A slightly different christmas morning
 

Slighty different to what most of you would normally experience anyway :P

Taken at about 7:30am in a little holiday place called Pauanui, which is located on the eastern side of the Coromandel Peninsular, approximately 2 hours south of Auckland, New Zealand.

(Not sure how long i'll be able to keep them up, my host is a bit iffy on international traffic, if they go offline, i apologise)

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From the deck

http://www.nzfortress.co.nz/hosted/sam/DSC01417r.jpg
Looking up the beach

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Out front

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Pohutakawa (kiwi christmas tree, as they are red flowers on deep green trees that bloom around christmas, very beautiful.)

Stunning. Absolutely stunning.

Thank you for sharing, that is a seriously beautiful place.

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Another one taken around the same time, t'was a beautiful morning.

And i thought you might like this:

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http://www.nzfortress.co.nz/hosted/sam/DSC01451r.jpg

Those are two shots of the same sunset, about 2 or so minutes apart i think, at a little place down the coast from the above, called Waihi Beach. I believe those were taken around the 29th, it was where i spent New Year's with mates.

Oh, that's beautiful. Your picture looking up the beach reminds me of a park near where I grew up...except replace the sandy beach with a rocky shore.

Just gorgeous.