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Celebrity Edge cruise ship in Wellington

A large blue and white cruise ship floats on the water, surrounded by green hills dotted with dozens of homes up and down the hill behind.

Sailing out of central Wellington on a Bluebridge ferry I saw this huge cruise ship moored up along Aotea Quay. This Celebrity X Cruise ship is massive. 15 decks, 1377 crew, 2918 capacity and 306 metres in length. But it was the background the captured my attention more than the ship itself. This is Wadestown, a northern suburb of Wellington. It was actually the cities first suburb so features many large 100+ year old homes. By using a long zoom lens the houses almost appear on top of each other on the hill side. This is the norther side of Te Ahumairangi Hill (Tinakori Hill).

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Fishing boats in Cobh harbour

Several boats are anchored in tranquil waters, creating a picturesque scene of leisure and nature's beauty.

These three fishing boats caught my eye as I was wondering along the waterfront in the harbour town of Cobh. I think it was the red, blue and green colours. The boat on the left is S-688 (I didn’t get its name). The blue boat in the middle is Mary C. and Inis Mór is the boat on the right. In the background are a couple of green boats with Turbot Bank Cork on the back of one of them. The pier behind with a few cars parked on it is J. F. Kennedy Pier. Unlike the previous days in Ireland this was more cloudy and overcast. Exploring Cobh was a lovely time. The weather wasn’t great and we were on our way to Dublin but it’s a must visit. Next time I’ll be sure to stay a night or two and maybe even take a boat trip around the harbour and its small islands.

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Colourful houses in Cork

A boat is moored at the dock, with a scenic town visible in the background, emphasising the tranquil harbour setting.


Walking towards Marina Market and looking north across the River Lee was this wonderful hillside scene. It was the row of colourful houses lit up by the wonderful mid day sun. I nearly didn’t share this photograph as I struggled to work out what to call it. I spent a lot of time trying to work out the area of Cork this was. Even the road that these colourful houses on has been tricky to find, so if you know this area of the city please give us more context in the comments. The fishing trawler in the foreground is Atlantic Rose moored at Horgan’s Quay.

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Captain Tama’s boat at night

Large yellow tourist boat with palm roof in a lagoon at night with sandy beach in the foreground and moon rising up from the horizon in the distance.

Muri Lagoon is one of the more popular tourist beaches on the island of Rarotonga. Captain Tama’s glass bottom boat cruise is world famous. It combines a boat tour, snorkelling, fish BBQ lunch and brilliant entertainment from Captain Tama and his crew. I’ve not yet done the tour myself but know many people who have and rate it highly. As far as I know there are no night boat tours. This photograph was taken from the deck of the Rarotonga Sailing Club. I enjoyed a few nights here with great food and live entertainment. This was actually the moon rising up from the horizon. It was a challenging photograph to capture as the yellow boat was slightly moving and to capture this amount of detail I needed to use a long exposure. After a few frustratingly blurred shots I increased the ISO to 3200 to allow this photograph to be captured with a 1 second long exposure.