A collection of coastal scenes from around New Zealand.
The small jetty at the Mount Maunganui end at Pilot Bay with evening descending and a full moon rising adding some atmosphere with the lights from the shore.
The spectacular Archway Islands at Wharariki Beach just on sunset with the receding tide washing the foreshore.
One late afternoon on the Papamoa Beach looking to Mount Maunganui in the far distance with two fishermen on the shore just above the breakers.
A elevated view down from the sand dunes at Papamoa seeing two people wandering along the foreshore with Mount Maunganui in the distance with grasses in the foreground.
With sunset reds and blues colouring the sky a lone rock on the beach at Pourere sits by itself surrounded by a pool of tidal water left from the last high tide.
A receding tide flow captured with a longer exposure created a distinct line pattern pointing to the surf breakers in the far distance with a large rock sitting on its own against the tide ...
The renements of the old historic pier at Akitio on the east coast of North Island, New Zealand.
The Archway Islands with golden sunset light looking down from the sand dunes at the beach below with a lone wanderer on the beach for scale.
A wide panoramic image of the northern headland at Pourere Beach with the sunset colours splashed over the grazing land above.
The Archway Islands in the middle distance with ripples in the sand from the past high tide leaving their mark on the beach.
At Cathederal Cove in the Coromandel looking thru the archway at the northern headland and Te Hoho with a morning rainbow in the far distance.
A lone figure contemplating the beach scene in the Coromandel framed by Pohutakawa trees with the surf in the background.
The light at North Rock at the entrance to Tauranga harbour with a long exposure creating a star effect of the light and a shooting star look in the sky above.
A portrait orientation image from the sand dunes above Wharariki Beach looking down upon the Archway Islands with golden sunset light on the foreground grasses.
A unusual erosion at the base of the cliff face at Tongaporutu Beach. It seems that the high tide over time has gradually carved out the harder rock material away from the softer sandstone as well as the algae growth from the water seeping down from above.
The very elusive Tongaporutu Boulders half covered with the outgoing tide with a golden sunset sun just on the horizon.
The remains of cliff erosion at Tongaporutu Beach with a prominent spire like rock with the cliff face and sunset behind.
At sunset at Tongaporutu Beach with a low tide and foot prints in the sand leading towards Mount Taranaki in the far distance.
A sunset image of the half submerged Tongaporutu Boulders at a low angle looking towards Mount Taranaki in the far distance covered in golden sunset light.
An unusual rock formation with it's own archway standing on it's own on Tongaporutu Beach with the coastline and another archway at the end of the beach.
At sunset on the Tongaporutu Beach with the tidal water surging is a archway jutting out of the cliff face with the wave action splashing back away from the cliff face.
A large wave crashes over the rocks where the Castlepoint lighthouse stands on the Wairarapa coastline.
The rocky coastline at Cape Palliser.
Evening waves at Castlepoint Beach.
Sunrise over the old historic stone steps at Mount Maunganui. This image is a few years old now so shows it before the recent track changes.
The long jetty at Kauri Point in the Tauranga Harbour at blue hour with just a hint of sunset in the sky.
Beachcombing at Pourere Beach in the Hawkes Bay.
The famous round boulders at Tongaporutu at sunset with tidal wash from a outgoing tide.
A not so recent image at sunset from atop Mount Maunganui looking down at the town and coastline with regenerating flax bushes after a devastating fire that burn't a lot of the seaward face at the summit.
On one of the tracks around the side of Mount Maunganui looking seaward.
Also at Mount Maunganui from a elevated track looking down at a ship entering Tauranga harbour at sunset.
From Leisure Island looking back at the 'Mount' with the foreground rocks being washed by the tide with a long exposure image.
An unusual Rhyolite rock formation spotted from the base track around Mount Maunganui.
From the shore line at the base of Mount Maunganui looking back at the buildings at the foreshore.
At the Kauri Point wharf one evening with vehicle tracks on the sandy foreshore leading into the harbour.
A mysterious round boulder at Pourere Beach in the Hawkes Bay at half tide at sunset with the rock half above the waterline using a long exposure.
The archway at Cape Farewell at the top of the South Island near Farewell Spit.
A lone yacht in the Queen Charlotte Sound looking for wind on a completely still morning.
A lone surfer contemplating the waves at the main Mount Maunganui beach.
From one of the tracks at the "Mount" looking down at north rock and a ship approaching with flax planting in the foreground.
A roped walkway at Waihi Beach with summer flowers in the dunes.
A lone fisherman on the beach at Tongaporutu with Mount Taranaki in the far distance over the surf.
Wave crashing over the reef at Castlepoint on the Wairarapa coastline.
Rock formation leading out to sea at Cape Palliser.
Flax plants and Pohutakawa trees on a Coromandel beach.