Pirinoa a photographic journey

Each Tuesday I spend 40 minutes driving to Pirinoa our little playgroup in the country. Each week I've noticed some really lovely views but kept forgetting my camera but guess what I finally took my camera yesterday. The journey took a lot longer but I'm really happy with the photos I took...

This little church is Burnside Church and is not far from Pirinoa.

A close up of the Burnside gate.

The Mangurakis the mountians on the other side of our valley from the Tararuas

There is irrigation everywhere, here are the two types you see. the big metal one covers several paddocks at once.

The paddocks looked really pretty with lots of these litte irrigators over them. (if paddocks can be pretty!)

I love love love cabbage tree, we did have one at home but Neil pulled it out cause he was always picking up the leaves that fall.

Cows are a given when you travel in the country.

I loved the pattern of this mown grass after the hay has been made.

The gate catch on the hay paddock. Built to last! No 1 rule of farming always shut the gate behind you!

I also called in at Greytown Cemetary. Neils fathers family are buried there and i wanted to see if I could find their graves.

What I did find was all these lovely wrought iron fences

This detail on this headstone is really pretty

Seems the wooden surrounds don't survive so well

I loved this shot, ivy is slowly reclaiming these headstones. 

While I didn't find the Morris graves I did find the listings for the Morris family and when I have more time I will return and have a proper search..

Neils grandparents, aunty and uncles and a cousin are listed here.

This is a famous oak tree planted in Greytown, it was wheelbarrowed over the Rimutakas before there was a proper road.

Greytown have recently installed these awesome street lights, a lot of Greytown is steeped in history and this reflects the era. They look lovely down the main road.