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Mt Maunganui

            Starting to get a bit cooler here so doing what any level-headed beach lover would do today - heading off to Fiji for a holiday. Last time I was in Fiji was 2005 with 3 kids in tow. Now we will be with a granddaughter, how quickly the circle of life turns!

This photo isn't Fiji btw. I was looking to see if I had any Fiji shots to post but I wasn't into photography back then. So here's a shot from New Zealand instead. In my defence we are all South Pacific Islands ;) This photo is of Mt Maunganui, the mount itself and the town nestled under it. It is located in the Bay of Plenty region and connected to the city of Tauranga on the mainland, via a man-made land bridge.

Unfortunately we didn't have time to walk around, or up the Mount as we had to jump a bus to Rotorua where geothermal delights were waiting for us, you know boiling mud pools, toxic sulphur pools, exploding hot water geysers and the like, all the regular stuff ;) Was a great day except for maybe the end where I was one of half a dozen visitors "randomly" selected to get up in front of hundreds of visitors and perform a Haka with some Māori warriors. At least I'm good at pulling faces. Why is it always me?

Anyway, I must get back there one day, and if I do, I'll post a photo from Fiji before I go :) 

Bula !

Taken in: New Zealand / Bay of Plenty / Mount Maunganui (show map)

Taken on: January 17, 2011

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Camera: Panasonic DMC-LX5, f/4.0, 1/400 sec, 5.1mm, ISO 80 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Panasonic DMC-LX5
Aperture:	f/4.0
Exposure Time:	0.003 sec (1/400)
Focal Length:	5.1mm
ISO:	80
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Program AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Elements 20.0 (Windows)
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