Auckland streets

One of many great examples of retro architecture in Auckland.

Geometric green.

Incredible timber work on the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki.

The final outing for the Planet X 50s carbon wheels, and for that matter, the bike. Auckland 70.3 Ironman Asia Pacific Championships. 10+ years out of those wheels. 

Side street 'composition'.

Tourist information booth made from shipping containers at the Silo Park on Auckland's Waterfront. Just beside was a little library, reading room made in the same fashion.

'World famous in New Zealand'. L&P lemonade.

Auckland city cycle route signage.

Fitzroy coffee

Long black coffee out of a bathroom green cup. Grace cafe. Fitzroy, Melbourne.

Gold Citroen DS

Vegetarian Spicy Chorizo

Late night Autumn urban cycling fuel. Vegetarian Spicy Chorizo from Snag Stand on the corner of La Trobe and Swanson.

Elwood esplanade

Sea view from from Point Ormond, Elwood esplanade. 

Night running Elwood

Dusk on Elwood Esplanade. Mileage in preparation for Canberra 70.3 Ironman.

Busted Brunswick bicycle saddle

Spring in Melbourne.

Orange cyclo-cross

My new Focus Mares cyclo-cross bike.

New Years Day surf

My boards in the back of the F150. New Years Day surf, 2013, Dubai. Translucent fins and leash.

Broken sign Dubai

Broken sign on Beach Road, Dubai.

Pentax self portrait

Self portrait taken with the Sony Nex. Roughly made jetty in Mirfa. Baking heat. Clear sea. Asahi Pentax Spotmatic at the ready.

54 degrees?

Reading on the dashboard of the LR3 for the outside temperature. 54 degrees centigrade. Picture was taken at 1pm on the coast about 100km south of Abu Dhabi. 

Area were the 54 degrees temperature was registering. Barren, and hot.

Fake red beard

Fake 'red' beard.

Best 'whatever-it-was-cause-I-didn't-even-look' dihrams spent in a while. Fake red beard from Choitrams.

Sony Nex with Asahi lens

Sony Nex 5 with Arax tilt-shift adapter and vintage Asahi Super-Takumar 85mm lens.

Latest hardware. Very new with very old. New Nex 5 with the m42 Asahi lens. Great combination, especially when using tripod and the rear flip-out screen. Feels like an old Lubitel.