@teebylo.comAgainst a backdrop of a sapphire blue sky peppered with white cotton clouds and buffeted by an age old lighthouse - the 'Diving Belle' takes flight.
The view from my world as the last Saturday in September bids adieu.
đź“Ť Scarboro'. North Yorkshire. UK.
@teebylo.comHaving circumvented the globe journeying from York to New York and forward to New Zealand and from Singapore back to the UK - the cute travel Snook at York Railway Station has now welcomed me home.
Tee over and out!
@teebylo.comA brief but welcome meander through the serene oasis of Asian flora and flora at Singapore Airport before my summons to the boarding gate.
@teebylo.comE HOKI KI OO MAUNGA
Kia purea koe e ngaa hau a AWHIRIMAATEA.
"Return to your mountains.
So that you may be cleansed by the winds of Taawhirimatea."
It's time to bid farewell to New Zealand.
@teebylo.comMaking the acquaintance of Te Piha, an eroded core of small volcano known as the magnificent 'Lion Rock' with my walking companion this morning.
A guardian in the form of a carved Pou symbolising the spiritual protection of 'Lion Rock' greets the traveller at the halfway point.
@teebylo.comChecking some of my chocolate haul of New Zealand's finest from Whittaker's before we head for home.
@teebylo.comAgainst a sky of the palest blue peppered with cotton clouds and a warm afternoon sun - a walk through the winding pathways and serenity of the Te Auaunga Oakley Creek beckons.