02.24.07
Wedding – Bronwyn & Jay
The fabulous Gracehill Vineyard Restaurant in Kumeu, held host to the wedding of Bronwyn and Jay on Saturday 24th Feb 2007
02.22.07
1D Mk III Unveiled
Photo © Canon USA 2007
This is the camera I’ve been waiting for, now just to wait a year for prices to drop. 😉
02.17.07
Wedding – Wendy & Shane
Beautiful backyard wedding, in West Auckland, followed by reception at Henderson Masonic Centre.
02.16.07
Hungry? – Chocolate Earth
Chocolate Earth – www.cakes.co.nz Wedding Cakes, novelty cakes, and of course, chocolates!
Oteha Valley Road, Albany.
02.11.07
Drift Revolution
Today marked the first round of the new series “Drift Revolution” run by Rian Herrick and his partner Kylee (Project Bengal Drift)
Round Winner, Carl Ruiterman from Pukekohe
Greg Munt was kind enough to give me some hot laps after the competition.
01.19.07
Westpac Rescue Helicopter Unveiling
Auckland’s Rescue helicopter today had it’s official unveiling of it’s new BK-117 helicopter, after being in operation for the past 3 weeks. Featuring state of the art equipment, ZK-HLN is now owned by the company, rather than leasing ZK-HHV.HLN features ground avoidance system, auto pilot, and night vision goggles to enable safe flights at night time.
CEO of Westpac NZ, Ann Sherry was there to commemorate the unveiling. 
01.03.07
Ni Sa Moce, Fiji
3:30am…. Time to leave. What?! Quite an unruly time it sure was. We arrived back at Nadi just after 5am, still sleep walking. Managed to check in before the crowd, and request our window seats on our Air NZ 767.
Ni sa moce.
01.02.07
Fiji – Day Five
Our 5th and final full day at Fiji on 2nd January was a quick, but very good one.
An early rise, for Marianna and Kevin, saw them treated to a champagne breakfast on the beach.
Glass bottomed boat
Kirst and I took a taxi to Eco-Park:
Nemo!
One of my favourite shots from the entire trip.
Back to The Warwick resort in the late afternoon,
we caught up with Marianna and Kevin.
Kirst and Warren
01.01.07
Fijian Wedding – New Years Day 2007
Kirst
The Warwick staff going the extra mile with frangipani’s
Decorations
Down the board-walk
Marianna & Kevin – First sunset of 2007
Dusk at the buree
12.31.06
Fiji – New Years Eve
Recovering from burns over the body, it’s a quiet day in Fiji.
A peaceful sunrise over the calm waters.
Kirst and I took a taxi to the sister resort, the Naviti, just a few kilometres away. A quick cheap feed, and we were back, as that resort didn’t have much to offer, and all the main restaurants were closed in preparation for the big New Years eve celebrations.
Kirst overlooking the pool after another heavy rain shower.
The evening was filled of buffet dinners, music and entertainment.
Marianna and Kev with the final sun of 2006 setting behind.
And what other way to finish off 2006, with a strong rainbow, over the dramatic dusk sky.
12.30.06
Fiji – Day Two
The goal of our second day in Fiji, was to climatise to the weather.
Firstly I set my alarm for the sunrise, however somehow slept through it, and the first thing I saw was this:
As you can see, I was well over an hour late!
The rest of the morning was spent in one of the swimming pools, before deciding to try a tandem paddle craft. Bad idea Warren. Bad idea! This resulted in Kirst and myself getting nice and burnt, basically all over.
This led to a quiet afternoon, and round 2 of the Club Room lounge bar and balcony. It was also rainy heavily at this time, and managed to take a few quick snaps of the birds overlooking the drinks and complimentary finger food from the hotel.
12.29.06
Bula Vinaka! Fiji
Bula, from Fiji.
The start of a 5 night holiday (and some work) to The Warwick resort on Fiji’s Coral Coast.
Kevin and Marianna Billington are to be wed at sunset, New Years day, 2007. I couldn’t possibly think of a better place for a wedding. I travelled with Kirst (www.ikirst.com), and the Billington family to the resort.
Our Air New Zealand flight touches down soon after 8am, and the temperature is already cracking 30°C.
Our shuttle whisked us out of the airport, and through Nadi, stopping at a few local idyllic resorts on the waters’ edge.
It was upon leaving Nadi, that the first (and only signs of the coup) was being staged by Bainimarama.
Despite the intense heat, the rolling hills and pasture are saturated in green. It’s in fact the wet season, where the most rain falls in January – something I wasn’t quite looking forward to!
We continued via the bumpy main highway South-East, where the max national limit is 80km/h. – Any faster, and the potholes would blow your tyres, and break your shocks. 😉
Two hours after leaving Nadi, we arrived at The Warwick, with only one thing on mind – going for a swim.
That idea lasted all of two minutes, before I saw my first of many sea snakes…
The kayak however, seemed a much better option.
The rest of the day, was spent in the air-conditioned rooms, and also made our way to the Club Lounge bar, where for the next 5 days, we had our fair share of free cocktails. Kirst and I also met many great guests, travelling mostly from Australia and New Zealand. (please drop a comment by, and say hello).
With lost appetites due to the heat, it was time for our first Fijian tropical sunset…it was to die for.
12.16.06
Piha – Surfers and Landscapes
Piha, located 40min West of Auckland City is my favourite place to visit. The predominant South-Westerly has shaped Auckland’s West coast over thousands of years, into a rugged but beautiful place.
Here’s just a few from my latest visit there.
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