#581 ... Good Night Kapiti

#580 ... A Day at the Beach

A great day at Peka Peka Beach ... a west coast beach ... churned up waves ... family, pets, sand & salty water ... awesome weather ... just the way to start the new year !!

#579 ... Kapiti Magic

... Apologies ... I didn't join the theme day for the first day of 2009, as being away on holiday and on the end of a slow dial up ... the thought of S L O W L Y surfing, browsing and selecting the image of last year, was a tad unwelcome ... HOWEVER this shot of last evening on the Kapiti Coast is a great way to farewell 2008 ... and welcome in 2009

#578 ... The Net

...Not the net we usually deal with today ... but sometimes alot more productive in putting food on the table. Dragging a net along the beach at Waikanae to catch flounder. This drag produced one this time (you can see it in the receding wave, between the man's blackshorts and the seagull)... to go with the other two they already had. I have done this many times and it is usually a toss as to who gets the deep end ... as the net is dragged at right angles to the waterline. Flounder are a flat fish that swim close to the bottom so the net has weights on its lower edge to ensure they don't escape under the net

#576 ... Kapiti Island

Not quite Wellington City ... but the Wellington Region. We are having a few days on the Kapiti Coast ... west coast side of the lower North Island ... at Peka Peka, about one hours drive from Wellington. However it took us a bit longer on Saturday as everyone was heading north on their summer holidays.

This image, taken about 7:30pm in the evening ... is looking south west from Peka Peka Beach towards Kapiti Island ... Fay & Ziggy going for an evening walk along the beach at low tide ... and just over the horizon is the top of the South Island. ... more photos of Kapiti coast over the next few days