6 Jan 2014Goat IslandKingfisher — He's been here for a couple months now. #iainsgardenTui — Another resident in #iainsgarden