Happy Medium is fast becoming a series of beach photos, but who am I to complain…
The weekend crew added Gary to the numbers and headed to my favourite place- Te Henga, or Bethells Beach. Another awesome weekend in what’s been an awesome summer!
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After the beach we headed back to Brown St to celebrate Leandra’s bday.
…and Monday was a holiday (Auckland Anniversary Day). Matt, Esther and I went to Est’s friends amazing pool up North. Thanks Gina!
After spending Christmas in on the Coromandel, a whole crew of us headed East, to Gisborne and the Rhythm & Vines festival. Gisborne is where a lot of NZ’s fruit and wine is produced, and the festival itself is on a vineyard. Think low flat ground, high skies, surrounded by cliffs and blue seas. The festival was a 3 day event and I had claimed free tickets as I had designed the stage scrims and graphics. Got to see some great acts, highlights included Santogold and Ladyhawke, but the real beauty was being bale to escape to the beach each morning for some R&R:
Surf is really good in this part of the country. Typical surf beach, full size photo here
A beautiful fruit farm where we got to spend a lazy afternoon with toby the dog. Full size photo here
Back at the festival camp site. Full size photo here
Another day, another road trip up the coast. Full size photo here
Pretty epic panaromic this one, full size photo here
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…and my favourite photo of the whole trip here
Bonus! Here are those scrims I designed:
This past week has been one of my best I think. I’ve had an incredible time exploring the north island with great company and it’s made for a superb Christmas. Esther was kind enough to invite me and my all American flatmate Sean to spend the holiday period with her family. The McDonalds have a beautiful home on Waieheke Island where we spent Christmas Eve. Then 10 or so of us headed out to the Coromandel (some by boat, some by car) to meet up with the extended family at the bach at Flaxmill bay. This is seriously one of the most beautiful and welcoming parts of the world I’ve had the pleasure of spending time in. All the McDonalds made Sean and I feel part of the family and we even got to spend a few nights out on a Yacht. The highlight for me was taking the dingy out to the yacht, only to see the water turn bright from the phosphorescence algae. If you want to see what this looks like check out this video
The McDonald’s home on Waiheke Island
Beavis
Smiley Keanu
Woke up to this on Boxing day. Full size photo here
Sean & Esther
Getting picked up by Uncle Paul and Brenty
Dropped us off at Lonely Bay
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Lonely Bay from above. Full size photo here
Our two homes, Flaxmill Bay Bach above, and the Montego Bay Yacht below.
View from the Flaxmill Bay Bach. Full size photo here
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