On my way to Ranfurly in the Maniototo, I stopped near the small town of Dunback. I’d been following the line of the Shag River which rises in the Kakanui Mountains and flows all the way to the Pacific Ocean near the town of Palmerston. Along the way, I’d spotted a few promising photo locations and finally decided to stop by a ford in the Inch Valley, only five minutes from Dunback. There, I found the river maintaining some of the flow created by the recent rain. Check out my daily blog from a small city. https://fromasmallcity.nz/ To purchase email john@caswellimages.com
The Hayes family homestead and engineering works really is an intriguing place and tribute to the term ‘No 8 wire thinking.’ In fact, an argument can be made for Ernest Hayes to be one of the original backyard Kiwi innovators (even though he was actually English!). Set amongst the rural backdrop of Oturehua in Central Otago, Hayes set-up his home and engineering workshop around 1895 where he invented all manner of agricultural tools, rabbit bait cutters, wind turbines and a patented wire strainer for applying tension to wire on farm fences. Which is still in production to this very day. Check out my daily blog from a small city. https://fromasmallcity.nz/ To purchase email john@caswellimages.com
I’d spent the day at Cape Palliser, the southernmost point of the North Island. There, I explored the famous lighthouse, wandered around a few of the fishing villages, avoided washed out sections of road and went for a walk along the beach. Now, arriving back at my base of Martinborough, I discovered snow was starting to fall. Earlier in the day, I read that snow was forecast to fall in the Wairarapa area however that was something I’d chosen to ignore. I’d simply assumed it wouldn’t happen. After all, how often do you really believe snow will fall when it’s forecast. Check out my daily blog from a small city. https://fromasmallcity.nz/ To purchase email john@caswellimages.com
