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One of my favourite climbs on Taranaki is to do a sunset climb around the time of a full moon. Not only do you get to watch the sunset and moonrise from the top of the mountain but also descend under the light of the full moon with the city and town lights spread out across the Taranaki ring plain below you.  The trick of course is to get a clear night as all too often banks of cloud build up during the day. Anyway, last weekend the weather cleared up and looked like perfect conditions …

We managed to get away for a mid winter break to Rarotonga.  We struck gold with the weather getting a whole week of fine sunny days and had a really great holiday. We stayed in a beach front house in Titkaveka right next to one of the best reefs for snorkling so were very much spoilt being able to kayak or snorkle from our back door every day.  Beautiful clear days, great sunsets and some stunningly clear nights with great views of the milky way stretchig over the lagoon.We did a …

It's that time of year when we get some spectacular sunsets in New Plymouth with the sun setting behind the Sugarloaf Islands. I'm very fortunate that I work close to the foreshore and on most evenings I get to watch the sun set over the sea as I leave work. These photos are all taken from the foreshore rocks by the coastal walkway. …

It's that time of year when the sun sets over the sea between Paritutu and the Sugarloaf Islands. For the last couple of nights I've been fortunate to witness these stunning sunsets as I leave work, a wonderful reminder of what a beautiful world we live in. …

There are times when beauty slices me right open and I glimpse the great depths of my own being, soul light shining, some presence within that exists beyond the constraints of this single life.When I am still and quietI become aware of something inside methat transcends time and place. A presence, loving intelligencea point of clarity in the dark.Many different momentsin the field of existence woven togetherby a single thread.A continuum made up of many livespassing in and out of the plain of th …