Greetings and Salutation’s,
I am writing from Rainbow Bay, Gold Coast, Australia on a magnificent sub- tropical summer’s day.
To say that I am grateful to call this stunning beach, bay, headland, ocean, maker of extra ordinary surfing waves, home, is an understatement of the highest order!
What an amazing place to come back to after two weeks of traveling through and photographing the west coast and north-west of the South Island of New Zealand.
10 nights of camping the last five of which were spent on the Canaan Downs, one of the prime locations for the filming of Lord of the Rings.
A location that just happened to coincide with heaps of great music and lot’s of dancing at ‘Luminate 09’, music/lifestyle festival http://nativeharmonics.co.nz/luminate high up in the mountains bordering the Abel Tasman National Park.
My version of these shenanigans, the magnificence of this planet and its amazing array of inhabitants photographically follows.
It has been incredibly difficult to get back in the virtual saddle after such a memorable, almost entirely virtually devoid start to 2009.
Today I return to a potentially all consuming virtual world, earthed and ocean’d out, I thank for your patience and understanding.
As a result of my recent travels I have re committed to maintaining some semblance of balance between the virtual and real worlds for the duration of 2009.
Lotsa,
Alan
PS.
It is with a distinct sense of disbelief that I read the headlines, see and hear the broadcasts of the tragedy unfolding in Victoria’s unrelenting bushfires, 60% of Queensland utterly flooded for more than two weeks, Fiji devastated by recent flooding, all of these natural phenomena occuring in our tiny little corner of the globe!
Mother nature flexing some muscle and showing us the size of her guns, my heart goes out to all affected by these climatic extremes.
How could I not be absolutely grateful to live where I do, to work with a truly unique team of very talented colleagues, teach and practice acupuncture with an such exceptional group of enthusiastic students, all in the process of caring for our often inspirational, always amazing patients.
Luminate 09
Tasman Bay and Nelson from the road to Canaan Downs
One lane, instant 300 foot drop, no guardrail, look mum no hands, NOT likely!
The Entrance to Canaan Downs
Locals hangin out
Disappearing into an enchanted Forest
The Enchanted Tree
Deep Within The Forest
One Festival Comin Up
Camp on the First Night on the Canaan Downs
Festival Site 2 days prior to opening
The Vital Ingredient
To Which All Roads Lead
More Images Soon
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