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New Zealand Christmas 2011 (Summer)

Christmas in New Zealand - means summer sun, beaches, swimming, boating, family bbq's, fun in the sun...

One of our native trees the Pohutakawa ( Metrosideros excelsa)
it flowers in Summer and over the Christmas period
and its called the New Zealand Christmas Tree...
today I was out taking photos of these trees..
they grow in my backyard on the cliff...
but these ones I photographed in Shakespear Regional Park, Whangaparaoa.
There is also the more rare YELLOW Pohutakawa (Metrosideros excelsa Aurea),
which I also photographed today.
Pohutukawa ( Metrosideros excelsa)
Pohutukawa ( Metrosideros excelsa) 		Pohutukawa ( Metrosideros excelsa)
Pohutukawa ( Metrosideros excelsa)		 Pohutukawa ( Metrosideros excelsa)
Pohutukawa ( Metrosideros excelsa)		 Pohutukawa ( Metrosideros excelsa)
Pohutukawa ( Metrosideros excelsa)
Pohutukawa ( Metrosideros excelsa)
Pohutukawa ( Metrosideros excelsa)		 Pohutukawa ( Metrosideros excelsa)
Pohutukawa ( Metrosideros excelsa)		 Pohutukawa ( Metrosideros excelsa)
Pohutukawa ( Metrosideros excelsa)		 Grasses on the beach...
Grasses on the beach...
Pohutukawa ( Metrosideros excelsa)Te Haruhi Bay
Pohutukawa ( Metrosideros excelsa)Te Haruhi Bay		 Pohutukawa ( Metrosideros excelsa)Te Haruhi Bay
Pohutukawa ( Metrosideros excelsa)Te Haruhi Bay		 Track to the beach. Te Haruhi Bay
Track to the beach. Te Haruhi Bay		 YELLOW Pohutakawa (Metrosideros excelsa Aurea)
YELLOW Pohutakawa (Metrosideros excelsa Aurea)
YELLOW Pohutakawa (Metrosideros excelsa Aurea)
YELLOW Pohutakawa (Metrosideros excelsa Aurea)		 YELLOW Pohutakawa (Metrosideros excelsa Aurea)
YELLOW Pohutakawa (Metrosideros excelsa Aurea)		 Pohutukawa ( Metrosideros excelsa)
Pohutukawa ( Metrosideros excelsa)		 Pohutukawa ( Metrosideros excelsa)
Pohutukawa ( Metrosideros excelsa)
Pohutukawa ( Metrosideros excelsa)
Pohutukawa ( Metrosideros excelsa)		 Pohutukawa ( Metrosideros excelsa)
Pohutukawa ( Metrosideros excelsa)		 Pohutukawa ( Metrosideros excelsa)
Pohutukawa ( Metrosideros excelsa)		 Sisters
Sisters
Sisters II
Sisters II

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Glenda Harris 30-Dec-2011 04:04
Kia ora cousin! OMG.You haven't let up have you. You continue to flourish through the lens.Awesome galleries. I am celerbrating finally getting my first serious DSR... and one of my favourite pics to date is one of a pohutakawa flower.Will have to catch up and share.lol Glenda.
Janice Dunn09-Dec-2011 02:10
Brilliant flowers, on a brilliant day... Don't you just love having a summer Christmas in NZ...
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