Last Week of the Year: Maniototo

Another trip back from Dunedin; I took a different route this time, through the Maniototo.

Week Fifty-Two: Pathetic Fallacy

I had occasion to travel to Dunedin last week, and though my mind was overwrought, the stunning Central Otago scenery with sheep grazing nonchalantly before weird rock formations and blue skies always gives me pause for thought, as do the fabulous cherries from the Packhouse at Roxburgh.

I needed time to think and clear my mind so I went down to the beach at St Claire in Dunedin and walked on the wide sands inhaling the sea air and allowing the fresh breeze to blow through me like a Pentecostal cleansing. I love the expanse of the horizon: the thought that there is so much out there although all we see is sea. To paraphrase the master, 'There are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in my philosophy.'

As I drove home I was very sad, and the rain fell on ruined buildings in a way that perfectly matched my mood. Thomas Hardy would have been proud of such pathetic fallacy.

 

Week Eighteen: Autumnal Otago

The autumn colours continue to impress me, and Arrowtown and has many arboreal delights.

And just to prove that I do occasionally travel slightly further afield, here are some images of Gibbston Valley...

...Middlemarch...

...Springvale...

...and the Otago Farmers' Market in Dunedin: