Orewa, Rodney, North East, Auckland, New Zealand

There is sunshine and clouds in the distance, it's not raining but it has an atmosphere. It's a beautiful sight to see today. The Sea Gull is looking for food or a safe place to land. 

You see the Whangaparoa land in the background. 

Some times people fish at the river mouth, I don't know if they caught anything today but often it's just small sprats to feed the cat.

A beautiful day to sit with a fishing line and admire the views.

This is close to the river mouth of Orewa, and a Kayaker is here with their yellow kayak. The sight is of amazing reflections. 

If you do this, you need to learn how to get out of the water if the boat is turned upside down. An unexpected wave can tip the boat. In some places you can hire a kayak for an hour or two.

After visiting the Art Gallery, we saw unexpected visitors from the sky. No they are not aliens, but they are humans dropped off by a plane.

They pay a lot of money to do it and the view must be awesome if they are not scared of heights. Some people are scared but do the jump anyway it's said to be good for the character. 

You can walk down from one end of the beach to the other, this beach is safe for most swimmers but you always need to watch children. Our New Zealand beaches are free. There are Pohutakawa trees here and they have red blossoms at Christmas time.

In the back ground the beginnings of Whangaparoa peninsula, and in foreground a piece of driftwood. 

It's a sunny day and great for anyone to walk on the beach. Not far away are camping grounds.

There is a bridge here and a wharf, it's hot and a great opportunity to jump in the water to cool off as these people are doing. The bridge is a road for through traffic as many come and go. 

Never know what people do on such a day. "Seize the Day!" Kite Sailing with swift fast rides. It's very cold and windy but the wet suits protect them.

Today it was so windy, I could barely stand up at all to take the photos. It was a very strong wind. 

When you begin to arrive at Orewa beach, here is the view from a main road that is above Orewa beach and you get this view.

It's a beautiful sight and I could not resist the urge to stop the car and take some photos.