Photographs and words by Invercargill photographer Rick Harvey
Many years ago one of the Rolling Stones described Invercargill – the main, and only city, in Southland – as the “arsehole of the world“. Unfortunately, many New Zealanders feel the same way, not just about Invercargill, but also about the whole Southland region. Does this concern us in Southland? No – not at all because it means less people pollution in the beautiful place we call home. Southland abounds with so many things...
Yesterday, the first of September was the first official day of Spring. The day broke crisp and clear…
Queen’s Park in Invercargill is beautiful all year round – but my favourite time of the year in the park is Autumn.
Gentle juxtaposition On the way back from Dunedin yesterday the juxtaposition of the blue sky and green fields of maize caught my attention. I also like the way the wheel tracks lead into, and out of, the pictures.
The South Island’s West Coast One of the most photographed spots in the South Island would have to be Lake Matheson, just a few kilometres west of Fox Glacier township. Normally the peak of Mt Cook can be seen in the distance – but the day I took the photo above was overcast but still captures the mystical magical beauty that abounds up and down New Zealand’s West Coast – no matter what the...
With a total length of 80 kilometres, Lake Wakatipu is the longest, but only third largest, lake in New Zealand. The photograph above, taken in early January 2013 from State Highway 6, catches the last of the days rays as the sun settles over the hills that run down the western side of the lake to Kingston.
Hello – and welcome. My name is Rick Harvey – aka The Occasional Photoblogger.
Home for me is Invercargill in the deep south of New Zealand.
I take photographs for fun and I blog here at The Occasional Photoblogger for fun too.
As an opportunist photographer who enjoys taking photographs of ordinary things I see around me, I try to make them appear a little less ordinary and interesting. That doesn’t always happen though!
While it is always nice to have others appreciate my images, my primary goal is to take photographs that make me happy.
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