My Marlborough

Making a splash: Kayakers competing in Saturday's Spokesman Avanti Plus multisport even race over the 6-kilometre Anakiwa course.

A real rush: The Maruia Falls, near Murchison, were created by a large earthquake in 1929 which redirected the river over the edge of one of its old channels. The falls are now a popular place for thrill-seeing kayakers who paddle their craft over them.

Tidal tyres: Old tyres at low tide make a surprisingly pleasant foreground in this photo taken at the Wairau Bar on a sunny Marlborough morning.

Magnificent sky: Power pylons appear to step over the hills as they are outlined against a red evening sky near Hammerichs Rd, Blenheim

Large circles seen from the air are 305 hectares of rape ( a crop grown for seed of which they extract oil). The yellow and green circles are irrigated with a very large centre pivot. This is part of the old "Bankhouse " farm in the lower Waihopai valley.

Bee heaven: Large circles seen from the air above Waihopai Valley includes 305 hectares of oilseed rape. The crop is being grown by Biodiesel New Zealand and will be used to make biofuel. A very large centre pivot irrigates the yellow oilseed and a 305 hectare green circle of barley. Biodiesel have leased the land, at Bankhouse Station in the lower Waihopai Valley, from Winegrowers of Ara. Busy honey apiarists have moved 300 hives to the site for pollination. Apiarists Peter Bush and Don Freeth can be seen adding boxes to the hives to store.

Tui. Native bird. Honeyeater. Tara bay. Keneperu sound.

Whites Bay. People enjoying the good weather.

A frost fighting chopper at work above a Dog point Road (Blenheim) Vineyard this morning (Saturday) at Dawn.

Marlborough Sounds

The Seaview Course has a great backdrop to the Marlborough Cycling Club Champs.

Surf at Rarangi Beach at sunrise. after the weekend's southerly storm that caused disruption to travellers across Cook Strait.

Queen Charlotte College Formal.

Kaikoura North Wharf looking back towards Kaikoura and the Seaward Kaikoura Range.

Mycena mushroom growing on rotten logs.

Clarence River bridge with the Seaward Kaikoura Range behind.

Interislander Ferry in the Queen Charlotte Sound.

Pelorus Trust NZ Powerboat Nationals Final Round on Lake Rotoiti, St Arnaud. No19 Helter Skelter, Modified Hydroplane driven by Nigel Zander

RNZAF C130 Hercules flying over the Marlborough Coast Line.

Paua shell on Ward Beach.

Saw Cut Gorge, Kaikoura Coast.

A lone sprayer working in vines east of Bleanheim.

Star trails over Delta Lake.

Sun ring caused by ice crystals in the air.

Waihopai Spy Base.

The Mainline Steam engine "Joanne" makes its way through the centre of Blenheim on it's way south.

Blenheim Volunteer Firefighters depart the stationhouse on a 111 callout.

Mt TAPUAE-O-UENUKU Awatere Valley. My Marlborough.

The interislander ferry Arahura makes its way into Tory Channel in the Marlborough Sounds.

The night sky with star trails at Taylor Dam.

Marlborough Poultry Pigeon and Caged Bird Show.

Fun in the snow at Lake Rotoiti, St Arnaud.

Surf and drift wood on the beach at Whites Bay after sunset.

Railway Crossing, Lake Grassmere, Marlborough.

Ryan Purdie on his way to school through Pollard Park, Blenheim.

Lake Rotoiti.

Half moon, shot through trees.

Portage, Keneperu Sounds.

RNZAF Harvard 15, flown by Flight Lieutenant Scott McKenzie at the Christmas Wings Show, Omaka.

Blenheim streetlamps at sunrise.

Abandoned car, Marlborough.

Mustang flown by Graham Bethell, Omaka Classic Fighters 2005.

Wreck of the SS Waverly, Wairau River near Wairau Lagoons.

Islolated Flat, Molesworth Station, Marlborough

Redwood Pass, Marlborough.

New Zealand native praying mantis.

Electrical storm over Taylor's Pass, Marlborough.

Boatsheds in Waikawa Bay, Picton.

Autumn trees by the Wairau River, Marlborough.

Rowers Joseph Sullivan and Daniel Karena on the Wairau River, Marlborough.

New Zealand falcon, Marlborough.

Waikawa Bay, Picton.

Wairau Diversion, Marlborough.