Posts Tagged ‘Canterbury

My road trip a couple of weeks back was to capture some stunning dawn shots of rivers and mountains.  This time, following my son’s instructions, I drove right up the Rakaia Valley as far as Glenfalloch Station.  I got there well before dawn, walked around a bit until I saw some signs of life and introduced [...]

Backcountry roads

In: NZ Stories

17 Sep 2010

Some of the roads travelled in search of good landscape images can be fairly rough, occasionally disappearing altogether. This is a typical country road which runs between the Rakaia River and Lake Coleridge, heading towards Algidus Station (a famous high-country station, the focus of a well-known book “A river rules my life” by Mona Anderson).

After my albatross encounter in Kaikoura, I had to drive down to Christchurch stopping off for a night to stay with family on a sheep farm in North Canterbury. As I had plenty of time for the trip, I decided to take the Inland Kaikoura route.  This very scenic drive starts at Mt Fyffe, takes [...]

This popular festival is coming up this date next month, a photographer’s delight and a good reason to visit Christchurch.  It’s not just the performers,

Today is the start of four days of celebrations “When Country Comes to Town”.  Formerly known as the Canterbury A&P (agricultural and pastoral) Show, it has been held every year since 1862.  I’m sorry to be missing it this year, it is a lot of fun for photographers too! I deliberately missed an opportunity for [...]


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This blog presents the images and observations of someone who has had a long and successful career, ranging from heavy engineering to environmental sciences, from paper machines to marine biology.

The digital revolution has enabled Graeme Robertson to devote much of his time to a rediscovered passion, photography. His images have won national competitions and been published in magazines and newspapers.

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